Mar
16
JBS Posts Surprise Loss as Currency Hedges Go Against Meatpacker
ByJBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, posted an unexpected fourth-quarter net loss after the Brazilian company took an expense related to currency hedges.
The net loss was 275.1 million reais ($73.5 million), compared with net income of 618.8 million reais a year earlier, the Sao Paulo-based company said in a statement late Wednesday. The average of nine analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg was for a profit of 135.6 million reais. JBS said it had a 1.34 billion-reais loss on its hedging of foreign exchange…
JBS Posts Surprise Loss as Currency Hedges Go Against Meatpacker