Victorias Milling’s old sugar business is losing money. Its newer energy operations are keeping the group—and its dividend—sweet For a company built on sugar, Victorias Milling Company is making surprisingly little money from it. In the nine months to May 31st 2026, the Philippine miller’s sugar operations generated ₱5.5bn ($96m) in revenue—and lost ₱312m. A year earlier, the same division had earned ₱196m. The swing of more than half a billion pesos would have left a less diversified firm nursing a consolidated loss. Victorias, however, reported net income of ₱1.12bn. The explanation lies not in the cane fields, but in its distillery and power plants. The contrast between the company’s two main businesses is stark. Revenue from sugar milling and refining fell by 29%, from ₱7.79bn to ₱5.53bn. Renewable-energy revenue, meanwhile, rose by 33%, from ₱3.05bn to ₱4.05bn. Energy operations produced net income of nearly ₱1.5bn—more than the entire group earned after absorbing losses fro...