Treasury Wine Estates' sees higher FY25 earnings on robust luxury wine demand
FY24 profit up 8%, in line with consensus
Sees higher EBIT in FY25
Final dividend of 19 AU cents/share
Updates with fiscal 2025 outlook and more results detail
Aug 15 (Reuters) -Australia's biggest wine producer Treasury Wine Estates TWE.AX largely met estimates for annual underlying profit and forecast higher earnings in fiscal 2025 on Thursday, betting on robust demand for its luxury brands.
The company expects operating earnings in the range of A$780 million to A$810 million for the year ending June 30, 2025. It reported A$658.1 million for fiscal 2024.
The Visible Alpha consensus estimates FY25 operating earnings at A$812 million.
The forecast reflects "continued strong top-line luxury portfolio growth in Penfolds and Treasury Americas, with stability expected across the remainder of TWE's global brand portfolios", the company said.
It reiterated its operating earnings growth forecast for Penfolds at about 15% over the current fiscal and the next, in the wake of resuming exports to China after Beijing ended punitive levies in late-March.
Treasury's Penfolds luxury portfolio, which includes connoisseur-favourite brands such as Grange, contributed more than half of the company's operating earnings in fiscal 2024, with 15% growth, thanks to robust demand, particularly in Asia.
That, coupled with strong growth in the Americas segment, boosted the company's underlying net profit after tax to A$407.5 million ($268.62 million) for the fiscal ended June 30, up 8% over the year earlier and roughly in line with the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of A$408.9 million.
The winemaker also declared a final dividend of 19 Australian cents per share, compared with 17 cents apiece last year.
($1 = 1.5170 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Sameer Manekar and John Biju in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar
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