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ELITE reports 2% decline in twelve months net profit

August 17, 2026

 

Elite Diagnostic Limited (ELITE)
Unaudited financials for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026:

Elite Diagnostic Limited (ELITE) for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, reported a 2% increase in Income totaling $867.30 million compared to $853.82 million in the corresponding period last year. Income for the fourth quarter had a 4% decrease to close at $216.52 million compared to $225.00 million for the comparable quarter of 2025.

Direct costs amounted to $197.33 million (2025: $211.44 million), this represents a decrease of 7% year over year. Consequently, gross profit increased by 4% to $669.97 million compared to $642.39 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2025. The company booked gross profit of $167.27 million for the fourth quarter versus $172.85 million reported for the similar quarter of 2025.

Administrative expenses increased by 3% to close at $413.49 million (2025: $400.90 million), while Depreciation increased by 5% from $170.11 million in 2025 to $179.38 million in the period under review. As a result, operating profit for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, amounted to $77.09 million, a 5% increase relative to $73.31 million reported in 2025.

Gain on foreign exchange for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, amounted to $3.16 million (2025: $2.62 million), while other income was $1.28 million (2025: $133,000). Finance costs totaled $48.31 million, a 23% increase from the corresponding period last year (2025: $39.14 million), reflecting new borrowings drawn to fund capital expansion.

Profit Before Tax for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, amounted to $33.21 million, a 10% decrease relative to $36.92 million reported in 2025. Profit Before Tax for the fourth quarter amounted to $6.82 million (2025: $14.00 million).

Income Tax for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, had a 65% decrease to reach $1.71 million (2025: $4.90 million). As a result, Net Profit for the twelve months amounted to $31.51 million, a 2% decrease from the $32.02 million reported in 2025. For the fourth quarter, Net Profit was $5.98 million (2025: $13.84 million).

Consequently, Earnings Per Share for the twelve months amounted to $0.09 (2025: EPS: $0.09), while Earnings Per Share for the quarter totaled $0.02 (2025: EPS: $0.04). The twelve-month trailing EPS was $0.09, and the number of shares used in these calculations was 353,400,000.

Notably, ELITE’s stock price closed the trading period on August 14, 2026, at a price of $1.32 with a corresponding P/E ratio of 14.81x.

Balance Sheet Highlights

The company’s assets totaled $1.31 billion (2025: $1.11 billion). The movement in total assets was mainly attributable to a 38% increase in ‘Property, plant and equipment’ amounting to $968.13 million (2025: $701.16 million) following the acquisition of a property for the planned relocation of operations, which was partly offset by a 45% decline in ‘Cash and cash equivalents’ amounting to $124.17 million (2025: $225.55 million).

Shareholders’ equity was $574.51 million (2025: $543.01 million), representing a book value per share of $1.63 (2025: $1.54).

 

 

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