Medellin-based multinational supermarket and dry-goods retailer Grupo Éxito announced May 13 a 71% year-on-year hike in first quarter (1Q) 2026 net income, hitting COP$159 billion (US$43 million), versus COP$93 billion (US$25 million) in 1Q 2025. Sales rose by a more modest 1.1% year-on-year,
Medellin-based textiles and plastics recycling special Enka announced May 14 a 66% year-on-year boost in first quarter (1Q) 2026 net income, hitting COP$1.56 billion (US$429,000), versus COP$956 million (US$262,000) in 1Q 2025. The profits hike came despite a 24% drop operating income, at COP$88.6 billion (US$24 million) in 1Q 2026 versus COP$117 billion (US$32 million)
Medellin-based insurance and financial services giant Grupo Sura on May 14 reported a 1.9% year-on-year decline in first quarter (1Q) 2026 net income, at COP$509 billion (US$140 million), versus COP$519 billion (US$143 million) in 1Q 2025. The relatively stable net income came despite an extraordinary wealth tax of COP$227 billion (US$62 million), “which was absorbed […]
Medellin-based renewable electric-power-generation giant Isagen announced May 14 an 87% year-on-year plunge in first quarter (1Q) 2026 net income, at COP$45 billion (US$12 million) versus COP$344 billion (US$94 million) in 1Q 2025. Operating revenues likewise decined 18% year-on-year, to COP$1.67 trillion (US$459 million), while earnings before interest, taxes,
Medellin-based highway construction giant Construcciones El Condor on May 14 posted a first quarter (1Q) 2026 net loss of COP$15 billion (US$4 million) — an improvement over the COP$35.5 billion (US$9.7 million) net loss in 1Q 2025. “This result is influenced by accounting adjustments with no cash impact, related to the equity method of accounting […]
Medellin-based textile giant Fabricato announced May 15 a first quarter (1Q) 2026 consolidated net loss of COP$556 million (US$152,000), down 114% year-on-year from a 1Q 2025 net profit of COP$4 billion (US$1.09 million). Consolidated accumulated revenues from ordinary activities also fell 21% year-on-year, to COP$54 billion (US$14.8 million), compared to COP$69 billion
Medellin-based multinational foods giant Grupo Nutresa on May 11 reported first quarter (1Q) 2026 net income — “adjusted for non-recurring expenses and unrealized foreign exchange differences” — at COP$343 billion (US$94 million), up 12.1% year-on-year. However, “when including the aforesaid non-recurring expenses and foreign exchange differences,” then Nutresa
Medellin-based Grupo Argos – parent company of cement/concrete giant Cement Argos, electric power producer Celsia and highways-airports concessionare Odinsa – on May 14 reported a 21% year-on-year first quarter (1Q) 2026 decline in net income, at COP$194 billion (US$53 million), versus COP$245 billion (US$67 million) in 1Q 2025. Revenues likewise dipped 7% year-on-year, to
Medellin-based construction giant Conconcreto announced May 15 that its first quarter (1Q) 2026 net income fell 50% year-on-year, to COP$10 billion (US$2.7 million), versus COP$20 billion (US$4.77 million) in 1Q 2025. Despite the profits drop, revenues rose by 1.45% year-on-year “due to greater project execution,” according to the company. Earnings before interest, taxes,
Vancouver, Canada-based multinational gold miner Aris Mining –operator of the giant Segovia, Antioquia gold mine 195 kilometers from Medellin – announced May 6 that first quarter (1Q) 2026 net income jumped 263% year-on-year, to US$98 million, from US$27 million in 1Q 2025. Gold revenues rose 136% year-on-year, to US$364 million, from US$154 milloion in 1Q […]























