Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

NovaPay Credit increased its profit by 52% and is preparing its 12th bond issue

NovaPay Credit, a subsidiary of the international financial services company NovaPay (TM NovaPay) from the Nova group, which is the issuer of NovaPay bonds, received UAH 19.80 million in net profit in the second quarter of 2025, which is 8.2% more than in the second quarter of 2024.

According to the company’s report on its website, gross profit for this period decreased by 5.3% to UAH 23.75 billion, while revenue increased 2.4 times to UAH 125.78 million.

Overall, in the first half of this year, NovaPay Credit increased its net profit by 52.2% compared to the first half of last year, to UAH 53.92 million, gross profit increased by 55.7% to UAH 70.07 million, with revenue growing 2.7 times to UAH 260.36 million.

According to the report, the company’s current accounts receivable for the half-year increased from UAH 784.77 million to UAH 1 billion 61.86 million.

It is noted that proceeds from the sale of bonds in January-June this year decreased slightly compared to January-June last year – to UAH 355.63 million from UAH 369.97 million, as did the costs of their redemption – to UAH 244.92 million from UAH 300 million.

At the same time, proceeds from repo agreements with bonds, which the company offers as an alternative to bank deposits, increased to UAH 705.88 million from UAH 392.25 million, while expenses under such agreements increased to UAH 422.03 million from UAH 320.81 million, and interest expenses increased to UAH 44.19 million from UAH 22.19 million.

As a result, over the first half of the year, liabilities under repo agreements more than doubled, from UAH 224.45 million to UAH 508.30 million, while obligations under bonds increased from UAH 190.32 million to UAH 285.21 million, and accrued interest – from UAH 9.09 million to UAH 39.31 million.

As reported, in 2023, NovaPay made three public issues of three-year interest-bearing bonds of series “A”, “B” and “C”, and last year issued six more series of bonds – “D”, “E”, “F”, “G”, ‘H’ and “I”, and this year – another series “J,” all for UAH 100 million.

According to the report, as of the middle of this year, the total volume of bonds issued amounted to UAH 990 million, of which bonds with a nominal value of UAH 203.09 million were not redeemed. Bonds of series “C” and “I” are sold directly to investors with the right of annual offer, while bonds of all other series are transferred as the subject of a transaction under REPO agreements for a term of up to one year, and the coupon income on them is paid upon maturity.

In early August this year, the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) registered the issue of Series K bonds worth UAH 100 million with a maturity date of August 6, 2028. Their public offering will begin on August 11, 2025, with a nominal interest rate of 18% per annum.

In addition, it was reported that NovaPay Credit will issue series L bonds worth UAH 100 million, which will be the 12th such series in the overall issuance program. It is stated that the funds raised are planned to be used for lending to individuals and legal entities, 80% and 20%, respectively.

According to the prospectus, NovaPay Credit plans to increase its interest income to UAH 802.1 million this year and to UAH 1 billion 515.1 million next year, and to receive UAH 518.9 million and UAH 1 billion 30.6 million in net profit, respectively.

Last year, the company’s net profit grew to UAH 89.2 million from UAH 40.3 million a year earlier, with revenue increasing to UAH 285.6 million from UAH 95.6 million.

 

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Nova Poshta increased its net profit by 2.6%

Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s leading express delivery company, increased its unconsolidated net profit by 2.6% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 905.45 million.
According to the company’s reports on its website and in the NSSMC’s information disclosure system, revenue in the second quarter grew by 22.9% to UAH 12 billion 712.14 million.

In total, in the first half of this year, Nova Poshta’s net profit decreased by 19.6% to UAH 1 billion 195.74 million, while revenue increased by 22.1% to UAH 24 billion 571.27 million.
It is noted that gross profit for the first half of the year increased by 30.8% to UAH 5 billion 55.3 million, while operating profit increased by 45.6% to UAH 2 billion 443.82 million.

The lower net profit is due to the fact that in January-June last year, Nova Poshta received UAH 1 billion 340.82 million in other financial income, while in the same period this year, it received UAH 341.15 million, but at the same time increased its income tax payments to UAH 227.01 million from UAH 83.43 million.

The report also states that at the end of May, the company decided to issue a new four-year series H bond issue for UAH 1 billion with a nominal yield of 16% in the first year and UIRD+3 percentage points in the following three years.

As of mid-2019, Nova Poshta had obligations under three bond issues of series “E,” “F” and “G” for UAH 995.82 million maturing on July 30 this year, UAH 998.45 million maturing on June 1 next year, and UAH 999.38 million maturing on May 2, 2027.

The company’s bank liabilities as of the middle of this year decreased to UAH 6 billion 388.72 million from UAH 6 billion 635.01 million a quarter earlier.
The main activity of Nova Poshta is express delivery of documents, parcels, and palletized large-size cargo. The company is the leader in express delivery in Ukraine. Its ultimate beneficial owners are Volodymyr Poperechnyuk and Vyacheslav Klimov.

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Interpipe NTZ’s net profit fell 12.5 times in 2024

PJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant (Interpipe NTRP, Dnipro) reduced its net profit by 12.5 times compared to the previous year, to UAH 59.855 million from UAH 748.896 million, according to the results of its operations in 2024.

According to the annual report, a copy of which is available at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, net income for this period decreased by 20% to UAH 8 billion 317.201 million.

Undistributed consolidated profit at the end of 2024 amounted to UAH 3 billion 929.336 million.

As reported, Interpipe NTRP reduced its consolidated net profit for the first nine months of 2024 by 57.6% compared to the same period in 2023, to UAH 501.810 million from UAH 1 billion 183.320 million, and net income by 28.3% to UAH 6 billion 229.471 million.

