ASX:BXBCommercial Services
Brambles (ASX:BXB) Margins Hold Firm Despite Repair Cost Setback
Brambles headed into this result with the stock roughly flat over the past month and up strongly over the past quarter, so investors were already paying attention to the pallet pooler’s steady earnings story. The headline this time is margin resilience. Underlying profit grew faster than revenue despite a US$90m hit from repair capacity issues in the United States, and free cash flow before dividends stayed above US$1b. The near term share price reaction will likely focus on that repair bill...