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Key Highlights (Group Level): Item H1 2025 (₦’million) H1 2024 (₦’million) Change Interest Income 1,437,409 947,694 +52% Interest Expense (532,582) (432,761) +23% Net Interest Income 904,827 514,933 +76% Impairment Charges (185,397) (92,986) +99% Net Interest After Impairment 719,430 421,947 +70% Net Fee & Commission Income 138,697 110,836 +25% FX Gains/(Loss) 73,543 (165,046) Reversed loss Net Gains FVTPL (53,668) 432,201 Downturn Operating Profit 355,976 411,965 -14% Profit Before Tax 356,149 411,990 -14% Profit After Tax (Cont.) 283,770 360,265 -21% Profit After Tax (Total) 289,772 365,300 -21% EPS (Naira) 10.05 6.84 +47% YoY EPS Q2 HoldCo (Standalone) Performance: H1 2025 profit rose 500% YoY from ₦1.43bn to ₦8.55bn. Interest income grew by 219% , from ₦2.55bn to ₦8.15bn.

Multiverse Mining and Exploration Plc recorded strong earnings growth in H1 2025, highlighting its operational resilience in a challenging environment. Potential drivers for future performance include: Consistent Revenue Growth : Revenue grew by 29.7% YoY in Q2 2025 (₦376.7m vs ₦178.9m), with H1 revenue up 29.2% YoY to ₦491.3 million, driven by improved output and possibly favourable commodity prices.

Catalysts ◦ Strong position in the GLP-1 drug market , leading with Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for obesity. These products have driven significant growth.

Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc delivered a solid H1 2025 performance, with double-digit growth in revenue and profitability metrics, driven largely by increased interest income and cost control. While rising deposits and expanding total assets signal growing investor and customer confidence, declining loan book size raises questions about asset deployment efficiency.

VFD Group Plc delivered a strong financial performance for the half year ended June 30, 2025, showing significant top-line growth, improved profitability, and robust asset expansion. The Group's gross earnings rose by 44% YoY to ₦41.17 billion (H1 2024: ₦28.59 billion), driven by solid investment income and net gains on financial assets.

Seplat Energy Plc’s H1 2025 performance presents a mixed but strategically revealing picture. Despite a significant jump in production volumes and topline revenue, profitability has been heavily weighed down by cost pressures and elevated taxes.

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This narrative is a clone of the one written on July 7th for Alphabet’s secondary listing, GOOG. Summary Google trades at ~18× forward earnings; the cheapest among the Magnificent 7 Market is too focused on AI threats to Search and antitrust noise Meanwhile, Google is executing across AI, Cloud, and YouTube Key AI differentiator: unmatched distribution across 3B+ users via Search, Gmail, YouTube, Android, Chrome, and Cloud Quietly building a world-class AI infrastructure behind the scenes; including proprietary TPUs and a vertically integrated stack YouTube generated $8.93B in Q1 ad revenue (up 10% YoY); subscriptions hit 270M Google Cloud revenue up 28% YoY to $12.3B; now profitable Optionality from long-term bets like Waymo, DeepMind, and Verily Risk/reward is compelling; a strong candidate to beat the market long term Overview Despite being part of the "Magnificent Seven," Google’s stock lags due to perceived risks around disruption of its Search business from AI competitors and mounting antitrust concerns.

Summary Google trades at ~18× forward earnings; the cheapest among the Magnificent 7 Market is too focused on AI threats to Search and antitrust noise Meanwhile, Google is executing across AI, Cloud, and YouTube Key AI differentiator: unmatched distribution across 3B+ users via Search, Gmail, YouTube, Android, Chrome, and Cloud Quietly building a world-class AI infrastructure behind the scenes; including proprietary TPUs and a vertically integrated stack YouTube generated $8.93B in Q1 ad revenue (up 10% YoY); subscriptions hit 270M Google Cloud revenue up 28% YoY to $12.3B; now profitable Optionality from long-term bets like Waymo, DeepMind, and Verily Risk/reward is compelling; a strong candidate to beat the market long term Overview Despite being part of the "Magnificent Seven," Google’s stock lags due to perceived risks around disruption of its Search business from AI competitors and mounting antitrust concerns. But under the hood, Google has quietly built one of the most compelling setups in tech: with deep AI leadership, multiple high-growth businesses, and optionality from long-term moonshots like Waymo.