Revenue of the company – which is listed in the Equities Prime category of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) – rose 30% to HUF 3.12 billion as colder temperatures lifted heat sales, state news agency MTI reported.

Direct costs of sales meanwhile increased just 19% to HUF 2.21 bln, raising gross profit 70% to HUF 907 mln.

A HUF 162 mln financial loss, just over one-third of the HUF 439 mln loss in the base period, also lifted the bottom line.

PannErgyʼs earnings per share came to HUF 33 for the period.