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ISA improves earnings

By Iain Scott, ITWeb group consulting editor
Johannesburg, 09 May 2006

ISA Holdings, formerly Y3K Group, expects to report a sharp increase in headline earnings per share for the year to end-February.

According to a trading update issued this morning, headline earnings per share (HEPS) are expected to be 45% to 55% higher than in the previous year, when restated to comply with international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

On an IFRS basis, basic earnings per share will be 40% to 50% higher.

The group says the latest IFRS-compliant HEPS will be 125% to 135% higher than the previous reported results, which were prepared according to South African generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP).

The GAAP figures for last year showed HEPS of 3.5c. On a GAAP basis, the increase would be between 65% and 75%.

ISA`s share was trading 3c or 6.7% up at 48c this morning.

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