Private joint-stock company Philip Morris Ukraine, a large tobacco company in Ukraine, saw a 3.4-fold rise in net profit in 2018 compared with 2017, to UAH 2.147 billion.
According to a company report in the information disclosure system of the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market on holding the general meeting of shareholders on April 26, its assets last year grew by 5.7%, to UAH 10.51 billion.
The retained earnings soared eightfold, to UAH 2.374 billion. Total receivables grew by 10.4%, to UAH 7.475 billion.
The company plans to leave profit for 2018 in the company until the shareholders made a decision to pay dividends.
As reported, Philip Morris International Inc. cut shipments of cigarettes in Ukraine by 8.8% in 2018.
Philip Morris International is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tobacco products. It produces cigarettes in more than 50 factories, sells them in 180 countries.
In Ukraine, it has been working for more than 20 years. Its production facilities are based in Kharkiv region.
Eurocar (Solomonove, Zakarpattia region), manufacturing Skoda passenger cars, part of Atoll Holding Group, tentatively saw UAH 182 million in net profit in 2018, which is 2.6 times more than in 2017.
According to the information attached to the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 25, its uncovered loss as of early 2019 totaled UAH 1.11 billion (UAH 734.24 million in 2017).
According to the draft decision of the shareholders, it is planned to send net profit for 2018 to cover losses of the previous years.
In 2018, Eurocar saw a 7.3% rise in current liabilities, to UAH 372.93 million, while noncurrent liabilities slightly grew to UAH 1.625 billion.
Total receivables as of January 1, 2019 accounted for UAH 426.61 million, falling by 22.4%, and its assets grew by 50.2%, to UAH 2.303 billion.
Net worth as of early 2019 was UAH 304.42 million, while a year ago it was negative – UAH 429.438 million. The charter capital did not change, being UAH 234.48 million.
Eurocar has been manufacturing passenger cars since December 2001.
The net profit of private joint-stock company Artwinery (Donetsk region, formerly Artemovsk Winery) fell by 26% in 2018 compared with 2017, to UAH 49.39 million.
According to a company report on holding the annual general meeting of shareholders on April 24, its assets last year rose by 15.4%, to UAH 729.23 million.
Current liabilities grew by 27.2%, to UAH 365.41 million, total receivables – by 1.5 times, to UAH 221.33 million.
The company plans to approve the payment of dividends from the retained earnings for 2017 in the amount of UAH 60.13 million. Dividends will be paid in the period before October 22, 2019.
Artwinery is the largest Eastern European manufacturer of sparkling wines using classical champagne method. The plant’s capacity is 25 million bottles per year. Its trademarks are Krim, Artyomovskoye, Krimart, Charte, and Soloking. The company exports products to more than 20 countries.
The company said that its share of the Ukrainian sparkling wine market in 2017 totaled 20.6%.
Private joint-stock company Eko-dim holding company (Lviv region) in 2018 saw a 1.5-fold rise in net profit, reaching UAH 15.1 million.
According to a company report in the information disclosure system of the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market on holding of a general meeting of shareholders on April 23, net profit per share in 2018 was UAH 173.10, while in 2017, UAH 109.10 of net profit was per share.
The retained earnings grew by 40%, to UAH 52.5 million.
Total receivables last year rose by 20.7%, to UAH 35.5 million, noncurrent liabilities fell by 87%, to UAH 31 million. Current liabilities decreased 19%, to UAH 50.7 million.
Eko-dim holding company (before July 1, 2010 it was OJSC Mobile Mechanized Convoy No. 9) was founded in 1997. The company is engaged in construction and installation work, has its own concrete plant, a workshop of concrete products, a metalworking site, and a sawmill with a carpentry shop.
The Agroliga group of companies (Kharkiv region) saw EUR 5.75 million in net profit in 2018, which is 38.2% more than in 2017.
According to a report of the holding company of the group – Agroliga Group Plc – on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), revenue slightly fell, to EUR 21.65 million.
