HCMC — Pacific Petroleum Transportation JSC (HOSE: PVP) will close the list of shareholders eligible for its 2024 cash dividend of 10% on November 6.
Shareholders will get VND1,000 for every share held. The dividend payment is slated for November 28.
With more than 103.7 million outstanding shares, the company will pay an estimated VND103.7 billion in total dividends.
In the first half of 2025, PVP posted revenue of VND978.1 billion, up 33.4% year-on-year, while post-tax profit fell 11.6% to VND85.4 billion. The gross profit margin dropped from 21.5% to 14.4%.
For 2025, the firm targets revenue of VND1.85 trillion and pre-tax profit of VND245 billion. By mid-year, it had achieved 44.3% of its full-year profit goal, with pre-tax profit reaching VND108.5 billion.
The company reported a positive operating cash flow of VND271 billion in the first half of the year, compared to VND251.9 billion in the same period last year. Investment and financial cash flows were negative at VND203.5 billion and VND100.09 billion, respectively, due mainly to debt repayments.
Closing the trading session today, October 15, PVP edged up 1% to VND15,100, with 202,500 shares changing hands.
The benchmark VN-Index fell 3.11 points, or 0.18%, to 1,757.95 on Wednesday, dragged down by losses of Vingroup-related stocks and several other large-cap stocks.
Market liquidity declined sharply, with 1.18 billion shares worth VND37.66 trillion traded, down 24.4% in volume and 28% in value from the previous session. Block deals made up 71.6 million shares valued at VND2.18 trillion.
All Vingroup-related stocks ended lower. VPL lost 3.24% to VND83,700, VHM dropped 2.36% to VND124,000, VRE fell 2% to VND41,900, and VIC decreased 1.13% to VND209,500.
FPT was the biggest loser among VN30 stocks, down 3.03% to VND89,600. GAS slipped 1.67% to VND59,000, VCB shed 0.95% to VND62,500, and BID dipped 0.63% to VND39,350.
GVR, MWG, and DGC also declined more than 1%. Losses from Vingroup-related stocks, FPT, VCB, BID, and GAS together took away nearly 10 points from the main index.
On the other hand, VJC hit its ceiling price for a second straight session at VND163,100. VPB led banking gainers with a 3.69% rise to VND33,700. TPB increased 2.6% to VND19,700, while HDB, VIB, and SHB each added more than 1%.
In the securities sector, ORS hit its ceiling price at VND15,550. VIX and SSI rose more than 1%, while BSI and VDS dropped over 2%.
Lender SHB took the lead by liquidity with over 135.3 million shares changing hands.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index edged up 0.79 point, or 0.29%, to 276.12, with 58 advancers and 89 decliners. Trading volume reached 96.2 million shares worth VND2.43 trillion.
