China Gas Holdings Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30 amounted to 25 Hong Kong cents per share, an increase of 85.3% from 14 cents per share in the prior-year period.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was HK$1.28 billion, a gain of 90.3% from HK$673.9 million in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin rose to 12.3% from 10.2% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue grew 58.4% on an annual basis to HK$10.44 billion from HK$6.59 billion, and total operating expenses grew 56.1% year over year to HK$8.46 billion from HK$5.42 billion.
Reported net income rose 100.7% on an annual basis to HK$1.70 billion, or 34 cents per share, from HK$845.8 million, or 17 cents per share.
