MaichBlack wrote:Pesa Nane wrote:I don't remember a profit warning for this thing or?
Seriousl!?? Why would there be a profit warning???? To warn people that the profit will increase by 3.3%??
A company is required to issue a warning if it anticipates that it financial performance is going to
drop by more than 25%.
there is an article in the star newspaper which I don't know where they got their results from! I think that has misled someone.
'' KenGen stock plummets after profit dips
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2014 - 00:00 -- BY
JAMES WAITHAKA
KenGen’s share price at the NSE shed 11.2 per
cent on Friday to close at Sh11.50 a piece from
the previous day’s close of Sh12.95 after its net
profit nearly halved.
Supply was twice the demand at 1.72 million units
on the sell-side against 827,000 units on the buy-
side.
The electricity generator’s after-tax profit for the
period ended June 30 plummeted to Sh2.83 billion
from Sh5.23 billion in the previous year, a 45.9
per cent decline.''
There are only two emotions in the stock market, fear and hope. The problem is, you hope when you should fear and fear when you should hope