AG Barr 2017 final results
● Statutory profit before tax increased by 4.2% to £44.9m (2017: £43.1m) on revenue up 8.0% to £277.7m (2017: £257.1m)
● Profit before tax and exceptional items increased by 4.0% to £44.1m (2017: £42.4m)
● Gross margin increased by 20bps to 47.1%
● Operating margin before exceptional items decreased by 60bps to 16.2%
● Basic earnings per share before exceptional items increased by 3.4% to 31.30p (2017: 30.26p)
● Basic earnings per share increased by 4.8% to 32.25p (2017: 30.78p)
● Net cash position at year end of £15.0m (2017: £9.7m)
● Proposed final dividend of 11.84p per share (2017: 10.87p) to give a proposed total dividend for the year of 15.55p per share, an increase of 8.0% over the prior year
