Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited Thursday posted net sales of Rs 54 billion that resulted in an operating profit of Rs 2.13 billion in nine months ending 31st March 2016.
Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited managed to recover with the return of relative stability in international crude oil prices as it has reported a net profit of Rs 550 million for nine months ended March 31, 2016, according to a company notice sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The earnings per share of the company was Rs 0.56 as compared to loss per share of Rs 1.28 in the same period of previous year. In a period when oil prices declined by about 40 per cent, the company reported gross sales of Rs 75.36 billion which is just 3 per cent lower than the gross sales reported in same period last year thereby indicating a significant increase in Byco’s sales volume. It can be gauged from the results for the March quarter wherein the company declared gross sales of Rs 26.8 billion registering a growth of 14 per cent from same quarter last year. The company has the first and only floating port in the country which has started importing petroleum products at its single point mooring facility which helped greatly in improving company’s performance.
Recently, the board of directors of the company approved a potential merger by way of amalgamation of Byco Oil Pakistan Limited (the company that owns larger refinery) and Byco Terminals Pakistan Limited (the company operating SPM and storage terminals) with and into the Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited. As a result, the company decided to reduce internal costs in multiple operating units as well as at the head office which included rightsizing.
Currently, the market capitalisation of the company in the stock market showed investor’s confidence in the company and as a result the company’s stock was included in the 30 most liquid companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. This is in addition to the company being added to the MSCI Global Equity Index. Indeed Byco is well placed on its well-defined path to success. The petroleum marketing business of Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited continued to expand its operations and currently it has more than 260 retail outlets in all provinces of Pakistan.
