2015 Corporate Rating Report – Nigerian Breweries Plc Nigerian Breweries Plc Rating Assigned: This is a company that possesses very strong financial condition and very strong capacity to meet local currency obligations as and Aa when they fall due. Outlook: Stable ATING ATIONALE Issue Date: September 2015 R R Expiry Date: 30 June 2016 Nigerian Breweries Plc (“Nigerian Breweries”, “NB” or “the Company”) is Previous Rating: None the premier and largest brewing company in Nigeria. NB’s rating is underlined by the Company’s dominant position in the Industry; highly experienced and stable Board of Directors; and competent management Industry: team. The rating is also supported by NB’s strong financial condition Breweries which is validated by good profitability, low leverage, good cash flow and adequate working capital. Outline Page Rationale 1 Nigerian Breweries is a subsidiary of Heineken, the third largest global Company Profile 3 player in the Brewery Industry with international ratings of Baa1 by Financial Condition 5 Moody’s and Bbb+ by Standard and Poor’s. Ownership, Mgt & Staff 8 Outlook 10 Financial Summary 11 During the year ended 31 December 2014, NB’s turnover decreased slightly by 1% to ₦266 billion but its profit before tax margin remained strong, while its three-year weighted average return on equity of 46% Analysts: and three-year average profit before tax as a percentage of sales ratio of Olusegun Owadokun 23% are well above our benchmarks. In the same vein, cash flow
[email protected] indicators such as operating cash flow as a percentage of sales (35%) Isaac Babatunde and operating profit margin (25%) surpass our expectations.