Bega Cheese share price rockets 7% on increased dividend

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The Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX: BGA) share price is rocketing today after the company reported its latest earnings covering the full 20204 financial year.

Bega Cheese shares closed at $4.26 each yesterday and opened at $4.25 each this morning. But since then, this ASX 200 consumer staples stock has rocketed up to $4.56 a share (at the time of writing), a giant leap worth 7.04%.

Bega Cheese share price gains 7% on solid full-year results

This morning, Bega Cheese reported the following for its FY2024:

  • Net revenues of $3.5 billion, up 4% year-on-year
  • Statutory earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $165.1 million, up 15%
  • Normalised EBITDA of $164.1 million, up 2%
  • Statutory profit…

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