Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements
BG Group increases 2014 interim dividend by 10%
Business Performance EPS up 22% to 35.5 cents; Total EPS up 64% to 40.1 cents
Schroders increases 2014 interim dividend by 50%
Profit before tax and exceptional items up 15 per cent. to £261.5 million (H1 2013: £228.0 million)
Countrywide increases its 2014 interim dividend by 250% and pays special
Double-digit underlying EBITDA growth across all divisions within the Group
AstraZeneca maintains its 2014 interim in $ terms
Revenue in the second quarter was $6,454 million, up 4%* - second consecutive quarter of revenue growth. Half year revenue up 3%, driven by the five growth platforms.
Taylor Wimpey increases its 2014 interin dividend by 9.1% and increases the 2015 cash return by £50 million
Highlights
International personal finance increases its 2014 interim dividend by 10.5%
Delivering profitable growth
Profit before tax and exceptional items increased 11% to £47.1M - a record half-year profit
Strong underlying growth in profit before tax and exceptional items of 32% (£13.5M) offset by new market investment of £4.8M and £3.9M from weaker FX rates
Effective credit quality management - impairment to revenue ratio in target range at 28.2%
Further improvement in cost-efficiency - cost-income ratio improved to 38.4%
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Top-line growth increased
7% increase in customer numbers
Credit issued growth of 13%
Strong increase in revenue of 17%
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Continuing geographic expansion in current markets delivering growth
Approaching national coverage in Lithuania and Bulgaria
Mexico City progressing well
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New market entry into Spain: trading planned early 2015
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Successful refinancing supports further returns to shareholders
Core Eurobond funding refinanced at half the rate of original 2010 issue
£50M share buyback progressing to reduce equity to receivables ratio to around 45%
Interim dividend increased by 10.5% to 4.2 pence per share
Jupiter increases 2014 interim dividend by 5.7%
Strong investment performance track record maintained
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
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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%
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