Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) Posts Earnings Results

Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported C$0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, FiscalAI reports. Yellow Pages had a net margin of 8.84% and a return on equity of 33.37%. The business had revenue of C$47.56 million during the quarter.

Here are the key takeaways from Yellow Pages’ conference call:

• Revenue fell 8% year over year to CAD 47.6 million, driven primarily by continued declines in higher-margin digital media and print products amid macroeconomic uncertainty.
• Adjusted EBITDA declined 15.1% to CAD 9.1 million, with margin contracting to 19.1% from 20.7% due to lower revenue, adverse product mix, higher bad debt expense, and share-based compensation costs. Management expects ongoing revenue and mix pressures to weigh on margins in coming quarters.
• Digital revenue declined 6.2%, a modest improvement from the 6.4% decline a year earlier, as higher average customer spending partly offset a lower customer count. Print revenue decreased 14.8% to CAD 9.1 million, mainly because of fewer print customers.
• Cost reductions, workforce optimization, and operating efficiencies helped offset some revenue pressure, while net income increased to CAD 3.3 million from CAD 1.5 million a year earlier.
• Yellow Pages completed its CAD 25.3 million share repurchase and made an additional CAD 2 million pension contribution, yet reported approximately CAD 38 million in cash at July 31. The board also declared a CAD 0.25-per-share dividend payable September 15, 2026.

Yellow Pages Price Performance

Shares of Y traded down C$0.07 during midday trading on Friday, reaching C$13.20. The stock had a trading volume of 3,094 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,038. Yellow Pages has a 52 week low of C$10.75 and a 52 week high of C$13.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 58.77, a current ratio of 3.26 and a quick ratio of 3.26. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is C$12.74 and its 200-day moving average price is C$12.76. The company has a market capitalization of C$152.21 million, a P/E ratio of 10.48, a P/E/G ratio of -0.32 and a beta of 0.96.

Yellow Pages Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 17th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.6%. Yellow Pages’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 79.37%.

Yellow Pages Company Profile

Yellow Pages Ltd is a media and marketing solutions company in Canada, offering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) services to help them connect with local consumers. The company has two reportable segments namely Yellow Pages and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Yellow Pages segment.