Cadbury Nigeria Plc has bounced back strongly, posting a pretax profit of N17.2 billion for the 2025 financial year, a significant recovery from the N28.3 billion loss recorded in 2024.
This turnaround was revealed in the company’s unaudited financial statement for the period, published on 27 January 2026.
The recovery extended into the fourth quarter, with pretax profit climbing 68.6% to N3.4 billion, up from N2.04 billion in the same quarter of 2024.
According to the results, Cadbury’s full-year and quarterly performance was supported by higher revenue, lower administrative expenses, and sharply reduced net finance costs, largely from fewer foreign exchange losses.
Cadbury Nigeria Plc reported full-year revenue of N169.8 billion in 2025, representing a 31.49% increase from N129.1 billion in the previous year.
As expected, the cost of sales rose alongside higher turnover, climbing to N133.2 billion from N110.9 billion in 2024.
On the expense side, sales and distribution costs rose sharply by 95.11% to N12.2 billion, reflecting increased market activity.
In contrast, administrative expenses were trimmed down significantly to N3.3 billion from N6.0 billion in 2024, helping to cushion the overall cost impact.
As a result, pretax profit rebounded from a loss of N28.3 billion to a profit of N17.2 billion. After recognizing an income tax credit of N5.1 billion, profit after tax stood at N12.08 billion.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to N82.1 billion, up 13.4% year-on-year.
On the equity side, total shareholders’ equity expanded sharply to N16.4 billion from N4.3 billion in 2024.
Liabilities eased to N65.6 billion from N68.0 billion in 2024, driven largely by a reduction in borrowings, which fell to N22.8 billion from N32.8 billion.
Cadbury’s 2025 results show an improvement from the previous year, after a difficult 2024.
On the Nigerian Exchange, Cadbury shares are up 12.85% year-to-date, trading at N67.60.