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