Singapore-listed Thai Beverage (TBEV.SI) (ThaiBev) posted a 7.2% rise in nine-month operating earnings on Thursday, helped by growth across all businesses on the back of effective brand investment and marketing activities.
The company, which brews the popular Chang beer, reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 48.29 billion baht ($1.46 billion) for the nine months ended June 30, up from 45.03 billion baht a year earlier.
ThaiBev's sales revenue for the nine months ended June 30 came in at 254.04 billion baht, compared with 258.62 billion baht a year earlier, impacted by unfavorable foreign exchange translation effects and a slight slowdown in the Thai market.
Tourism, a key driver of Southeast Asia's second-largest economy, is slowing, with foreign arrivals down 3.19% from a year earlier at 18.51 million in the January 1-August 1 period.
The spirits business, the company's biggest profit contributor, logged a 6.6% increase in nine-month operating profit, aided by favourable raw material costs.
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