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Five year record
The James Fisher group's financial record ends 31 December.
View the last five year financial overview below:
Earnings per share | 2018 (P) | *2017 (p) | 2016 (p) | 2015 (p) | 2014 (p) |
Basic | 89.5 | 77.5 | 79.4 | 79.7 | 80.2 |
Diluted | 88.9 | 76.9 | 78.7 | 79.2 | 79.2 |
Underlying basic | 90.0 | 79.3 | 76.9 | 69.0 | 74.9 |
Underlying diluted | 89.5 | 78.7 | 76.3 | 68.5 | 74.0 |
Dividends declared per share | 36.1 | 28.7 | 26.2 | 23.8 | 22.0 |
*2017 restated for IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’
Key performance indicators |
2018 | *2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Operating margin (%) | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 11.6 |
Return on capital employed (post tax) (%) | 12.2 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 16.5 |
Net gearing (%) | 37.2 | 47.7 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 30.7 |
Dividend cover (times) | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
*2017 restated for IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’
Revenue | 2018 (£m) | *2017 (£m) | 2016 (£m) | 2015 (£m) | 2014 (£m) |
Marine Support | 279.7 | 236.3 | 203.6 | 193.0 | 164.1 |
Specialist Technical | 159.6 | 149.6 | 151.8 | 129.4 | 121.5 |
Offshore Oil | 61.5 | 56.4 | 55.1 | 63.0 | 104.9 |
Tankships | 60.7 | 57.0 | 55.5 | 52.5 | 54.3 |
Total | 561.5 | 499.3 | 466.0 | 437.9 | 444.8 |
*2017 restated for IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’
Underlying operating profit | 2018 | *2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Marine Support | 29.0 | 25.3 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 14.2 |
Specialist Technical | 20.9 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 13.9 | 13.3 |
Offshore Oil | 5.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 22.4 |
Tankships | 9.9 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 4.7 |
Common costs | (2.8) | (2.4) | (2.5) | (2.2) | (3.1) |
Sub total | 62.1 | 54.1 | 50.8 | 45.6 | 51.5 |
Net finance costs | (6.0) | (5.5) | (5.0) | (4.4) | (4.6) |
Underlying profit before taxation | 56.1 | 48.6 | 45.8 | 41.2 | 46.9 |
Separately disclosed items** | (0.7) | (1.3) | (0.9) | 5.0 | 2.3 |
Profit before taxation | 55.4 | 47.3 | 44.9 | 46.2 | 49.2 |
Taxation (including tonnage tax) | 10.1 | (7.9) | (6.8) | (5.5) | (8.7) |
Profit after taxation | 45.3 | 39.4 | 38.1 | 40.7 | 40.5 |
*2017 restated for IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’
** Separately disclosed items comprise acquisition expenses, amortisation or acquired intangibles, impairment provisions and profits and losses on the disposal of businesses.
Summary balance sheet | 2018 | *2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Intangible assets | 197.5 | 199.2 | 180.5 | 156.5 | 127.1 |
Property, plant and equipment | 145.4 | 132.5 | 131.0 | 127.6 | 116.6 |
Investment in associates and joint ventures | 9.6 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 10.6 |
Working capital | 96.3 | 109.5 | 86.3 | 68.1 | 49.5 |
Contingent consideration | (6.0) | (12.8) | (9.2) | (14.5) | (9.1) |
Pension obligations | (16.1) | (19.8) | (26.8) | (27.0) | (21.8) |
Taxation | (6.7) | (6.5) | (5.6) | (4.1) | (6.4) |
Capital employed | 420.0 | 411.5 | 364.0 | 314.3 | 266.5 |
Net borrowings | 113.6 | 132.5 | 105.7 | 93.9 | 62.3 |
Equity | 306.4 | 279.0 | 258.3 | 220.4 | 204.2 |
*2017 restated for IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’
Other data |
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Number of employees |
2,783 | 2,645 | 2,712 | 2,690 | 2,494 |
Market cap at B/S date (£m) |
871.6 | 785.6 | 782.7 | 585.9 | 600.7 |