SHAKEN BUT NOT STIRRED: EABL revenues grow to KShs66.5 bn, but rising costs dampen half-year profits

Despite a  strong 16% growth in net sales in the first six months of EABL’s FY2024 (July -December 2023) compared to the same period in the prior year, East African Breweries PLC (EABL), the Diageo-owned alcoholic drinks giant, has reported a 22% decline in half-year after-tax profit. This, it attributed to macro-economic-driven cost inflation and rising finance costs. In the just released results, the company reported that its net sales went up by 16%, to Kshs 66.5 billion for the half year ended December 31, 2023, from KShs57.3 billion in a similar period in F23. “EABL’s half-year profit after tax…