Phuoc Hoa Rubber JSC said its normalized net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 1 came to 1,736.40 dong per share, an increase of 38.3% from 1,255.19 dong per share in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was 136.32 billion dong, an increase of 38.4% from 98.51 billion dong in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014.

The normalized profit margin dropped to 15.2% from 20.6% in the year-earlier period.

Total revenue declined 17.8% on an annual basis to 393.33 billion dong from 478.30 billion dong, and total operating expenses declined 24.0% from the prior-year period to 332.11 billion dong from 437.13 billion dong.

Reported net income grew 35.7% year over year to 141.79 billion dong, or 1,806.00 dong per share, from 104.45 billion dong, or 1,331.00 dong per share.

For the year, the company's normalized net income totaled 2,006.05 dong per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus normalized EPS estimate of 1,140.00 dong.

EPS declined 19.4% from 2,489.88 dong in the prior year.

Normalized net income was 157.46 billion dong, a fall of 19.4% from 195.40 billion dong in the prior year.

Full-year total revenue decreased 23.5% on an annual basis to 1.227 trillion dong from 1.605 trillion dong, and total operating expenses fell 20.9% year over year to 1.149 trillion dong from 1.451 trillion dong.

The company said reported net income fell 19.8% year over year to 211.69 billion dong, or 2,697.00 dong per share, in the full year, from 263.85 billion dong, or 3,362.00 dong per share.

As of March 7, US$1 was equivalent to 22,295 dong.