Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements
Segro maintains its 2014 interim dividend at 4.9p
Income statement metrics
6 months to 30 June 2014
6 months to 30 June 2013
Change per cent
EPRA profit before tax (£m)
66.7
69.0
-3.3
IFRS profit before tax (£m)
226.5
20.3
-4
EPRA earnings per share (pence)
8.9
9.2
-3.3
IFRS basic and diluted earnings per share (pence)
29.4
2.2
-4
Dividend per share (pence)
4.9
4.9
n/c
Rightmove increases its 2014 interim dividend by 18%
Financial and Operational Highlights for the six months ended 30 June 2014
BP increases 2014 Q2 dividend by 8.3% in $ terms
BP today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter of 2014 was $3.6 billion, 34% higher than the $2.7 billion reported for the same period in 2013 and 13% higher than the $3.2 billion result for the first quarter of 2014.
Pace increases its 2014 interim dividend by 23% in dollar terms
Momentum building through the year: gross margin up 3.9ppt to 21.6%, adjusted EBITA up 9.9% to $106.3m, free cash flow of $108.9m up 18.4% and interim dividend increased 23.0%. Strong H2 anticipated, full year profits and cash flow guidance increased.
Anglo American maintains 2014 interim dividend
Financial highlights
US$ million, unless otherwise stated
6 months ended
30 June 2014
6 months ended
30 June 2013
Change
Underlying operating profit
2,932
3,262
(10)%
Underlying earnings
1,284
1,250
3%
Group revenue
16,144
16,193
-
Profit before tax
2,945
1,994
48%
Profit for the financial period attributable to equity shareholders of the Company
1,464
403
263%
Underlying earnings per share (US$)
1.00
0.98
2%
Interim dividend per share (US$)
0.32
0.32
-
Attributable ROCE%
10%
11%
Reed Elsevier increases 2014 interim dividend by 5%
REED ELSEVIER FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Capita increases 2014 interim dividend by 10.3%
Highlights
Delivering profitable growth
£1.3bn of major contract wins secured in H1 2014 including:
- £400m strategic partnership contract with the Defence Infrastructure
Organisation (DIO)
- £325m framework contract for Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN)
- £145m congestion charging and traffic enforcement schemes contract for
Transport for London (TfL)
- £93.5m online customer management contract with John Lewis
Major contract win rate above 2 in 3
Organic revenue growth of 11% (H1 2013: 3%); full year organic
revenue growth expectation of at least 8%, net of attrition
Bid pipeline replenished to a record £5.7bn (Feb 2014: £5.5bn); strong
platform for 2015/16 growth
Highest ever level of prospects behind bid pipeline, with opportunities
across our diverse markets
Active acquisition pipeline; £240m invested to date on 10
businesses, expanding capabilities and market reach to fuel future organic
growth
Good financial performance
Revenue up 13.9% to £2.1bn (H1 2013: £1.8bn)
Underlying profit before tax up 16.0% to £238.0m (H1 2013: £205.2m)
Underlying operating margin of 12.6% (H1 2013: 12.5%)
Operating cash flow up 21.6% to £291m (H1 2013: £239m); 112% cash
conversion (H1 2013: 105%)
Gearing at 2.3 times net debt to EBITDA (H1 2013: 2.2 times)
Andy Parker, Chief Executive of Capita plc, commented:
"I am pleased to report good financial results for the first 6
months of the year, demonstrating the strength of Capita's sales offering and
operational delivery and the health of the UK customer and business process
management market. Our breadth of capability across a diversified and growing
market base enables us to move flexibly across sectors and to maintain a high
level of selectivity regarding the opportunities that we pursue. We have had
an excellent sales period securing £1.3bn of contracts and we are continuing
to see a high level of activity across our markets, particularly in the
private sector, providing a strong future platform for growth.
As a consequence of our sales and acquisition performance in 2013
and to date in 2014, we have a high level of revenue visibility for 2014.
This, together with the strength of our bid and acquisition pipelines, gives
us confidence in our full year performance and provides a good platform for
growth in 2015 and beyond."
Dialight increases 2014 interim dividend by 6.1%
Lighting revenue increased 46% (53% at constant currency) to £43.0m (H1 2013: £29.3m)
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