EXPECTED EARNINGS RELEASE DATES FOR MARCH YEAR-END ACCOUNTS

With the 90-day deadline for companies having March 31 year-end quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) expected to lapse this month-end, as contained in their post-listing requirements, their expected earnings release date has been estimated by Investdata. This is based on their historical reporting timelines.  

It is expected that more earnings reports will hit the market in the month of July and August, coupled with increasing number of companies paying interim dividends, this expected earnings are likely to add more momentum to the market for the Q2 earnings season as investors look forward to cash or scrip dividends from full-year and half-year accounts of companies depending on the strength of the earnings reported. 

Research reveals that increasing number of companies on the exchange are complying with their post-listing requirements while the recent NSE compliance code will guide investors to know companies that regularly provide information to the investing public. Below are tables with the expected released date, last year's dividend, Earnings Per Share and the current EPS to guide you accordingly.

Company name	RELEASED DATE	DIVIDEND	Q3 Eps	2015 Full year Eps
7 Up	29th June 2015	2.75	3.48	11.12
Academy press	30th June 2015	-	-0.23	-0.05
Avon crown cap	11th July 2015	-	-0.11	-0.06
Chellaramsplc	6th July 2015	-	+0.28	-4.37
Flour Mills	21st July 2015	2.10	7.05	3.47
Red star Express	28th July 2015	0.35	0.43	0.65
Honey well	29th July 2015	0.05	0.19	0.14
Northern Nig Flour mill	1st august 2015	-	0.31	-
University Press	31st July 2015	20k	0.31	0.32
Road Nigerian	August 2014	-	-	-
Tripple Gee	24 July 2015	-	0.01	0.08

                     INTERIM DIVIDEND

Company name	RELEASED DATE	DIVIDEND	Q2 EPS 2015	Q1 2016 EPS
African Prudential	29th July 2015	0.17	0.37	0.10
Access Bank	20th Aug 2015	0.25	1.37	0.67
Axa Mansard	31st July 2015	0.03	0.07	0.06
Consolidate Hallmark	30th July 2015	0.02	0.06	0.02
Courteville	23th July 2015	0.04	0.06	0.004
Custodian & allied	31st July 2015	0.06	0.12	0.07
GTBank	20th Aug. 2015	0.25	1.88	0.90
Zenith Bank	13th Aug. 2015	0.25	1.70	0.84
Stanbic IBTC	9th July 2015	0.90	0.80	-
UBA	3rdsep 2015	0.20	0.94	0.47
	INTREIM DIVIDNED	Q3	Q3 2015	Q1 2016
CAP	22nd Oct 2015	1.15	1.61	0.60
NB	21st Oct 2015	1.20	3.30	1.32
Seplet	26th Oct 2015	7.96	24.54	7.62
Nestle	26th Oct 2015	10.00	21.75	8.43
Total	29thoct 2015	2.00	6.28	8.32