Companies

Grupo Argos 2016 Net Profit Jumps 75%; Chief Wins ‘Empresario of the Year’

Medellin Herald February 28, 2017

Medellin-based industrial conglomerate Grupo Argos announced February 28 that its full-year 2016 net profit jumped 75% year-on-year, to COP$1.1 trillion (US$377 million), while company president Jorge Mario Velásquez just nabbed the prestigious “empresario of the year” award from Colombian

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Medellin-Based Multinational Supermarket Giant Grupo Exito Posts Profitable 2016

Medellin Herald February 28, 2017

Thanks to a favorable turnaround in fourth quarter (4Q) 2016, Medellin-based multinational supermarket giant Grupo Exito posted a full-year 2016 net profit of COP$43.5 billion (US$14.9 million). The improvement came despite a 2016 Colombian interest-rate basis-point hike that cost the company COP$458 billion (US$156 million), higher Colombian income taxes and net losses in

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Medellin’s Cementos Argos Sees 2016 Profits Dip 14.5% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 27, 2017

Medellin-based multinational cement giant Cementos Argos announced February 24 that its full-year 2016 net profits dipped 14.5% year-on-year, to COP$420 billion (US$145 million). However, full-year 2016 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 8.7% year-on-year, to COP$1.65 trillion (US$570 million), according to the company, a division

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Medellin’s Grupo Nutresa 2016 Profits Dip 7.2% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 27, 2017

Medellin-based multinational foods conglomerate Grupo Nutresa announced February 24 that its full-year 2016 net profits dipped 7.2% year-on-year, to COP$399.7 billion (US$138 million). Gross profit rose 7.9% year-on-year, to COP$3.7 trillion (US$1.27 billion), while consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 5.5% year-on-year,

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Medellin’s Odinsa Posts 49% Hike in 2016 EBITDA Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 27, 2017

Medellin-based highway, airport and power-plant infrastructure concessionaire Odinsa announced February 27 that its full-year 2016 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 49% year-on-year, to COP$1.06 trillion (US$367 million). Full-year 2016 revenues hit COP$1.48 trillion (US$512 million), up 65% year-on-year, according to the company.

Colombian economy

Colombia’s 2016 Full-Year GDP Up 2%, Free-Trade Exports Improve Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 24, 2017

Colombia’s national economic statistics agency (DANE) announced February 22 that gross domestic product (PIB in Spanish initials) grew 2% year-on-year in 2016, down from 3.1% in 2015. Financial services (up 11%) and real-estate (up 3.2%) led all growth categories, while construction jumped 4.1% and industrial manufacturing rose 3%, according to DANE. Colombia has seen 17

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Bancolombia 2016 Profits Jump 13.8% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 24, 2017

Medellin-based Bancolombia – Colombia’s biggest bank – on February 21 announced that its 2016 full-year profits rose 13.8% year-on-year, to COP$2.86 trillion (US$994 million). “The growth in 2016 of the Bancolombia group — in the midst of a soft-landing of the Colombian economy after an important external shock — showed positive behavior,” according to the […]

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Celsia’s 2016 EBITDA, Net Income Both Rise Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 24, 2017

Medellin-based electric power producer Celsia reported February 21 that its full-year 2016 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 51% year-on-year, to COP$1.03 trillion (US$357 million) – an all-time-record. Net income also rose to COP$171 billion (US$59 million), while investments totaled COP$302 billion (US$104 million). In fourth

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Cormagdalena to Consider PowerChina Dredging Proposal on March 8

Medellin Herald February 24, 2017

Cormagdalena – the Colombian government agency overseeing a proposed dredging project for the Magdalena River – announced February 22 that it had received a letter of intent from PowerChina Limited Colombia (PCLC) that would assume control of the long-stalled project. However, according to Cormagdalena, PCLC still must complete technical, legal and financial analyses of

Colombian economy

Colombia’s Industrial Manufacturing Rebounded Sharply in 2016: DANE

Medellin Herald February 14, 2017

Colombia’s national economic statistical agency — Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, DANE — reported February 14 that its latest monthly manufacturers’ survey (Encuesta Mensual Manufacturera, EMM) shows a strong industrial rebound for full-year 2016. According to the survey, industrial manufacturing rose 3.5% year-on-year in 2016, compared to