Super Group Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal first half ended Dec. 31, 2014, came to 99 South African cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 1.32 rand per share.
EPS increased 6.3% year over year from 93 cents.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was 302.6 million rand, a gain of 8.0% from 280.3 million rand in the prior-year period.
Total revenue climbed 22.6% on an annual basis to 8.75 billion rand from 7.14 billion rand, and total operating expenses climbed 23.5% year over year to 8.02 billion rand from 6.49 billion rand.
Reported net income increased 8.8% from the prior-year period to 386.1 million rand, or 1.27 rand per share, from 354.9 million rand, or 1.18 rand per share.
As of Feb. 23, US$1 was equivalent to 11.62 rand.
