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<p>Construction engineering company, WBHO saw headline earnings per share decrease of 34 per cent as the operations in both South Africa and the United Kingdom were overshadowed by the Western Roads upgrade project in Australia. WBHO Chairman, Mike Wylie joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Australian roads upgrade project drags down WBHO’s FY earnings

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<p>Boosted by revenue from its Australian division growing 28.7 per cent which saw group revenue increase from R15.5 billion to R18 billion.</p>


Australia proves happy hunting ground for WBHO

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<p>Listed construction and engineering group WBHO, says that full year revenue was 4.1 per cent higher to R31.9 billion. The company says increased profitability from the roads and earthworks division negated lower profitability from Australia.</p>


WBHO’s earnings take a hit from settlement charge

<p>Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO), South Africa&#8217;s biggest construction firm by market capitalisation, reported a 23.8 percent rise in full-year profit on Tuesday as a strong performance in Australia offset slow growth at home.</p>
<p>WBHO said in a statement that headline earnings per share (HEPS), South Africa&#8217;s main profit gauge that excludes certain one-off and non-trading items, increased to 1,343 cents in the year to the end of June from 1,085 cents.</p>
<p>&#8220;Markets were once again characterised by strong Australian building markets and subdued civil engineering markets globally,&#8221; the company said.</p>
<p>The builder of Mall of Africa in Midrand, between Johannesburg and Pretoria, said its order book increased 14 percent to 42.7 billion rand ($3 billion), reflecting a sharp rise in Australian building orders.</p>
<p>WBHO has focused on Australia where demand for shopping malls, office blocks and residential properties has helped cushion the impact of slower domestic public sector spending and cut backs from the mining industry.</p>
<p>Its African order book, which includes South Africa and other sub-Saharan countries such as Mozambique and Zambia, now accounts for 28 percent of overall orders compared with 34 percent a year earlier.</p>
<p>Revenue from WBHO&#8217;s South Africa Civil and Engineering division slumped 40 percent as persistent commodity price weakness continued to curb the number of mining projects, which the division relies heavily upon.</p>
<p>&#8220;While conditions within the civil engineering industry are considered to be at the lowest levels seen in many years, positive signs are beginning to emerge,&#8221; the company said.</p>
<p>Full-year revenue was up 6.3 percent to 30.7 billion rand from 28.8 billion rand in 2015.</p>
<p>WBHO declared a gross dividend of 448 cents per share, up 22 percent from 368 cents a year earlier.</p>
<p>Shares in WBHO, which have surged 35 percent this year, rose 3.60 percent to 159.54 rand following the results.</p>
<p>($1 = 14.2488 rand)</p>
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