Natra, S.A. reported consolidated earnings results for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. For the period, the company reported profit from operations of 11,498,000 compared to 11,628,000 a year ago. Profit before taxes was 2,721,000 compared to 3,451,000 a year ago.
Loss from continued operations was 490,000 compared to results from continued operations of 1,832,000 a year ago. Loss attributable to shareholders of the main company was 1,613,000 compared to profit attributable to shareholders of the main company of 1,916,000 a year ago. Net business turnover was 263,242,000 against 259,288,000 a year ago.
EBITDA was 20.01 million and a negative net result of 1.61 million compared to profit of 1.92 million at the end of September 2012. The difference in profit before taxes is mainly due to a positive extraordinary result of 1.40 million in the previous year from the value change of the shareholding in Naturex.