ELITE reports six months net profit of $617,000

February 16, 2026

Elite Diagnostic Limited(ELITE)

Unaudited financials for the six months ended December 31, 2025:

Elite Diagnostic Limited (ELITE) for the six months ended December 31, 2025 reported a 2% increase in revenue totaling $408.85 million compared to $401.73 million in the corresponding period last year. Revenue for the second quarter had a 4% decrease to close at $191.55 million compared to $198.86 million for the comparable quarter of 2024.

Year to date, Direct Cost amounted to $93.48 million (2024: 109.36 million), this represents a decrease of 15% year over year. Consequently, gross profit increased by 8% to $315.37 million compared to $292.36 million for the six months ended December 31, 2024. The company booked gross profit of $149.40 million for the second quarter versus $149.50 million reported for the similar quarter of 2024.

Administrative expenses decreased by 1% to close at $205.34 million (2024: $207.81 million), while depreciation increased by 5% from $84.33 million in 2024 to $88.75 million in the period under review. As a result, operating profit for the six months ended December 31, 2025 amounted to $21.28 million, a 9485% increase relative to $222,000 reported in 2024.

Foreign Gain for the six months ended December 31, 2025, amounted to $1.18 million, a 7% increase relative to $1.10 million reported in 2024. Additionally, Other income increased by 2513% to $810,000 (2024: $31,000)

Year to date, Finance costs totaled $22.10 million, a 16% increase from the corresponding period last year. (2024: $19.01 million).

Profit before tax for the six months ended December 31, 2025, amounted to $1.17 million (2024: Loss of $17.65 million). Loss before tax for the second quarter amounted to $11.27 million (2024: Loss of $6.21 million).

Income Tax for the six months ended December 31, 2025, amounted to $552,000 (2024: nil) . Net Profit for the six months amounted to $617,000, a 103% increase from the net loss of $17.65 million reported in 2024. For the second quarter, Net loss was $11.48 million (2024: Loss of $6.21 million).

Consequently, Earnings Per Share for the six months amounted to $0.002 (2024: LPS: $0.05), while Loss Per Share for the quarter totaled $0.03 (2024: LPS: $0.02). The twelve-month trailing EPS was $0.14, and the number of shares used in these calculations was 353,400,000.

Notably, ELITE’s stock price closed the trading period on February 13, 2026, at a price of $1.53 with a corresponding P/E ratio of 10.26x.

Balance Sheet Highlights

The company’s assets totaled $1.06 billion (2024: $999.93 million). The movement in total assets was mainly attributable to 1022% increase in ‘Cash and cash equivalents’ amounting to $184.37 million (2024: $16.44 million)

Shareholder’s equity was $543.62 million (2024: $493.33 million), representing a book value per share of $1.54 (2024: $1.40).

 

 

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