Chorus (ASX:CNU, NZE:CNU) reported Monday that it swung to a profit of NZ$0.03 in the fiscal first half from a loss of NZ$0.02 a year earlier.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of NZ$0.04.
Operating revenue for the six months ended Dec. 31, 2025, was NZ$506 million, compared with NZ$500 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected NZ$507 million.
The company reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization guidance of NZ$710 million to NZ$730 million, tracking toward the upper half of the range, and expects to maintain an unimputed dividend of NZ$0.60 per share.
The board declared an interim dividend of NZ$0.24 per share, up from NZ$0.23 a year earlier, payable April 14 to shareholders on record as of March 17.