Cadbury Nigeria Delivers N12bn Profit as Net Finance Costs Ease
Cadbury Nigeria Plc returned to profitability in the financial year 2025, the consumer goods company revealed in its unaudited figures released on Tuesday.
A breakdown of the consumer goods consumer performance showed that revenue increased by 31% year on year following price adjustments on its consumer goods, including beverages.
Cadbury Nigeria Plc announced that total revenue for 2025 surged to N169.837 billion, from N129.165 billion in the comparable period in 2024.
The significant topline year-on-year growth enhanced the company’s gross profit, up by 101% to N36,599 billion at the end of FY2025.
The positive results was majorly impacted by a sharp year on year decline in the company’s net finance costs, down to N3.282 billion from N34.287 billion in 2024.
The lower net finance cost was driven lower realized exchange rate difference totaling N40.836 million from N26.050 billion in the comparable period.
Hence, Cadbury Nigeria’s pretax profit rebounded to N17.267 billion in 2025, according to unaudited financials released in the stock market today, up from a pretax loss of N28.326 billion that was reported in the equivalent period in 2024.
Its 2025 profit after tax settled at N12.089 billion, reversing N22.224 billion net loss delivered in the financial year 2024 amidst a tight business operation environment bedeviled by a high-cost profile.
