Sports Toto Starts Quarter Softer With Profit Declining 30% To RM40 Million
Sports Toto Starts Quarter Softer With Profit Declining 30% To RM40 Million
Additionally, the group said challenging economic conditions and uncertain sentiments in the United Kingdom following the General Election held in July 2024 had also soften the sales in the current quarter under review. The above factors had
Sports Toto Berhad reported RM1.44 billion revenue in the current quarter under review, registering a decrease of 9.5% over the revenue of RM1.59 billion in the previous year's corresponding quarter. The Group registered a drop of 23.8% of pre-tax profit from RM89.8 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous year to RM68.4 million in the current quarter under review. While profit after tax dipped to RM41 million from RM60 million in the same period the year before.
Sports Toto財團在審查中的當季報告了RM14.4億的營業收入，較去年同期的RM15.9億的營業收入下降了9.5%。該集團的稅前利潤從去年同期的RM8980萬下降了23.8%，至本審查中的當季RM6840萬。儘管稅後利潤從上一年同期的RM6000萬下降至本審查當季的RM4100萬。
For the current quarter ended 30 September 2024, STM Lottery Sdn Bhd ("STM Lottery") reported a softer revenue of 9.5% lower due to two lesser draws conducted in the current quarter (40 draws versus 42 draws in last year's corresponding quarter) and lower average sales per draw with lower accumulated jackpot prizes in the current quarter. Its pre-tax profit,
which dropped by 7%, was attributed to the lower sales registered but this was partially mitigated by lower prize payout in the current quarter under review.
截至2024年9月30日的當前季度，STm彩票SDN BHD（"STm Lottery"）報告了較低的營業收入，比去年同期少了9.5%，這是由於當前季度進行了較少的抽獎活動（40次抽獎，而去年同期爲42次），並且每次抽獎的平均銷售額較低，當前季度的累積獎金較低。其稅前利潤，
銷量下降了7%，這主要歸因於登記的銷售額降低，但本季度的獎品支付較低在一定程度上緩解了這一情況。
H.R. Owen Plc ("H.R. Owen") reported a decrease of 6.3% in revenue as compared to the previous year's corresponding quarter. With the unfavourable foreign exchange effect when converted to Ringgit Malaysia, being the reporting currency of the Group, its revenue reported a higher drop at 8.3%. The drop in revenue was attributed to the lower sales volume from the new car sector which was impacted by the product life cycle of car models leading to the phasing out of certain current models, and manufacturers gearing towards the electrification and hybrid cars reengineering.
H.R. Owen Plc（"H.R. Owen"）報告營業收入較上一年同期下降了6.3%。在轉換爲馬來西亞令吉時，由於不利的匯率效應，其營業收入下降幅度更大，達到8.3%。營業收入的下降歸因於新汽車板塊的成交量減少，該板塊受到產品生命週期的影響，導致某些當前車型逐漸淘汰，同時製造商正朝着電動汽車和混合動力汽車的再工程方向發展。
Additionally, the group said challenging economic conditions and uncertain sentiments in the United Kingdom following the General Election held in July 2024 had also soften the sales in the current quarter under review. The above factors had
led to margin compression following the intense price competition due to oversupply of cars from certain manufacturers. As a result, H.R. Owen registered a pre-tax loss of RM11.2 million as compared to pre-tax profit of RM0.4 million recorded in the previous year's corresponding quarter, reflecting the combined impact of reduced revenue and margin compression.
此外，該集團表示英國於2024年7月舉行大選後面臨挑戰的經濟環境和不確定的情緒也使得本審查中的當前季度銷售額下降。上述因素導致由於某些製造商汽車供應過剩而產生的激烈價格競爭，從而導致邊際壓縮。因此，H.R. Owen與去年同期的稅前利潤相比，RM40萬的稅前利潤，實現了RM1120萬的稅前虧損，反映了收入減少和邊際壓縮的綜合影響。
由於某些製造商的汽車過剩造成激烈的價格競爭，導致利潤空間受到壓縮。因此，H.R. Owen在本年度同期記錄的稅前利潤爲40萬馬來西亞令吉，而本期的稅前虧損爲1120萬馬來西亞令吉，反映了收入減少和利潤空間壓縮的綜合影響。
The Board has declared a first interim dividend of 2 sen per share, amounting to approximately RM27.0 million, for the financial year ending 30 June 2025. The dividend is payable on 17 January 2025 and the entitlement date is fixed on 31 December 2024.
董事會宣佈對截至2025年6月30日的財務年度每股派發2仙的首次中期股息，金額約爲2700萬令吉。股息將於2025年1月17日支付，權利登記日期定於2024年12月31日。
