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Engro Foods shines, but for investors not enough

Engro Foods seems to be living up to its image of being a successful business of the giant local conglomerate Engro Corp. Its financial resu
Published July 18, 2012 Updated July 18, 2012 12:00am

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Engro Foods
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(Rs mn)                    1HCY12   1HCY11    chg
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Net sales                  19,765   13,444    47%
Cost of sales              14,922   10,622    40%
Gross profit                4,843    2,822    72%
Gross margin                24.5%    21.0%    17%
Dist & marketing expenses   2,465    1,702    45%
Operating profit            1,977      822   140%
Operating margin            10.0%     6.1%    63%
Finance costs                 441      491   -10%
Profit after taxation       1,018      216   370%
Net margin                   5.1%     1.6%   220%
EPS (Rs)                     1.35     0.30
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Source: KSE notice