April 15, 2025
Margaritaville (Turks) Limited(MTL)
Unaudited financials for the nine months ended February 28, 2025:
Margaritaville (Turks) Limited (MTL), for the nine months ending February 28, 2025, reported a 33% increase in revenue totaling $6.98 million compared to $5.25 million in the corresponding period last year. Revenue for the third quarter had a 33% increase to close at $2.54 million compared to $1.90 million for the comparable quarter of 2024.
Cost of Sales amounted to $1.85 million (2024: $1.33 million), resulting in a 39% year-over-year increase. However, this was offset by a robust 31% increase in gross profit, which reached $5.13 million compared to $3.92 million for the nine months ending February 28, 2024. The company booked a gross profit of $1.88 million for the third quarter, significantly improving over the $1.42 million reported for the similar quarter of 2024.
Administrative Expenses increased by 25% to close at $3.93 million (2024: $3.14 million). This increase can be attributed to [specific reasons for the rise in administrative expenses]. At the same time, depreciation and amortization remained stable at $174,749 during the period under review. As a result, total expenses for the nine months ended February 28, 2025, amounted to $4.12 million, a 24% increase relative to $3.33 million reported in 2024.
Operating profit for the nine months ending February 28, 2025, amounted to $1.01 million, a 71% increase relative to $590,096 reported in 2024. Operating profit for the third quarter amounted to $443,698 (2024: $211,543). Other operating expenses totaled $12,559, a 75% increase from last year’s corresponding period. (2024: cost of $50,295).
Finance costs for the nine months that ended February 28, 2025, amounted to $10,918, a significant 33% decrease relative to $16,359 reported in 2024. This decrease can be attributed to [specific reasons for the decreased finance costs]. Finance costs for the third quarter amounted to $3,143 (2024: $5,144).
There were no taxation charges for the nine months ending February 28, 2025. Total Comprehensive profit for the year for the nine months amounted to $986,588, an 89% increase from the $521,909 reported in 2024. For the third quarter, the Total Comprehensive profit was $437,450 (2024: $222,174).
Consequently, Earnings Per Share for the nine months amounted to $1.46 (2024: EPS: $0.77), while Earnings Per Share for the quarter totaled $0.65 (2024: EPS: $0.33). The twelve-month trailing EPS was $0.02, and the number of shares used in these calculations was 67,500,000.
MTL’s stock price closed the trading period on April 14, 2025, for $13.36, with a corresponding P/E ratio of 5.09x.
Balance Sheet Highlights
The company’s assets totaled $8.86 million (2024: $6.50 million). The overall growth in the company’s asset base is mainly attributed to a 71% year-over-year increase in “Owing by related companies,” which rose to $5.63 million (2024: $3.02 million), along with a 62% increase in “Cash and bank balance,” which reached $125,685 (2024: $111,561) by the end of the period.
Shareholder’s equity was $5.62 million (2024: $4.50 million), representing a book value per share of $0.08 (2024: $0.07).
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