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31 March | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Compound growth % |
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Summarised income statement (Rm) | ||||||||||||
Revenue |
86 370 | 81 278 | 80 077 | 74 500 | 73 219 | 4.2 | ||||||
Operating profit |
24 252 | 21 750 | 21 059 | 19 235 | 20 394 | 4.4 | ||||||
Net finance charges |
(2 893) | (2 522) | (2 215) | (1 384) | (809) | 37.5 | ||||||
Profit before tax |
22 093 | 19 228 | 18 844 | 17 851 | 19 585 | 3.1 | ||||||
Taxation |
(6 531) | (6 102) | (5 934) | (5 341) | (5 918) | 2.5 | ||||||
Net profit |
15 562 | 13 126 | 12 910 | 12 510 | 13 667 | 3.3 | ||||||
Non-controlling interest |
(218) | 292 | 7 | 162 | (424) | (15.3) | ||||||
EBITDA |
32 898 | 31 238 | 30 345 | 26 905 | 27 314 | 4.8 | ||||||
EBIT |
23 109 | 22 126 | 21 696 | 19 516 | 20 731 | 2.8 | ||||||
Summarised statement of financial position (Rm) | ||||||||||||
Non-current assets |
96 543 | 52 127 | 51 085 | 45 954 | 37 954 | 26.3 | ||||||
Current assets |
34 822 | 29 011 | 27 618 | 25 353 | 22 787 | 11.2 | ||||||
Equity and reserves |
70 652 | 22 996 | 23 024 | 21 643 | 23 743 | 31.3 | ||||||
Non-current liabilities |
28 130 | 31 423 | 29 909 | 23 050 | 12 010 | 23.7 | ||||||
Current liabilities |
32 583 | 26 719 | 25 770 | 26 614 | 24 988 | 6.9 | ||||||
Net debt |
19 892 | 22 484 | 21 287 | 16 760 | 8 052 | 25.4 | ||||||
Capital expenditure |
11 594 | 11 292 | 12 875 | 13 305 | 10 779 | 1.8 | ||||||
Summarised statement of cash flows (Rm) | ||||||||||||
Cash generated from operations |
32 299 | 31 791 | 29 800 | 26 198 | 28 901 | 2.8 | ||||||
Tax paid |
(6 194) | (6 051) | (5 456) | (4 979) | (5 298) | 4.0 | ||||||
Net cash flows from operating activities |
26 105 | 25 740 | 24 344 | 21 219 | 23 603 | 2.6 | ||||||
Net cash flows utilised in investing activities |
(8 526) | (12 195) | (13 680) | (13 131) | (9 375) | (2.3) | ||||||
Net cash flows utilised in financing activities |
(13 067) | (11 909) | (11 644) | (5 043) | (14 719) | (2.9) | ||||||
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
4 512 | 1 636 | (980) | 3 045 | (491) | n/a | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year |
12 538 | 8 873 | 7 751 | 8 870 | 5 792 | 21.3 | ||||||
Performance per ordinary share (cents) | ||||||||||||
Basic earnings per share |
947 | 915 | 881 | 864 | 903 | 1.2 | ||||||
Headline earnings per share |
923 | 923 | 883 | 860 | 896 | 0.7 | ||||||
Diluted headline earnings per share |
895 | 894 | 860 | 840 | 894 | 0.0 | ||||||
Net asset value per share |
4 104 | 1 545 | 1 547 | 1 470 | 1 612 | 26.3 | ||||||
Dividends per share 1 |
815 | 830 | 795 | 775 | 825 | (0.3) | ||||||
Profitability and returns (%) | ||||||||||||
EBITDA margin |
38.1 | 38.4 | 37.9 | 36.1 | 37.3 | |||||||
EBIT margin |
26.8 | 27.2 | 27.1 | 26.2 | 28.3 | |||||||
Operating profit margin |
28.1 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 27.9 | |||||||
Effective tax rate |
29.6 | 31.7 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 30.2 | |||||||
Net profit margin |
18.0 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 18.7 | |||||||
Return on equity 2 |
34.7 | 55.7 | 55.9 | 56.2 | 60.4 | |||||||
Return on capital employed 3 |
30.5 | 45.4 | 48.2 | 50.1 | 62.1 | |||||||
Liquidity and debt leverage (times) | ||||||||||||
Interest cover 4 |
8.6 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 19.3 | |||||||
Net debt to EBITDA |
0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |||||||
Current ratio 5 |
1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | |||||||
Quick ratio 6 |
1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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