Hanoi (VNS/VNA) -Industrial zone developer Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corporation(KBC) has set higher business targets for 2019, aiming for total consolidatedrevenue of 3.9 trillion VND (167.4 million USD) and net profit of nearly 1.04trillion VND (44.5 million USD).
These figures are 12 percent higher in revenueand 28 percent in profits compared to last year, the company’s 2018 annualreport released on April 10 showed.
Last year was successful for Kinh Bac CityDevelopment, as its net revenue reached nearly 2.5 trillion VND, almost double2017. In particular, land rental fees exceeded 2 trillion VND, contributing 78 percentof total turnover and up 181.6 percent year-on-year.
According to the report, the company’s land fundfor industrial park (IP) development is 5,188ha, equivalent to nearly 5.5 percentof the total industrial land area of the country. Land area for urban development is1,058.6ha.
In recent years, its business has concentratedin northern localities of Bac Ninh, Hai Phong and Bac Giang and HCM City'sCu Chi district. This year, the company will invest in infrastructureconstruction of Quang Chau IP, Nam Son Hap Linh Industrial Park (PK), Tan PhuTrung IP, Phuc Ninh IP and Trang Due IP.
The company’s profit after tax reached nearly 809billion VND, up 30.7 percent compared to 2017 and surpassing the yearly targetby more than 1 percent, in which net profit of the parent company was 746 billion VND.
The company still owes investors a dividend of30 percent in cash and shares in 2017 which was approved in its 2018 annualshareholders’ meeting. It attributed the delay to insufficient cash source dueto slow construction progress of some urban development project.
It is expected to pay 10 percent cashdividend two times this year – the first 5 percent in the second quarter andthe last 5 percent in the third quarter. The remaining 20 percent dividendpayment will be scheduled at an appropriate time.-VNS/VNA
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