The company ended 2023 with a consolidated net profit of UAH 748.896 million, compared to a loss of UAH 1 billion 233.944 million in 2022.

Interpipe NTRZ manufactures railway products.

According to the NDU for the first quarter of 2025, Interpipe Ukraine LLC owns 12.0902% of its shares, KLW Limited (Cyprus) – 60.8197%, and Interpipe Limited (Cyprus) – 21.8405%.

The authorized capital of PJSC Interpipe NTRP is UAH 100 million, and the par value of a share is UAH 0.25.

 

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PrivatBank increased its net profit by 7.1%

State-owned PrivatBank (Kyiv) received UAH 17.9 billion in net profit in April-June 2025, which is 7.1%, or UAH 1.1 billion, more than a year ago, when net profit amounted to UAH 16.7 billion.

The bank’s pre-tax profit amounted to UAH 22.7 billion, which is 7.6%, or UAH 1.6 billion, more than in the second quarter of 2024.

According to the report, PrivatBank’s net interest income increased by 20.2% compared to the second quarter of 2024, to UAH 19.2 billion, while net commission income increased by 8.4%, to UAH 6.9 billion.

Net income from foreign exchange transactions for the reporting period increased by 4.9% to UAH 1.46 billion. In the second quarter of 2025, PrivatBank significantly reduced losses from foreign currency revaluation to UAH 306 million, compared to UAH 1.1 billion in the same period last year.

At the same time, employee compensation expenses increased by 31.9% to UAH 3.8 billion, while other operating and administrative expenses increased by 23.7% to UAH 2.9 billion.

Funds in accounts of individuals in the second quarter of 2025 increased by 12.7%, or UAH 73.5 billion, to UAH 654.7 billion, and the number of individual customers increased to 18.04 million.

The volume of PrivatBank’s loans and advances remained stable overall, but their structure changed significantly. In particular, the bank reduced its investments in NBU deposit certificates by 35.1%, from UAH 112.2 billion in the second quarter of 2024 to UAH 72.8 billion in the second quarter of 2025. At the same time, term deposits with other banks increased 10.4 times, from UAH 3.8 billion to UAH 44.3 billion.

It is noted that PrivatBank’s loan portfolio grew by 26.8% to UAH 130.1 billion, and the number of the bank’s business clients increased from 918,000 to 930,000.

At the same time, PrivatBank’s total assets for the second quarter of 2025 increased by 3.9%, or UAH 29.1 billion, to UAH 781.9 billion compared to the first quarter.

As of June 30, 2025, PrivatBank had 1,170 separate divisions registered in the State Register of Banks. Of these, 9 are branches, 1 is a representative office, and 1,160 are offices belonging to various classification groups. Of these branches, 65 are temporarily closed, including 19 in the Luhansk region, 15 in the Donetsk region, 21 in the Zaporizhzhia region, and 10 in the Kherson region.

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of April 1, 2025, PrivatBank ranked first in terms of total assets among 60 banks, with UAH 945.4 billion, or 25.2% of the market.

 

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Domino’s Pizza increased revenue by 4%, but profit decreased by 8%

The pizza chain Domino’s Pizza Inc. increased its revenue by 4% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, while its net profit decreased by 8%.

According to the company’s press release, quarterly revenue amounted to $1.15 billion compared to $1.1 billion in the same quarter last year.

Domino’s Pizza’s net profit for the quarter ended June 15 fell to $131.1 million from $142 million a year earlier. Earnings per share decreased to $3.81 from $4.03, which was worse than the consensus forecast of $3.95 of analysts polled by LSEG.

The decline in net income was due, in particular, to a change in the company’s investment in DPC Dash Ltd.

Comparable sales of Domino’s in the United States grew by 3.4% last quarter, which was better than the average analyst forecast (+2.2%). Comparable sales abroad increased by 2.4%.

Last quarter, 178 Domino’s restaurants were opened, including 30 in the United States.

The company’s shares jumped 5.3% in pre-market trading on Monday. Since the beginning of this year, their value has increased by 11%.

 

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“Dneprometiz-TAS” increased its profit by almost 21%

Dneprometiz-TAS LLC (Dnipro), owned by Ukrainian businessman Sergiy Tigipko, increased its net profit by 20.8% year-on-year to UAH 8.936 million in January-June this year.

According to the company’s interim report, net income increased by 8% to UAH 1 billion 756.245 million in the period under review.

At the same time, the company’s retained earnings amounted to UAH 271.984 million at the end of June.

As reported, in the first quarter of 2025, Dneprometiz-TAS increased its net profit by 0.6% compared to the same period in 2024 to UAH 3.938 million, while net income decreased by 0.58% to UAH 778.319 million.

“In 2024, Dneprometiz-TAS increased its net profit by 47.7% compared to 2023, to UAH 14.197 million from UAH 9.610 million, while net revenue increased by 22.7% to UAH 3 billion 285.688 million. At the same time, the company’s retained earnings amounted to UAH 263.048 million at the end of 2024.

“In 2023, Dneprometiz reduced its net profit by 2.6 times compared to 2022, to UAH 9.658 million from UAH 24.733 million. Last year, net income increased by 8.2% to UAH 2 billion 677.836 million.

“In 2022, Dneprometiz reduced its net profit six times year-on-year to UAH 25.572 million, while net income increased by 1.1% to UAH 2 billion 474.397 million.

“Dneprometiz-TAS produces hardware products from low-carbon steels. The company’s annual production capacity is 120 thousand tons.

The company is owned by T.A.S. Overseas Investments Limited (Cyprus) owns 98.6578 percent of Dneprometiz LLC.

The authorized capital of Dneprometiz-TAS LLC is UAH 83.480 million.

 

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