Steel & Tube annual operating profit to be up more than 69%

Steel & Tube annual operating profit to be up more than 69%
Chief executive Mark Malpass said structural changes are well embedded. (Image: Steel & Tube)
Jenny Ruth
Steel & Tube said its strong first-half performance continued into the current six months and it's now expecting normalised operating profit for the full year to be up more than 69%.The steel products distributor expects earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) to be not less than $64 million, up from $37.9m the previous year, and that ebit will be not less than $45m, up from $19m.Revenue for the 10 months ended April was up 24.6% at $479.2m from the same months a year earlier, ebitda up 81.6% at $53.6m and...

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