[ESS] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Mar-2006 [#Q1]

Announcement Date
30-Mar-2006
Financial Year
2006
Quarter
31-Mar-2006 [#Q1]
Profit Trend
QoQ- 98.00%
YoY- -61.60%
Quarter Report
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Quarter Result
31/12/06 04/08/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 CAGR
Revenue 82,959 91,542 87,486 86,087 83,332 81,820 78,896 3.39%
PBT 9,778 11,563 7,066 7,574 5,365 9,932 37,778 -59.28%
Tax 200 150 138 37 152 1,185 -12,545 -
NP 17,437 12,477 22,512 10,322 5,213 8,747 38,878 -41.32%
Tax Rate -2.05% -1.30% -1.95% -0.49% -2.83% -11.93% 33.21% -
Total Cost 65,522 79,065 64,974 75,765 78,119 73,073 40,018 38.79%
Ratio Analysis
31/12/06 04/08/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 CAGR
NP Margin 21.02 13.63 25.73 11.99 6.26 10.69 49.28 -43.24%
Per Share
31/12/06 04/08/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 CAGR
EPS 0.75 0.46 0.96 0.43 0.23 0.36 1.66 -41.03%
EPS Diluted 0.75 0.45 0.95 0.43 0.23 0.35 1.64 -40.55%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ & YoY figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.