{"id":93865,"date":"2026-07-30T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/93865\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:03:14","slug":"bat-malaysia-posts-lower-2q26-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/93865\/","title":{"rendered":"BAT Malaysia posts lower 2Q26 earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PETALING JAYA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/business\/marketwatch\/stocks\/?qcounter=BAT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British American Tobacco<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/charts.thestar.com.my\/?s=BAT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"go-chart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart.png\"\/><\/a> (Malaysia) Bhd (BAT Malaysia) has posted a lower net profit of RM10.64mil for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 (2Q26), compared with RM50.95mil in the previous corresponding period.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue was also lower at RM515.29mil compared to RM624.75mil posted in the same quarter a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>In a filing to the local stock exchange, the tobacco group said the decrease was mainly on the back of increased operating expenses associated with the implementation of the new route-to-Market (RTM) mode and macroeconomic pricing headwinds.<\/p>\n<p>This, however, was partially offset by an increase in sales volume.<\/p>\n<p>BAT Malaysia managing director, Nedal Salem, said the group will continue building operational efficiency as they advance towards gradual recovery with the new RTM.<\/p>\n<p>Nedal also said despite the tobacco black market incidence falling to 56.2%, there was still a need to tackle this issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking ahead, we remain committed to working with the relevant authorities to address illicit trade, while executing our strategic priorities, strengthening our core combustible brands &#8211; Dunhill, Rothmans and Peter Stuyvesant \u2013 and building a more resilient and sustainable business that delivers long-term value to our shareholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group declared a second interim ordinary dividend of 5 sen per share for 2Q26 which is payable on Sept 28, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PETALING JAYA: British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (BAT Malaysia) has posted a lower net profit of RM10.64mil for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[20745],"tags":[40059,20030,8795,22805,21260,40060],"class_list":["post-93865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-british-american-tobacco","tag-bat-malaysia","tag-british-american-tobacco","tag-corporate-news","tag-dividend","tag-illicit-trade","tag-tobacco-black-market"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117009069276030618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}