{"id":63418,"date":"2022-08-05T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=63418"},"modified":"2022-08-05T20:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:05:56","slug":"h1-nigerian-exchange-group-reports-n4-2-billion-in-gross-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/h1-nigerian-exchange-group-reports-n4-2-billion-in-gross-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"H1 2022: Nigerian Exchange Group Reports N4.2 Billion In Gross Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (\u201cNGX Group\u201d) has announced its unaudited results for the&nbsp;half year ended 30 June 2022.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Commenting, Mr. Oscar Onyema, the Group Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer, said:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn 2021, we took strategic steps to recorganise our business by laying the foundation for the rebirth of our franchise as we became a fully-fledged for-profit making company with a clear focus on maximizing resources and improving stakeholder returns. Our performance in the first half of 2022 is a testament to our ability to deliver long-term value. We recorded impressive growth in our top line to deliver a profit before tax of N1.22 billion despite the peculiar challenges inherent in our operating environment.Our goal remains to sustain our position as a leading integrated market infrastructure group in Africa, by diversifying our revenue streams, and identifying and investing in new businesses. We remain focused on building formidable businesses through broader and deeper involvement in every sphere of the capital market value chain through informed investments in profitable verticals and enhanced risk management practices, without losing sight of emerging opportunities in unrelated businesses within the Sub-Saharan African region\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63420\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220805-131632_1-172x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63419\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220805-125637_1-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Group Financial Performance Review<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00b7&nbsp;Gross earnings recorded a significant growth of 138.3% to&nbsp;N4.22 billion from&nbsp;N1.77 billion as of June 2021 benefitting primarily from a 140.4% growth in revenue (91% of gross earnings), and 119.6% growth in other income (9% of gross earnings).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00b7&nbsp;Revenue growth of 140.4% (N2.23 billion) to&nbsp;N3.82 billion in June 2022 from N1.58 billion recorded in June 2021 was driven by:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;165.1% growth in treasury investment income (26.6% of revenue) to&nbsp;N1,017.4 million in June 2022 relative to&nbsp;N383.7 million in the comparative period in 2021 driven largely by relatively higher yields on the Group\u2019s treasury bills, bonds and fixed deposit investments.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;198.4% growth in transaction fees (60.7% of revenue) to&nbsp;N2,320.7 million in June 2022 from&nbsp;N777.7 million recorded in June 2021 due to a significant increase in trading activities in Nigerian Exchange Limited (\u201cNGX\u201d or \u201cThe Exchange\u201d).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;18.6% increase in listing fees (9.5% of revenue) to&nbsp;N363.8 million in June 2022 from&nbsp;N306.8 million in June 2021 buoyed by improved listing on the Exchange in the first half of 2022 relative to the first half of 2021.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rental income&nbsp;(1.4% of revenue)&nbsp;earned from NGX Real Estate lease of office floor spaces recorded a 60.5% increase from&nbsp;N32.2 million in June 2021 to&nbsp;N51.7&nbsp;million.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15.4% decline in other fees (1.8% of revenue) to&nbsp;N69.7 million in June 2022 from&nbsp;N82.4 million in June 2021 which represents rental income from the trading floor, annual charges from brokers, dealing license and membership fees earned by the Group.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">119.6% increase in other income (9% of gross earnings) driven primarily by:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;376.5% improvement in market data income (56% of other income) to&nbsp;N220.94 million from&nbsp;N46.3 million reported in June 2021 which is made up of technology income, other sub-lease income, and penalty fees.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15.99% growth in other operating income (31% of other income) from&nbsp;N105.6 million in June 2021 to&nbsp;N122.5 million in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63422\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220805-125553_1-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00b7&nbsp;Total expenses grew by 102.6% from&nbsp;N1.9 billion in June 2021 to&nbsp;N3.9 billion in June 2022 primarily driven by a 231.6% growth in operating expenses (59.1% of total expenses) to&nbsp;N2.3 billion from&nbsp;N702.9 million in June 2021. This was largely as a result of a finance cost (57% of operating expenses) of&nbsp;N1.3 billion related to a term loan taken during the period. Personnel expenses (34.4% of total expenses) also grew by 27% from&nbsp;N1.01 billion in June 2021 to&nbsp;N1.35 billion during the period under review.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Operating profit of&nbsp;N273.2 million in June 2022 from an operating loss of&nbsp;N177.2 million in June 2021, as a result of 138.3% growth in gross earnings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00b7&nbsp;Profit before income tax grew by 134.4% to&nbsp;N1.22 billion in June 2022 from&nbsp;N521.9 million in the corresponding period in 2021 due to an impressive growth in the top line which was more than sufficient to mitigate the impact of the increases in key expense lines.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00b7Despite an increase in effective tax rate to 32.95% relative to 13.84% in June 2021, profit after income tax grew by 82.4% to&nbsp;N820.2 million from N449.7 million. This resulted in a decline in profit after tax margin to 19.45% from 25.42% recorded in June 2021.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00b7Total assets rose by 59.9% to&nbsp;N39.8 billion from&nbsp;N24.9 billion in Dec. 2021, driven primarily by 91.3% growth in investment in associates to&nbsp;N31.99 billion from&nbsp;N14.8 billion in Dec. 2021, and 116.8% growth in Cash and Cash equivalent to&nbsp;N4.3 billion from&nbsp;N2.2 billion in Dec. 2021.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;Total liabilities recorded a 394.7% increase from&nbsp;N3.8 billion in Dec. 2021 to&nbsp;N18.6 billion as a result of a&nbsp;N14.5 billion term loan used to facilitate the increase in investment in associates.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (\u201cNGX Group\u201d) has announced its unaudited results for the&nbsp;half year ended 30 June 2022. 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