Eternal Beauty (HKG:6883) recorded a 15% rise in attributable profit for the six months ended Sept. 30 to 133.2 million yuan from 115.5 million yuan in the year-ago period, a Friday Hong Kong bourse filing said.
The Chinese perfume group's earnings per share were 0.112 yuan in the half year, up from 0.115 yuan in the corresponding period of the last year.
Revenue slipped 3.4% to 1.03 billion yuan in the interim period from 1.06 billion yuan a year prior, mainly due to strict price control to maintain competitive positioning, as well as the disposal of subsidiaries.
The firm declared an interim dividend of HK$0.046 per share and a special dividend of HK$0.034 per share for the period, payable Dec. 30 to shareholders of record on Dec. 15.
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