Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

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

TSE Y opened at C$13.27 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$12.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$12.76. Yellow Pages has a 12-month low of C$10.74 and a 12-month high of C$13.72. The company has a current ratio of 3.26, a quick ratio of 3.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 58.77. The company has a market cap of C$153.02 million, a P/E ratio of 10.53, a PEG ratio of -0.32 and a beta of 0.96.

Yellow Pages Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.5%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 17th. Yellow Pages’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 79.37%.

About Yellow Pages

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.