The next coming weeks will see several of Zimbabwe`s listed companies publish their financials, as Zimbabwe`s earnings announcements season progresses. Already a couple of companies have released their financial results, and there are salient themes that stick out, giving leading indicators of what to expect for some of the leading corporates in Zimbabwe. Numbers are not opinions, and the statistics point to an unforgiving economic environment, which will see even those companies with solid business models and good strategy, struggle under the throes of weakening economic fundamentals. As such, expect tightening margins, slumping profits and slowing revenues this year. Positive earnings stories will be pretty hard to come by. These trends are also going to affect even Delta and Econet, Zimbabwe`s traditional heavyweights, and if these two giants are sneezing on account of the economy, then the rest of the listed companies will most certainly catch a cold. Delta Beverages ...
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