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QAF Ltd. ( (SG:Q01) ) just unveiled an update.
QAF Limited’s annual general meeting highlighted a 17% year-on-year increase in EBITDA before exceptional items to S$69.7 million for FY2025, driven largely by a sharp swing from foreign exchange losses to gains and a reversal of impairments at its Malaysian joint venture, Gardenia Bakeries (KL). However, higher operating costs in its core bakery operations, especially in Singapore, weighed on profitability even as consumer cost-of-living pressures held overall revenue growth flat.
Management outlined a strategic consolidation of bakery production from Singapore to Malaysia to optimise its manufacturing footprint, citing labour flexibility, cost efficiencies and better use of company-owned factory space, with the transition expected to complete next year. The board also signalled that substantial cash proceeds from the 2022 sale of its Australian primary production business will remain invested in higher-yielding Australian deposits for now, balancing foreign exchange risk against attractive interest income, underscoring QAF’s conservative capital management stance amid global economic and geopolitical uncertainty.
More about QAF Ltd.
QAF Limited is a Singapore-based food group with core businesses in bakery and food trading, including its well-known Gardenia-branded products. The company operates across regional markets, with production facilities in Singapore and Malaysia, and maintains a conservative financial profile with low debt and strong cash reserves following the sale of its Australian primary production business.
Average Trading Volume: 129,416
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: S$569.5M
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