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CILO CYBIN HOLDINGS LIMITED - Trading Statement for the year ended 31 March 2026

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What this filing means

The headline number looks striking — EPS swinging from a loss to roughly 96 cents per share — but it is primarily an accounting artefact of reverse acquisition accounting, not an operational result. The R217 million IFRS 2 listing charge drove the accounting mechanics, the restated prior-year base destroys comparability, and HEPS mirroring EPS exactly means the large non-recurring charge was not neutralised in headline earnings. Without revenue, cash flow, segment detail or audited figures, the underlying earnings quality cannot be assessed from this statement alone.

Cilo Cybin says it swung from a loss to a profit of about 96 cents per share — that sounds impressive. But almost all of that swing comes from an accounting rule triggered by its own listing last September, not from the business selling more or earning better margins. The year-on-year comparison has also been rewritten backwards, so you cannot simply compare 96c to last year's loss. Until the audited accounts arrive, the underlying earnings quality is unknowable from this statement.

Bear case

  • Missing evidence: only EPS/HEPS are disclosed — no cash flow, debt, segment, or audited figures are provided, leaving underlying earnings quality and capital structure unassessable.
  • Other: Prior-period restatement from (0.85c) to 9.49c means no clean year-on-year percentage change can be calculated. The filing does not state what the 2026 figure would be against either the reported or restated 2025 base.
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SENS-AI conclusion

The EPS/HEPS swing from loss to ~96c is numerically dramatic but mechanically driven by reverse acquisition accounting and a R217m once-off IFRS 2 listing charge. The prior-year base is restated, destroying direct comparability, and HEPS exactly mirroring EPS means the non-recurring charge was not stripped out in headline earnings — a questionable presentation choice. Without revenue, cash flow, segment or debt disclosures, this statement cannot support a directional operating view. The market cannot meaningfully re-price what the filing will not size. Missing evidence: No percentage change or comparable range disclosed — absolute cents only; Prior-period restatement destroys year-on-year comparability; Reverse-acquisition accounting makes EPS/HEPS mechanically uninterpretable as operating performance; No cash-flow, balance-sheet or segmental data in trading statement; Unaudited figures with no independent review [A6]

The audited annual results on 28 August 2026 are where the market will test whether underlying operating performance backs the headline EPS figure.

Evidence from the filing

  • The R217m IFRS 2 listing expense from reverse acquisition accounting dominates the P&L, rendering the headline EPS of 95.88–96.05c largely an accounting artefact rather than a signal of recurring operating performance.

    “resulting in the group having to recognise a once off IFRS 2 share-based payment/ listing expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss of R217 480 665”

  • Missing evidence: only EPS/HEPS are disclosed — no cash flow, debt, segment, or audited figures are provided, leaving underlying earnings quality and capital structure unassessable.

    “expects with a reasonable degree of certainty, to report earnings/(loss) per share ("EPS/LPS") and headline earnings/loss per share ("HEPS/HLPS") for the year ended 31 March 2026, as set out below”
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Published
Aug 12, 2026

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