Soap maker PZ Cusson's shares tumble on lower profit forecast amid FX woes
Adds CEO comment in paragraph 3, details and background throughout
Sept 18 (Reuters) -Shares in PZ Cussons PZC.L fell as much as 18% on Wednesday after the soap maker forecast lower profits for the fiscal year 2025, pressured by currency headwinds in Nigeria, one of its largest markets.
PZ Cussons has been hit by the devaluation of the Nigerian Naira, resulting in higher debt and lower shareholder returns.
The African country is among the Manchester-based company's top four markets. The firm had received a "broad range of interests" for its African operations, which might result in a partial or full sale, CEO Jonathan Myers said in an interview on Wednesday.
The company did not provide any additional details on the potential sale or the previously announced divestment of its self-tanning brand St. Tropez.
"We are cautiously optimistic that local players will have a more positive view of PZC’s assets in Nigeria than the UK stock market," analysts at Investec said in a note.
The maker of Imperial Leather soaps and Carex hand wash expects adjusted operating profit for the year to be between 47 million pounds ($62 million) and 53 million pounds, below 58.3 million posted for the year ended May 31, 2024.
Shares in the consumer goods firm were trading down 13.7% at 89.1p as of 0721 GMT.
($1 = 0.7584 pounds)
Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru
免责声明: XM Group仅提供在线交易平台的执行服务和访问权限，并允许个人查看和/或使用网站或网站所提供的内容，但无意进行任何更改或扩展，也不会更改或扩展其服务和访问权限。所有访问和使用权限，将受下列条款与条例约束：(i) 条款与条例；(ii) 风险提示；以及(iii) 完整免责声明。请注意，网站所提供的所有讯息，仅限一般资讯用途。此外，XM所有在线交易平台的内容并不构成，也不能被用于任何未经授权的金融市场交易邀约和/或邀请。金融市场交易对于您的投资资本含有重大风险。
所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。
本网站上由XM和第三方供应商所提供的所有内容，包括意见、新闻、研究、分析、价格、其他资讯和第三方网站链接，皆保持不变，并作为一般市场评论所提供，而非投资性建议。所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为适用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。请确保您已阅读并完全理解，XM非独立投资研究提示和风险提示相关资讯，更多详情请点击 这里。
