DTL Reports 36% Increase in Nine-Month Net Profit Attributable to Shareholders

November 19, 2025

Derrimon Trading Ltd (DTL)
Unaudited Financials for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025

Derrimon Trading Ltd (DTL) for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, reported a 5% increase in Trading Income, totaling $12.20 billion compared to $11.57 billion in the corresponding period last year. Trading Income for the third quarter declined by 2%, closing at $3.69 billion compared to $3.76 billion for the comparable quarter of 2024.

Cost of Sales amounted to $8.86 billion (2024: $8.61 billion), representing a 3% year-over-year increase. Consequently, Gross Profit rose by 13% to $3.34 billion compared to $2.96 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The company booked Gross Profit of $990.54 million for the third quarter versus $937.16 million reported for the similar quarter of 2024.

Administrative Expenses increased by 21% to $1.86 billion (2024: $1.54 billion), while Selling & Distribution Expenses increased by 4%, moving from $611.83 million in 2024 to $633.84 million in the period under review. As a result, Total Operating Expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $2.49 billion, a 16% increase relative to $2.15 billion reported in 2024.

Operating Profit before Finance Costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $1.16 billion, a 20% increase relative to $962.70 million reported in 2024. Operating Profit before Finance Costs for the third quarter amounted to $256.45 million (2024: $244.86 million). Finance Costs totaled $965.13 million, a 17% increase compared to $824.74 million reported in the corresponding period last year.

Profit Before Taxation for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $190.77 million, a 38% increase relative to $137.96 million reported in 2024. For the third quarter, the company recorded a Loss Before Taxation of $6.55 million (2024: Profit Before Taxation of $1.13 million).

The Taxation charge for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, increased by 117% to $47.69 million (2024: $22.00 million). The Taxation charge for the third quarter amounted to $13.87 million (2024: tax credit of $6.00 million).

Net Profit for the nine months increased by 23% to $143.08 million (2024: $115.96 million). For the quarter, the company recorded a Net Loss totaling $20.42 million (2024: Net Loss of $4.87 million).

Net Profit Attributable to Shareholders for the nine months amounted to $122.48 million, a 36% increase from the $89.79 million reported in 2024. For the third quarter, Net Loss Attributable to Shareholders was $17.48 million (2024: Net Loss Attributable to Shareholders of $7.94 million).

Consequently, Earnings Per Share for the nine months amounted to $0.03 (2024: $0.02), while Loss Per Share for the quarter totaled $0.004 (2024: $0.002). The twelve-month trailing Loss Per Share was $0.11, based on 4,533,360,670 shares used in the calculations.

Notably, DTL’s stock price closed the trading period on November 14, 2025, at $1.80.

Balance Sheet Highlights

The company’s assets totaled $16.69 billion (2024: $18.77 billion). This decrease was primarily attributable to lower inventories, which amounted to $3.64 billion compared to $5.69 billion in 2024.

Shareholders’ Equity was $6.13 billion (2024: $6.72 billion), representing a Book Value per Share of $1.35 (2024: $1.48).

 

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