Murray and Roberts has reported headline earnings per share of 200c for the 6 months ended December 31, 2009, from 302c previously.
Cashbuild, which is reaping rewards for opening stores in rural areas, expects to spend R200m on opening 10 new stores and refurbishing old ones.
Protech Khuthele expects headline earnings and earnings per share for the year ended February 28 to be between 70% and 75% higher
The building sector could be set for a better reporting season than last year, with Murray & Roberts becoming the second company to say earnings would be higher
Concor has reported a 56% rise in its headline earnings per share for the year to end-June 2005 to 226.7 cents from a re-stated 145.4 cents a year earlier
The strength of the rand and a sharp reduction in interest income because of a depletion of cash resources knocked the earnings of Concor
The strong property market boosted construction and engineering company Group Five's building and manufacturing activities
Construction and infrastructure company Group Five (GRF) reported a 13% rise in headline earnings per share to 43.5 cents for the six months ended December 31 2003
Construction group Concor reported a marginal drop in its half-year earnings and expects profits to be marginally down for the full year.
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) reported a 38% jump in headline earnings per share to 1154 cents for the year ended September 30 from 838.3 cents a year ago
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