Naspers, Prosus Fiscal Year 2021 Net Profit Rose

By Adria Calatayud

Naspers Ltd. and its Amsterdam-listed subsidiary Prosus NV said Monday that net profit for fiscal 2021 rose, driven by a growing contribution from their Tencent Holdings Ltd. investment and improved profitability from ecommerce assets.

South African investor Naspers--which owns a major stake in Chinese tech giant Tencent through Prosus--said net profit for the year to March 31 was $5.30 billion compared with $3.10 billion for fiscal 2020.

Naspers said core headline earnings per share were $8.14 compared with $6.56 a year earlier. The company had guided for core headline EPS to come in at between $7.91 and $8.37.

Revenue rose to $5.93 billion from $4.00 billion in fiscal 2020.

Naspers previously said the financial results of Prosus almost completely account for the group's performance.

Prosus separately reported a net profit that nearly doubled to $7.45 billion on revenue that grew 54% to $5.12 billion. Prosus core headline EPS rose 44% to $2.99, in line with its guidance of an increase of between 41% and 48%.

"Today, our businesses are fundamentally stronger than they were going into the pandemic and are very well positioned going forward," Naspers and Prosus Chief Executive Bob van Dijk said.

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June 21, 2021 02:35 ET (06:35 GMT)

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