Crookes Brothers Ltd. announced that the company expects that, for the financial year ended March 31, 2014: earnings per share(EPS) will be between 1,585 cents and 1,625 cents compared to EPS of 757.1 cents in the previous corresponding period, being the financial year ended March 31, 2013. The EPS for the period being reported is significantly increased by the capital profit on the sale of the company's grain farm in the Western Cape. Headline earnings per share (HEPS) will be between 660 cents and 680 cents compared to HEPS of 749.9 cents in the previous corresponding period Comparison with the previous corresponding period is complicated by the recognition in the prior year of the once-off payment of arrear interest on the proceeds of the sale of the Komatipoort Estate.

Without the additional interest income in the previous corresponding period the HEPS would have shown an increase of between 18% and 20%.