Clicks hikes dividend more than a quarter but warns of increasing costs and weak consumer
The group has also benefited from its status as the largest private provider of Covid-19 vaccines
28 April 2022 - 09:28
UPDATED 28 April 2022 - 21:29
SA’s biggest pharmacy retailer, Clicks, expects increased operational costs and a weaker consumer in the next six months, it said as it posted robust financial results in the half-year to end-February while also raising its dividend.
Interim headline earnings rose 24.1% to R1.14bn, with some of the rise coming from insurance payouts from the prior year’s losses incurred in the KwaZulu-Natal riots...
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