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Naspers Accelerates Profitability Target and Delivers on ObjectivesNaspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN): Naspers is successfully delivering on its commitments. The fundamentals of its operating businesses are improving, driving profitable growth. The ongoing open-ended buyback continues to compound value over time and the removal of the cross-holding agreement has greatly simplified the Group's structure. Lastly, with its strong balance sheet and through active portfolio management, the Group is well positioned to generate improved returns through smart and disciplined capital allocation, benefitting all its stakeholders. Headlines
Ervin Tu, Interim Group CEO, Prosus and Naspers, commented: "We are making substantial progress against our commitment to drive profitable growth. Through active management of our portfolio, we have delivered improved results as our Ecommerce portfolio is now close to breakeven and growing at scale. We've simplified our Group structure, and the open-ended buyback programme is driving daily NAV per share growth - magnifying returns over the long term. With deep institutional knowledge across a number of technology domains, including AI, we are well positioned to support exceptional technology companies around the world. We remain ambitious in our plans and disciplined in our approach to drive real returns for all of our stakeholders." Group performance
Basil Sgourdos, Group CFO, Prosus and Naspers, commented: "The Group has delivered strong financial performance, beating industry levels of growth, while significantly accelerating profitability. Driven by continued strong execution across our Ecommerce portfolio, I expect this trajectory to continue at pace. Our Classifieds and Food Delivery segments are both profitable, and PayU is making strong progress towards profitability. Core headline earnings have doubled and the impact of the strong improvements in Ecommerce and Tencent are also evident in our free cashflow, which has increased six times. Our strong and flexible balance sheet, active portfolio management and disciplined capital allocation will underpin our success." Industry-leading growth and accelerating profitability across core Ecommerce portfolio Food Delivery: Sustained revenue growth with significant profitability improvement
Classifieds - OLX Group: Strong performance, with peer-leading growth and expanding margins
Payments & Fintech - PayU: Strong overall performance, with core Payments Service Provider (PSP) business profitable and sustained growth in Indian businesses
Edtech: Continued growth in majority-owned platforms, with investment to leverage the significant opportunity of generative AI
South African businesses
For full details of the Group's results, please visit www.naspers.com. About Naspers: Established in 1915, Naspers has transformed itself to become a global consumer internet company and one of the largest technology investors in the world. Through Prosus, the group operates and invests globally in markets with long-term growth potential, building leading consumer internet companies that empower people and enrich communities. Prosus has its primary listing on Euronext Amsterdam, and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Naspers is the majority owner of Prosus. In South Africa, Naspers is one of the foremost investors in the technology sector and is committed to building its internet and ecommerce companies. These include Takealot, Mr D Food, Superbalist, Autotrader, Property24 and PayU, in addition to Media24, South Africa's leading print and digital media business. Naspers has a primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (NPN.SJ), a secondary listing on the A2X Exchange (NPN.AJ) in South Africa, and has a level 1 American Depository Receipt (ADR) programme which trades on an over-the-counter basis in the United States of America. For more information, please visit www.naspers.com.
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