Stockland declares strong result as profit falls 1.6%

17/08/2016 11:18:00

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Stockland Corporation Ltd (ASX:SGP) reported a small 1.6% drop in statutory profit to $889 million last financial year.

Stockland says this is a “strong result”, and that its funds from operations were up 12.5% to $740 million.

The property development company also says its profit grew across all its core businesses – particularly its Residential division, which had an operating profit up 38.8%.

The company has declared its distribution per security is 24.5 cents, which up 0.5 cents.