ISA 2Q 2019 Net Income Jumps 89% Year-on-Year
Medellin-based multinational electric-power transmission builder/operator and highway concessions giant ISA announced August 6 that its second quarter (2Q) net income soared 89% year-on-year, to COP$439 billion (US$128 million).
“This variation was due to higher revenues from the entry into operation of new projects, the incorporation of the 50% of IESUL [a Brazilian power-transmission subsidiary], construction efficiencies and the adjustment of the tariff cycle in Brazil [as well as] lower expenses for foreign exchange differences,” according to ISA.
Operating revenues for 2Q 2019 rose 37.5%, to COP$2.1 trillion (US$612 million), “mainly due to the entry into operation of several energy transmission projects and to higher construction-related revenues.
Construction revenues for latest quarter reached COP$380 billion (US$11 million), 117% higher than in 2Q 2018.
Meanwhile, 2Q 2019 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) jumped 50.6% year-on-year, to COP$1.4 trillion (US$408 million).
During 2Q 2019 in its Chile operations, the ISA Interchile subsidiary put into operation the final section of the Cardones-Polpaico Line, “the most important transmission project in Chile of the last 50 years, contributing revenues of US$31.7 million per year,” according to ISA.
Meanwhile in Brazil, “beginning in September 2018, ISA CTEEP [another transmission subsidiary] and its companies started to recognize, on a monthly basis, the inflationary adjustment for revenues for the June 2018-May 2019 tariff cycle and subsequent tariff cycles,” boosting 2Q 209 income by COP$49 billion (US$14 million), according to ISA.
Currency Hedging Benefits
“ISA’s natural hedging strategy, through which each company incurs debt in the same currency as revenues, reduces the volatility of its results and therefore the impact on consolidated net income,” according to the company.
“For 2Q 2019, the variation was 5.2% (COP$12 billion/US$3.5 million) of net income . . . which is evidence of the effectiveness of the strategy,” according to ISA.
