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987.40

+13.00

(+1.33%)

At close: 04:35PM BST

Currency in GBp

Valuation measures⁴

Market cap (intra-day)	6.59B
Enterprise value	7.44B
Trailing P/E	18.74
Forward P/E	15.24
PEG ratio (5-yr expected)	N/A
Price/sales (ttm)	1.93
Price/book (mrq)	1.68
Enterprise value/revenue	2.03
Enterprise value/EBITDA	6.78

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly)	0.31
52-week change ³	19.74%
S&P500 52-week change ³	22.38%
52-week high ³	1,046.50
52-week low ³	793.20
50-day moving average ³	1,003.99
200-day moving average ³	939.46

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) ³	2.31M
Avg vol (10-day) ³	2.55M
Shares outstanding ⁵	675.92M
Implied shares outstanding ⁶	719.12M
Float ⁸	600.94M
% held by insiders ¹	0.29%
% held by institutions ¹	80.05%
Shares short ⁴	N/A
Short ratio ⁴	N/A
Short % of float ⁴	N/A
Short % of shares outstanding ⁴	N/A
Shares short (prior month ) ⁴	N/A

Dividends & splits

Forward annual dividend rate ⁴	0.23
Forward annual dividend yield ⁴	2.30%
Trailing annual dividend rate ³	0.23
Trailing annual dividend yield ³	0.02%
5-year average dividend yield ⁴	2.74
Payout ratio ⁴	41.56%
Dividend date ³	N/A
Ex-dividend date ⁴	21 Mar 2024
Last split factor ²	2:1
Last split date ³	15 Jun 1992

Financial highlights

Currency in GBP.

Fiscal year

Fiscal year ends	31 Dec 2023
Most-recent quarter (mrq)	31 Dec 2023

Profitability

Profit margin	10.29%
Operating margin (ttm)	17.55%

Management effectiveness

Return on assets (ttm)	4.76%
Return on equity (ttm)	9.04%

Income statement

Revenue (ttm)	3.67B
Revenue per share (ttm)	5.16
Quarterly revenue growth (yoy)	-12.60%
Gross profit (ttm)	N/A
EBITDA	630M
Net income avi to common (ttm)	378M
Diluted EPS (ttm)	0.53
Quarterly earnings growth (yoy)	81.10%

Balance sheet

Total cash (mrq)	312M
Total cash per share (mrq)	0.45
Total debt (mrq)	1.2B
Total debt/equity (mrq)	30.19%
Current ratio (mrq)	1.73
Book value per share (mrq)	5.72

Cash flow statement

Operating cash flow (ttm)	525M
Levered free cash flow (ttm)	840.25M