<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): EcoFirst Consolidated Bhd soared as much as 12% or three sen to 27.5 sen, after the property developer said second quarter net profit and revenue rose substantially from a year earlier.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Yesterday (Jan 20), Ecofirst announced net profit jumped to RM11.74 million in the second quarter ended Nov 30, 2015 (2QFY16), from RM150,000. Revenue climbed to RM23.63 million, from RM5.35 million.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>At 10.24am today, Ecofirst shares cut gains at 25.5 sen, for a market capitalization of RM186.18 million. The stock saw some five million shares traded.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Earlier, EcoFirst was one of the top ten actively-traded counters on Bursa Malaysia.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>EcoFirst's share price compares with the company's latest reported net assets per share at 30.09 sen.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><span style="font-size:12px"><em>(Note: The Edge Research's fundamental score reflects a company’s profitability and balance sheet strength, calculated based on historical numbers. The valuation score determines if a stock is attractively valued or not, also based on historical numbers. A score of 3 suggests strong fundamentals and attractive valuations.)</em></span></p></div>


KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): EcoFirst Consolidated Bhd soared as much as 12% or three sen to 27.5 sen, after the property developer said second quarter net profit and revenue rose substantially from a year earlier.

Yesterday (Jan 20), Ecofirst announced net profit jumped to RM11.74 million in...

EcoFirst jumps 12% on stellar results

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