Ratios and statistics for the year ended 31 December 2009
 
 
 
  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Earnings and distribution          
Earnings per share (cents) 40.1 40.2 32.1 23.5 16.0
Headline earnings per share (cents) 40.1 40.2 32.0 22.7 15.7
Diluted headline earnings per share (cents) 40.1 40.0 31.0 21.8 14.9
Distributions to shareholders per share (cents) 21.0 20.0 16.0 11.0 7.0
Profitability          
EBITDA on revenue (%) 20.2 20.6 19.9 17.6 16.7
EBIT on revenue (%) 15.9 16.8 16.4 14.4 12.8
Operating profit on average shareholders’ funds (%) 39.1 43.5 42.5 39.0 32.2
Headline earnings on average shareholders’ funds (%) 28.6 33.7 32.0 27.2 21.5
Productivity          
Per R1 000 of revenue:          
Payroll costs (Rand) 491.7 495.8 488.8 498.3 510.3
Revenue per average fixed assets (Rand) 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9
Revenue per employee (R’000) 364.1 328.8 309.3 287.4 258.2
Finance          
Interest bearing debt as a percentage of shareholders’ equity 0.8 2.6 5.5 8.1
Current assets to current liabilities 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.4
Operating cash flow per share (cents) 42.4 39.1 34.5 25.0 27.1
Free operating cash flow before capex per share (cents) 63.8 52.9 40.8 40.1 28.9
Net asset value per share (cents) 152.3 129.3 105.4 83.1 72.5
Debtors days as at 31 December 22.5 22.1 18.5 10.1 15.9
Other          
Total shares in issue (millions) 400.8 393.7 393.7 393.7 393.7
Weighted average number of shares in issue (millions) 399.4 386.5 372.0 368.0 361.9
Diluted weighted average number of shares in issue          
(millions) 399.7 389.1 383.0 382.9 381.3
Staff headcount at year end 3 779 3 643 3 105 2 888 2 560
Total capacity occupied (000 m2) 206.3 201.5 177.4 154.2 160.2
 
 
     
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