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_: Cement industry in Pakistan grew by 3.3 percent to 35.40 million tons during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 compared to 34.28 million tons of last year. While local sales volume registered a growth of 7.9 percent to historically highest volumes of 28.21 million tons during fiscal year 2014-15 compared to 26.15 million tons last year while export sales volume registered a decline of 11.6 percent to 7.19 million tons during the year under review compared to 8.14 million tons of last year.
The company Lucky Cement Limited was able to maintain its overall market share in the industry at 19.2 percent during the current fiscal year. The company achieved an overall growth of 2.7 percent with overall sales volume at 6.79 million tons during the fiscal year 2014-15 compared to 6.62 million tons sold last year.
Local sales volume registered a growth of 7.0 percent to 4.42 million tons during the fiscal year 2014-15 compared to 4.13 million tons last year, whereas export volumes declined by 4.5 percent to 2.37 million tons during the fiscal year 2014-15 compared to 2.49 million tons of last year.
The standalone EPS for the year is Rs38.44 which is 9.6 percent higher than the last year EPS of Rs35.08. The EDITDA for the year has also seen an increase of 10.9 percent and is at Rsl8 billion.
The company was able to maintain its overall market share in the industry at almost similar levels i.e. 19.20 percent for the current fiscal year. It achieved an overall growth of 2.7 percent with overall sales volume at 6.79 million tons during the fiscal year 2014-15 compared to 6.62 million tons sold last year.
The capacity utilization for Lucky Cement Limited has increased to 92.0 percent, which is an increase of 3 percent from last year. The average industry capacity utilization increased to 77.6 percent for the year as per the data provided by APCMA.
The industry sales registered an overall increase of 3.3 percent. The local sales witnessed a growth of 7.9 percent while the exports faced a decline of 11.6 percent.
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Financial Performance
The financial performance of our company for the fiscal year 2014-15 compared to the last year is presented below:
REVENUES
During the...