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AGRICULTURE · Fats And Oils · Price, fundamentals, signals, and forward-looking context in one research view.
AGRICULTURE
₦2.39T
1.0%
19.39
Current price
₦2,045.30
0.0% todayUpdated 1h ago
Open
₦2,045.30
Previous close
₦2,045.30
Day range
₦2,045.30 – ₦2,045.30
Volume
15,650
19.4x P/E
Awaiting filing
1.0% yield
65/100 measured
Moderate liquidity
Recent price movement, key market context and the latest company information.
The latest saved price history for PRESCO, with its range and direction at a glance.
3 pages were reviewed. Open the update for the summary and original document.
Presco Plc engages in the oil palm plantations development, palm oil milling, palm kernel processing, and vegetable oil refining businesses in Nigeria and Ghana. The company is also involved in the extraction, refining, and fractioning of crude palm oil into finished products. In addition, it provides special palm oil; refined, bleached, and deodorized palm oil; palm olein; palm stearin; palm fatty acid distillate; fresh fruit bunches; crude palm oil; and crude and refined palm kernel oil, as well as palm kernel cakes. The company was formerly known as Presco Industries Limited. Presco Plc was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Benin City, Nigeria. Presco Plc operates as a subsidiary of NV Siat SA.
Investors usually follow PRESCO for its dividend profile, valuation signal, sector position, and upcoming company events. The goal here is not just to show numbers, but to explain what they mean in plain English.
Whisone is bullish because fundamentals are solid at 78/100 while today's volume is only 35% of average. Whisone has high conviction here. The final read is being balanced by the weighted scores for fundamentals, technicals, insider flow, sentiment, event flow, and liquidity.
Whisone v2 splits the read into weighted parts so the score is not just one hidden number.
Fundamentals
Growth, margins, cash flow, and valuation.
Sentiment
Market mood from flow, events, and attention.
Latest net profit
₦115B
TTM (2026-08-31)
ROE
27.4%
Return on equity
ROA
13.1%
Return on assets
Debt / equity
0.26
Lower is usually safer.
P/B ratio
4.74
Useful for book value support.
Dividend yield
1.0%
Current income signal.
99/100
Direction
Cautious
Main supports
Business quality and balance-sheet strength are supporting the outlook.
Recent price and fundamentals refreshes improve signal reliability.
What can go wrong
Volatility is elevated, so the path can stay rough even if the thesis is right.
Liquidity looks thin, so even a good thesis may take longer to show up in price.
Analyst target data does not currently point to clear upside.
Fair value
₦2,102.28
Analyst view
Sell
Analyst target
₦1,844.29
Forecast refresh
Updated 8h ago
Quality score
78
Growth score
73.12
These are the external analyst numbers and business outlook figures already synced into the company record.
Revenue this year
₦343B
Revenue next year
₦406B
EPS this year
₦108.50
EPS next year
₦124.43
Forecast dividend/share
₦7.60
Forward P/E
6.56
₦42.00
2025-07-07
Payment: 2025-08-19 | Qualification: 2025-07-04 | Yield at declaration: N/A
₦24.30
2024-05-15
Payment: 2024-06-06 | Qualification: 2024-05-14 | Yield at declaration: N/A
A plain-English reading of momentum, trend, volatility, range position, and trading participation.
RSI
1.6
Momentum is weak and the stock is in oversold territory.
Recent trend
Sideways
-1.2% across the latest saved price window.
Volatility
Low
Beta is 0.54. Price has historically moved more calmly than the wider market.
52-week position
70% of range
Price is sitting around the middle of its 52-week range.
Volume confirmation
0.35x average
Trading activity is light, so the current price move has weaker confirmation.
Article states Presco concluded plans to establish operations in Ogun with an initial investment of about $100m.
regional_expansion/investment_in_Ogun
PRESCO may benefit from regional_expansion/investment_in_ogun. Confidence 95%.
Presco announced ~ $100m investment to establish operations in Ogun State and is considering total investment of $150-200m; selected Ogun for its business environment and infrastructure.
state_investment_in_plantations
PRESCO may benefit from state_investment_in_plantations. Confidence 95%.
Presco announced it will invest about $100m (part of $150–200m) to set up operations in Ogun State to expand production, processing and create jobs.
value_chain_integration
PRESCO may benefit from value_chain_integration. Confidence 95%.
Presco operates plantations, a palm oil mill, kernel crushing, refining/fractionation, packaging and a biogas plant, allowing participation across multiple stages of the palm-oil value chain.
Court decision clearing AGM and rights issue
PRESCO may benefit from court decision clearing agm and rights issue. Confidence 90%.
The Court of Appeal overturned a Federal High Court ruling that had impeded Presco's 2025 AGM, rights issue and other corporate actions, allowing the company to proceed with its resolutions and capital-raising programme.
acquisition_expansion
PRESCO may benefit from acquisition_expansion. Confidence 90%.
CardinalStone says Presco acquired Ghana Oil Palm Development Company and Saro Oil Palm Limited for $171.6m, expanding land bank and processing capacity.
Sector spillover signals
domestic_production_expansion
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may benefit from domestic_production_expansion. Confidence 90%.
Presco's planned investment aims to expand domestic palm oil production, processing and finished-product manufacturing.
investment
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may benefit from investment. Confidence 90%.
Article reports a US$100m investment interest toward a proposed oil refinery in Kenya, indicating potential benefit to the oil/refining sector.
local_processing_and_value_addition
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may benefit from local_processing_and_value_addition. Confidence 90%.
For oil-palm producing economies like Nigeria and Ghana the article notes a sector-wide push to increase domestic production and processing capacity and move beyond primary production.
value_addition
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may benefit from value_addition. Confidence 90%.
Article frames a broader shift in African agriculture toward local processing and value addition, which would benefit oil-palm producing economies and integrated producers.
imports_and_fx_pressure
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may move with imports_and_fx_pressure. Confidence 67%.
Sector faces a structural edible-oil deficit met by imports (estimated >$600m/year), worsening pressure on scarce foreign exchange reserves and introducing cheaper/potentially illicit product that depresses domestic prices.
cold-chain_installation
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may benefit from cold-chain_installation. Confidence 67%.
Article states abattoirs were equipped with cold rooms, deep freezers and refrigerators that have ended post-slaughter losses and allowed meat to be stored for later sale.
cold_chain
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may benefit from cold_chain. Confidence 67%.
State installation of cold rooms, deep freezers and refrigeration equipment reduced meat wastage and strengthened meat preservation across the livestock value chain.
policy reforms and modernization
PRESCO may also move because the AGRICULTURE sector may benefit from policy reforms and modernization. Confidence 67%.
Federal government created a Ministry of Livestock Development, approved institutional reforms and launched a National Livestock Growth Acceleration Strategy to modernise the sector.
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Industry
Fats And Oils
Founded
1991
Employees
1,737
Exchange
NGX
Ticker
PRESCO
PRESCO PLC-PENDING LITIGATION UPDATE
2026-08-24
Estimated earnings date
2026-07-30
₦1.17B
Book value / share
431.67
