October 31 (SeeNews) - Macedonia's hotel and catering company Makedonijaturist reported on Wednesday a preliminary net profit of 118.7 million denars ($2.8 million/1.93 million euro) for the first nine months of 2007, up 63.7% on the year.
Company officials were not immediately available to comment.
Following are figures from Makedonijaturist's income statement sent to the Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE) (in millions of denars):
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|
Jan-Sept'07 |
Jan-Sept'06 |
| NET PROFIT |
118.7 |
72.56 |
| PRE-TAX PROFIT |
133.96 |
80.06 |
| SALES REVENUE |
363.7 |
317.96 |
In 2006 Makedonijaturist's net profit rose by 9.3% to 127.6 million denars.
The Skopje-based company is included in the MSE blue-chip index. Its shares fell by 0.67% to 8,000 denars on Wednesday.
Makedonijaturist runs nine hotels and three restaurants. The company's managers hold a 36.73% stake in the company. Macedonian private company Teteks Petrol owns 5.08% of the shares. The remainder is owned by minority shareholders.
(1 euro = 61.5744 Macedonian denars)