Gross profit last year rose by 1.7%, to EUR 6.06 million and operating profit – by 44.9%, to EUR 5.98 million.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 1.6-fold, to EUR 7.01 million. Net debt increased 2.1-fold, to EUR 11.01 million.
Assets expanded 1.7-fold, reaching EUR 42.19 million as of December 31, 2019.
Agroliga has been operating on the Ukrainian agricultural market since 1992. Its enterprises are engaged in growing grain crops, processing sunflower seeds, and dairy farming.
The group cultivates about 10,000 hectares of land.
The majority shareholders of the group are Oleksandr Berdnyk with a share of 41.66%, and Iryna Poplavska with 41.66%.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with resolution No. 133 dated March 6, 2019 approved the consolidated financial plan of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, taking into account the indexation of cargo transportation tariffs by 14.2% from April 1, 2019, the automated indexation of regulated tariffs for transportation of cargo and related services from May 1 by 2.5%, from August by 5% and from November 1 by 7.5%.
According to an explanatory note to the financial plan posted on the website of Ukrzaliznytsia, it also provides for quarterly indexation of prices for unregulated goods (labor and services) by the industrial price index, which will enable the company to hedge currency risks in its loan portfolio. Also, the unification of tariff classes is taken into account in the calculation of income from freight traffic in 2019.
A total of 331 million tonnes of cargo is planned to be transported in 2019, which is 4.8% less than planned for 2018. As a result, revenues from the transportation of goods are projected at UAH 83.991 billion, which is UAH 12 billion (or 16.7%) more than in the 2018 plan.
In 2019, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to transport 201 million passengers, which corresponds to the planned figures for 2018. Revenues from passenger transportation are planned at UAH 10.14 billion, which is UAH 1.64 billion (or 19.3%) more than the plan for 2018.
An increase in tariffs for these services from April 1, by an average of 13-21%, depending on the category of train and the type of car, will contributed to the growth of income from passenger transportation will ensure.
Expenses on the implementation of transportation services, which make up 82.5% of the expenditure part of the financial plan, are planned in the amount of UAH 84.68 billion, which is UAH 9.49 billion (or 12.6%) more than the plan for 2018. Their increase is expected thanks to the growth in traffic volumes, higher prices for material resources, and an increase in labor costs.
In addition, the financial plan takes into account the increase in land tax expenses in connection with the abolition of 0.25% privilege for the use of land parcels.
Also, the draft financial plan for 2019 envisages borrowings in the amount of UAH 49.4 billion, and the payment of loans in the amount of UAH 44.4 billion. As of January 1, 2019, the balance of financial obligations is expected to be UAH 37.3 billion (with the exchange rate of UAH 27.70/$1), at the end of the year the balance is planned to be UAH 43.9 billion (with the exchange rate of UAH 29.40/$1).
“The increase in the loan portfolio of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia at the end of 2019 is influenced by the exchange rate difference between the U.S. dollar and hryvnia at the beginning and the end of 2019: a rise by UAH 1.70,” Ukrzaliznytsia said in the document.
In addition, income from writing off property of Ukrzaliznytsia is planned in the amount of UAH 2.62 billion.
The company’s net profit in 2019 is projected at UAH 4.52 billion, which is UAH 3.81 billion (six times) more than the plan for 2018.
“The growth of the company’s profitability is thanks, first of all, to the introduction of the procedure for writing off property, the indexation of tariffs for transportation and cost optimization,” the company said in the explanatory note to the document.
In addition, according to the financial plan, Ukrzaliznytsia in 2019 intends to increase earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by 25.4%, to UAH 25.048 billion, EBITDA margin by 1.8 percentage points compared with the plan for 2018.
The draft plan for 2019 provides for capital investments in the amount of UAH 18.02 billion. In particular, it is planned to purchase and manufacture the rolling stock for a total amount of UAH 5.08 billion – 2,153 railcar cars (including 2,150 gondola cars at the expense of the EBRD), and also to purchase 15 main-line diesel freight locomotives from General Electric for UAH 1.57 billion in financial leasing.
