Sunshine Holdings posts consolidated revenue of Rs.13.4 Bn

Diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC (CSE: SUN) continued to demonstrate resilience amidst prevailing macro-economic conditions, reporting a top-line growth of 14% YoY.

The Group recorded a consolidated revenue of Rs.13.4 billion during the first quarter of the current financial year (1QFY24) with Profit after tax (PAT) contracted by 10.6% YoY to Rs.1.4 billionas a result of, 32.4% YoY increase in admin and S&D expenses, and a 93.5% YoY increase in finance costs during the period.

The revenue increase was mainly due to robust revenue growth in key sectors of the Group Healthcare, Consumer and Agribusiness. The Group’s Healthcare sector emerged as the largest contributor to Sunshine’s top-line, accounting for 47.2% of total revenue, with Consumer at 35.1%, and Agribusiness 17.6% of the total revenue.

Sunshine Holdings PLC Chairman Amal Cabraal said, “Despite the headwinds, Sunshine Holdings has demonstrated remarkable strength, achieving a commendable top-line growth in the first quarter of FY24. Despite challenges, we remain steadfast in our pursuit of sustainable growth and value creation for our stakeholders.”

Group’s Healthcare sector posted revenue of Rs.6.3 billion during the first quarter; a modest increase of 8.2% YoY backed by the increased top-line of both manufacturing and medical devices businesses. Lina Manufacturing, the Pharma manufacturing business of the Group, recorded an impressive revenue growth of 362.1% YoY, mainly driven by higher volumes in the Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) plant. Group’s Healthcare sector EBIT was Rs.936 million.

The consumer sector reported a showcased strong performance of 20.9% YoY increase in revenue to close at Rs. 4.7 billion in 1QFY24 and accounted for 35.1% of Group revenue for the period. Combined Tea category experienced a volume de-growth of 10.7% YoY in 1QFY24 mainly driven by the 26.1% volume contraction of the export business. Local volume of the tea category grew by 4.4% YoY during the period. Value growth for the Combined Tea segment was recorded as 25.0% YoY. Revenue of Confectionery segment grew by 7.4% YoY despite a volume contraction of 16.8% YoY.

The Agribusiness sector of the Group, represented by Watawala Plantations PLC (CSE: WATA), reported a revenue of Rs. 2.4 billion. The PAT of the Agri sector closed at Rs.751 million for 1QFY23, up by 2.3%. YoYDairy business revenue grew by 53.2% YoY due to increases in both sales volume and milk price.