)
)
Edge16 Oct 2026
Winner, Winner: The Chicken McNugget Story
How a 1940s breeding contest, a Cornell food scientist, and a hedge by Ray Dalio helped McDonald's turn the Chicken McNugget into a fast-food icon.
Combined Motor
Combined Motor (CMH) investor relations material
Combined Motor H1 2027 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.H1 2027 earnings summary21 Oct, 2026
Executive summary
H1 revenue rose 6.6% YoY to R8.101bn; headline earnings per share increased 18.6% to 261.0 cents.
Total profit and comprehensive income increased 12.7% to R185.545m, while operating profit rose 13.9% to R368.442m.
Trading faced intense vehicle-market competition and pressure from high fuel prices, inflation and household affordability; tough conditions are expected to continue.
Financial highlights
Revenue was R8.101bn, compared with R7.601bn in H1 2026; gross profit was R1.430bn versus R1.343bn.
Operating profit was R368.442m versus R323.542m; profit before taxation was R250.181m versus R216.277m.
Total profit and comprehensive income was R185.545m versus R164.595m; headline earnings were R181.233m versus R164.561m.
Basic EPS rose 21.5% to 267.3 cents and headline EPS rose 18.6% to 261.0 cents; weighted-average shares fell to 69.425m from 74.802m.
Outlook and guidance
Tough economic trading conditions are expected for the balance of FY2027; new vehicles are expected to remain oversupplied and highly competitive.
Manufacturers are expected to press dealers to clear inventory and defend market share; high fuel prices and possible further interest-rate pressure may strain consumers.
First Car Rental’s forward reservations book supports the summer season outlook; fleet-life optimisation is expected to help vehicle pricing in April/May 2027.
Partial view of Summaries dataset, powered by Quartr API
AI can get things wrong. Verify important information.Research faster. Power your platform.
Latest events from Combined Motor
- H1 FY2027 EPS forecast to grow 20%–25% YoY to 264.0–275.0 cents per share.CMH
H1 2027 TU - Revenue and net income surged, with robust cash generation and a positive outlook.CMHH2 2026
- Earnings dropped 32% year-over-year, but a 102c dividend was declared amid cautious optimism.CMHH1 2025
- Revenue up, profits down; margin and market pressures persist, but cash position strong.CMHH2 2025
- Earnings and revenue surged, enabling a major share repurchase and strong financial positioning.CMHH1 2026
Next Combined Motor earnings date
H2 202727 Apr, 2027
Combined Motor
Next Combined Motor earnings date
H2 202727 Apr, 2027
AI chat
Ask anything. Verify everything.
Ask across every event and document from public companies. Each answer links back to the exact line in the transcript, slide or filing it came from.Learn moreFind what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.)
Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Find what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Automations
Zero in on what matters
Define the prompt once. It runs the moment a company publishes or on a schedule you set. Outputs map to the exact signals you choose.Learn more)
Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.)
Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Live audio & transcripts
Be first
Join any earnings call live in one click, with no manual registration. Follow the transcript as it happens and jump straight to the moments that matter.Learn more)
Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.)
Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Quartr MCP connects your AI environment to 17K+ public companies
Pull live transcripts, filings, and slides into Claude or Codex via MCP. Combine Quartr's global IR data with any other dataset. Run agentic research and monitoring.
Included with Quartr Pro at no extra cost.Learn more
Quartr's AI stands out because it only pulls clean, first-party data from public companies. In investing, that's everything.
Jamie Ross
Investment Manager, GAM Investments
GAM
GAM
Research that used to take hours now takes seconds with Quartr Pro. Tracking shifts in tone or extracting tables, it's as simple as typing a query.
Tom O'Hara
Investment Director
Ciena
Ciena
Before Quartr we spent hours manually compiling insights through the peer earnings cycle. Now, these tasks are done faster, with greater precision.
Gregg Lampf
VP of Investor Relations
Protean
Protean
Being able to ask specific questions across years of transcripts and reports and instantly get verified answers is a game-changer.
Pontus Dackmo
CEO & Investment Manager
)
)