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Five year record
The James Fisher group's financial year end is 31 December.
| Earnings per share (p) | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Basic | 73.1 | 89.5 | 77.5 | 79.4 | 79.7 |
| Diluted | 72.7 | 88.9 | 76.9 | 78.7 | 79.2 |
| Underlying basic | 93.2 | 90.0 | 79.3 | 76.9 | 69.0 |
| Underlying diluted | 92.8 | 89.5 | 78.7 | 76.3 | 68.5 |
| Dividends declared per share | 34.7 | 31.6 | 28.7 | 26.2 | 23.8 |
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Key performance indicators |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Operating margin (%) | 10.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
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Return on capital employed (post tax) (%) |
11.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 |
| Net gearing (%) | 64.8 | 37.2 | 47.7 | 41.0 | 43.0 |
| Dividend cover (times) | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Revenue (£m) | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Marine Support | 306.1 | 269.8 | 229.6 | 195.9 | 183.4 |
| Specialist Technical | 152.7 | 159.6 | 149.6 | 151.8 | 129.4 |
| Offshore Oil | 90.4 | 71.4 | 63.1 | 62.8 | 72.6 |
| Tankships | 67.9 | 60.7 | 57.0 | 55.5 | 52.5 |
| Total | 617.1 | 561.5 | 499.3 | 466.0 | 437.9 |
| Analysis of profit (£m) | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Marine Support | 25.1 | 28.2 | 25.9 | 20.8 | 17.5 |
| Specialist Technical | 18.4 | 20.9 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 13.9 |
| Offshore Oil | 13.6 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 9.2 |
| Tankships | 12.0 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
| Common costs | (2.8) | (2.8) | (2.4) | (2.5) | (2.2) |
| Net finance costs | (7.8) | (6.0) | (5.5) | (5.0) | (4.4) |
| Underlying profit before taxation | 58.5 | 56.1 | 48.6 | 45.8 | 41.2 |
| Separately disclosed items* | (10.7) | (0.7) | (1.3) | (0.9) | 5.0 |
| Profit before taxation | 47.8 | 55.4 | 47.3 | 44.9 | 46.2 |
| Taxation | (11.1) | (10.1) | (7.9) | (6.8) | (5.5) |
| Profit after taxation | 36.7 | 45.3 | 39.4 | 38.1 | 40.7 |
* Separately disclosed items comprise acquisition expenses, amortisation or acquired intangibles, impairment provisions and profits and losses on the disposal of businesses.
| Summary balance sheet (£m) | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Intangible assets | 215.2 | 197.5 | 199.2 | 180.5 | 156.5 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 210.6 | 145.4 | 132.5 | 131.0 | 127.6 |
| Right-of-use assets | 27.1 | - | - | - | - |
| Investment in associates and joint ventures | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| Working capital | 106.3 | 96.3 | 109.5 | 86.3 | 68.1 |
| Deferred consideration | (8.2) | (6.0) | (12.8) | (9.2) | (14.5) |
| Pension obligations | (5.8) | (16.1) | (19.8) | (26.8) | (27.0) |
| Taxation | (10.7) | (6.7) | (6.5) | (5.6) | (4.1) |
| Capital employed | 544.4 | 420.0 | 411.5 | 364.0 | 314.3 |
| Net borrowings | 203.0 | 113.6 | 132.5 | 105.7 | 93.9 |
| Right-of-use liabilities | 27.4 | - | - | - | - |
| Equity | 314.0 | 306.4 | 279.0 | 258.3 | 220.4 |
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Other data |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
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Number of employees |
3,292 | 2,783 | 2,645 | 2,712 | 2,690 |
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Market cap at B/S date (£m) |
1019.3 | 871.6 | 785.6 | 782.7 | 585.9 |
