Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone saw operating profit slide 12 percent in the third quarter. It earned $526,666 in the three months ending September 30, compared with 598,666 in the same period a year earlier. The drop in profits comes in spite of a 136 percent rise in revenue to $5,888,293, according to unaudited figures released after the stock market closed on Thursday.
PPSP operates a 357 hectare SEZ in the capital with more than 80 international companies from 15 countries.
On a nine-month basis revenue slid 24 percent to $9,418,774 and it recorded an operating loss of $397,489.
The company is listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange under the ticker PPSP. It has not paid a dividend since the end of the previous financial year.
Its shares ended Thursday unchanged at 2,000 riels a share. The results were announced after the market closed.
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port saw a 1 percent drop in 3-month operating profit to the dollar equivalent of $5,119, calculated at Friday’s exchange rates. Revenue rose 9 percent to $21,510.
PAS operates Cambodia’s main deep sea port, covering 125 hectares.
In the first nine months of 2021 operating profit was up 22 percent to $14,514. Revenue rose 12 percent to $62,589.
It left its total dividend unchanged at $2,992.
PAS rose 0.59 percent on Thursday to 13,580 riels per share. The results were announced after the market closed.
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