Johns Lyng Group Limited announced consolidated earnings results for the half-year ended December 31, 2018. For the period, the company's sales income was AUD 152,621,000 against AUD 147,792,000 a year ago. Operating profit was AUD 13,098,000 against AUD 8,921,000 a year ago. Profit after income tax for the half-year was AUD 9,185,000 against AUD 9,488,000 a year ago. Basic earnings per share were 3.59 cents against 3.89 cents a year ago.

For the fiscal year 2019, the company's sales are expected to outperform forecast in the order of 4% and 8% respectively on a normalized basis. This forecast includes early claims activity for the NSW hail storm CAT but does not include activity from the recent Townsville CAT event which is at this point too early to quantify.