Manufacturing firm, Carbacid Investments Plc, has reported strong financial results for the period ending July 31 2025, with revenue reaching KES 2.099 billion, up a marginal 1.6% year-on-year. Profitability saw a more significant surge, with net profit jumping 24.4% to KES 1.003 billion.
This strong performance was supported by growing demand in non-traditional market and improved operational efficiency, partly due to investments in solar energy that lowered the costs. These factors helped increase Carbacid’s gross margin from 59% to 65%. However, growth in the local Kenyan market was modest, held back by the strengthening of the Kenya shilling against the US Dollar.
Despite a headwind from appreciation of the Kenyan shilling, the manufacturer’s investments portfolio was buoyed by a recovering stock market resulting in unrealized gains of KES 68 million on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and KES 52 million on the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) – a total of KES 120 million.
As a result, earnings per share grew to KES 3.94 in from KES 3.31 and the Board has proposed a final dividend of KES 2.00 per share, bringing the dividend payout ratio to 50.8% as compared to 51.4%.
“The Directors of Carbacid Investments Plc have proposed a final dividend of KES 2.00 per share amounting to a total of KES 509,703,970. The dividend is to be paid to shareholders on record as of the close of business on 26th November 2025 and will be payable on or around 18th December 2025.”
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