Despite a revenue drop, leading Australia-based contract miner Macmahon has lifted Dec 2020 half year (H1 21) net profit after tax to $A44.8M, up 56% on the previous correspondent period.
Revenue fell 5% to $652.5M, due to a change in accounting treatment on certain client provided consumables, but underlying EBITDA jumped 6% to $121.2M and operating cash flow was 7% better to $96.7M.
The order book currently stands at $4.2B, with a tender pipeline of $7B. FY 21 guidance includes revenue of $1.3B-$$1.4B, reduced from $1.4B-$1.5B due to accounting treatment of certain revenue at PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara’s Batu Hijau Copper-Gold Project in Indonesia, with EBIT unchanged at $90M-$100M.
The H1 21 interim dividend has been increased 5cps to 0.30cps, with cash/unutilised facilities of $255M.