African Distillers Limited

ZMSE:AFDS Stock Report

Market Cap: 813.9m

African Distillers Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

African Distillers has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 2.8%, while the Beverage industry saw earnings growing at 15.2% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 2.2% per year. African Distillers's return on equity is 45.2%, and it has net margins of 11.4%.

Key information

2.82%

Earnings growth rate

1.17%

EPS growth rate

Beverage Industry Growth11.14%
Revenue growth rate-2.19%
Return on equity45.24%
Net Margin11.41%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

No updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How African Distillers makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

ZMSE:AFDS Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2454630
30 Jun 2453730
31 Mar 2452830
31 Dec 23-218-29-120
30 Sep 23-97-1-50
30 Jun 23-280-10
31 Mar 2341220
31 Dec 22127770
30 Sep 2221313110
30 Jun 221471080
31 Mar 2282740
30 Sep 2143-220
30 Jun 2130-210
31 Mar 2117-210
31 Dec 206000
30 Sep 205100
30 Jun 208200
31 Mar 207100
31 Dec 197000
30 Sep 195000
30 Jun 193000
31 Mar 19-6-100
31 Dec 18-16-3-10
30 Sep 18-8-100
30 Jun 180000
31 Mar 1814210
31 Dec 1727420
30 Sep 1726310
30 Jun 1725310
31 Mar 1724210
31 Dec 1623110
30 Sep 1623110
30 Jun 1622120
31 Mar 1623220
31 Dec 1524320
30 Sep 1525320
30 Jun 1525320
31 Mar 1525320
31 Dec 1425320
30 Sep 1424220
30 Jun 1424220

Quality Earnings: AFDS has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: AFDS became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: AFDS's earnings have grown by 2.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: AFDS has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: AFDS has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Beverage industry (2.8%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: AFDS's Return on Equity (45.2%) is considered outstanding.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/20 01:47
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

African Distillers Limited is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Addmore ChakuriraMomentum Securities (Pty) Ltd