Dhaka, April 23 -- Apex Footwear Ltd --- the local footwear giant --- witnessed 29 per cent growth in sales year-on-year to Tk 13.69 billion in nine months through March this year, riding on higher exports and local sales.

The country's leading shoemaker's profit also grew 11.5 per cent year-on-year to Tk 69.96 million in July-March period of FY25.

Accordingly, earnings per share (EPS) stood at Tk 4.45 in July-March of FY25, against Tk 3.99 in the same period of the previous year, according to price sensitive information published on Wednesday.

Its third quarter (January-March) sales also jumped 36.7 per cent year-on-year to Tk 5.40 billion but profit dropped 40 per cent to Tk 9.70 billion in the quarter due to higher costs.

The net o...