Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu’s BUA Foods posts $167.8 million in profit in 2021
The increase in the group’s profit can be attributed to a significant increase in the sales of its products.
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The increase in the group’s profit can be attributed to a significant increase in the sales of its products.
The multimillion-dollar surge in the market value of Rabiu’s stake can be linked to the year-to-date gains in BUA Cement shares.
BUA Cement operates with a combined installed capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum.
BUA Cement operates with a combined installed capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum.
Rabiu, the chairman of BUA Group, owns 99.81 percent of the agro-allied company.
BUA Foods is a consolidated food business controlled by Rabiu, who owns 99.8 percent of the business.
BUA Cement’s market capitalization is $5.7 billion, making it the fourth most capitalized company on the Nigerian Exchange.
Rabiu owns 99.8 percent of the newly established food business segment.
The news comes despite a slump in fortified sugar sales and a single-digit increase in its direct production costs.
So far this year, BUA Foods’ stock ranks as the best performing stock on the Nigerian Exchange.
Rabiu’s stake in BUA Foods is now valued at $2.795 billion.
Rabiu’s stake in the newly-listed BUA Foods has catapulted his net worth above $7 billion.
More than 1 billion shares in BUA Foods were exchanged by investors by midday on the Nigerian bourse.
BUA Cement is Nigeria’s second-largest cement producer and the largest cement producer.
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