Ashstead 2019 full-year results
Revenue up 19%; rental revenue up 18%
Pre-tax profit of £1,110m (2018: £927m)
Earnings per share up 33% to 174.2p (2018: 127.5p)
Post-tax profit of £797m (2018: £969m)
£1.6bn of capital invested in the business (2018: £1.2bn)
£622m spent on bolt-on acquisitions (2018: £392m)
Net debt to EBITDA leverage of 1.8 times (2018: 1.6 times)
Proposed final dividend of 33.5p, making 40.0p for the full year, up 21% (2018: 33.0p)
