The company yesterday published an updated trading statement and said revenue for the six months to December grew 43%, to R2.1 billion. Last year, revenue was R1.5 billion, a gain of 8.2%.
Last month, Pinnacle said it expected its results to be at least 20% higher year-on-year.
Pinnacle's interim results will include two months of earnings from distributor Axiz, which it bought last year for R170.9 million. The distributor will add about R2 billion to Pinnacle's yearly revenue.
The company, which will publish its results on Friday, says earnings per share will be between 46.5c and 49.5c, a gain of between 57% and 67%. Last year, earnings per share were 29.6c.
Headline earnings per share are expected to be between 46.4c and 49.5c, an improvement of between 35% and 44% higher than last year's 34.3c a share.
The company's share closed at 709c yesterday, a 9c or 1.29% gain on the day.
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