Soaring profits fail to lift Seven Group (ASX:SVW) share price today

Revenues and profits were both well up from the prior corresponding half-year.

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Key points

  • Seven Group share price slides amid wider ASX 200 selloff
  • Revenues and profits lift off
  • Boral acquisition completed during the period

The Seven Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: SVW) share price is slipping in early trade, down 4.25%.

Seven Group shares closed yesterday trading for $22.36 and are currently at $21.41.

It's not just the Seven Group share price under pressure today though. The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is down 1.1% as well.

Below we look at the highlights from the diversified investment group's half-year financial results (1H FY22).

Seven Group share price slides despite profit lift

What else happened during the half-year?

Atop the impressive 21.5% increase in underlying NPAT, Seven Group reported an even more impressive 235.6% boost in statutory NPAT, which came in at $1.22 billion. This figure includes a gain of $757 million relating to the Group's acquisition of Boral Limited (ASX: BLD) during the half-year.

The group's diverse holdings ­– including Seven West Media Ltd (ASX: SWM), 38.9% owned – continued to deliver growth during the period, with energy a particularly strong performer.

Seven Group holds a 30% interest in Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT). Despite a drop in production during the half-year, due to natural field decline and maintenance in the Cooper Basin JV and Western Flank, Beach's EBIT contribution of $66.7 million was up 82.2% year-on-year. Higher energy prices also helped boost sales revenue 11.5% to $786 million.

The company's operating cash flow was down from the prior corresponding period to $221.5 million. This was primarily due to investment in working capital in WesTrac, helping support growth amid supply chain disruptions.

What did management say?

Commenting on the results, Seven Group CEO Ryan Stokes said:

Today's result demonstrates the benefits of our strategy to own a diversified portfolio of high-quality businesses across varied segments of the economy.

We like to assess our performance on a like-for-like, continuing operations basis, but I do note that in this period we consolidated Boral following our acquisition of a 69.6% stake during 2021. We are excited by the opportunity Boral presents. With the company having successfully pivoted back to Australia, we are supporting management to drive financial performance and deliver margins that are commensurate with Boral's industry-leading position.

Importantly for SGH, we made a commitment to repay the transaction bridge facility of $2.97 billion within the financial year and are pleased to confirm that, following the Boral capital return, the bridge has been substantially reduced and will be fully repaid in March.

What's next?

Looking ahead, Seven Group offered guidance saying it expects pro-forma EBIT for FY22 from continuing operations (excluding property) to increase between 8% and 10%.

It stated the businesses it has invested in are "well placed to capitalise on the expansion in mining production, infrastructure investment, media and energy markets".

Seven Group share price snapshot

Over the past 12 months, the Seven Group share price is down 4%, trailing the 5% gains posted by the ASX 200 in that same period.

So far in 2022, Seven Group shares are down 2.7%, outperforming the 6% loss on the ASX 200.

The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Bruce Jackson.

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