| H1 FY2013 | H1 FY2012 (restated^) |
Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Performance | |||
| Revenue | £685.5m | £739.6m | (7)% |
| Organic change at constant currency | (8)% | (9)% | |
| Underlying operating profit* | £95.3m | £81.9m | 16% |
| Underlying operating margin* | 13.9% | 11.1% | |
| Underlying profit before tax* | £85.8m | £71.2m | 21% |
| Underlying net cash from operations (post capex)* | £95.7m | £157.1m | (39)% |
| Underlying cash conversion ratio* | 101% | 192% | |
| Net cash /(debt) | £21.5m | £(145.3)m | |
| Underlying earnings per share* | 10.5p | 8.8p | 19% |
| Dividend per share | 1.1p | 0.9p | 22% |
| Statutory Reporting | |||
| Operating profit | £87.8m | £79.0m | |
| Profit before tax | £80.0m | £73.3m | |
| Earnings per share | 9.9p | 9.4p | |
Headlines
Strong first half performance in challenging markets; Group margin uplift driven by UK Services and Q-Net™ sales; Excellent cash generation; Net cash position achieved – net debt reduced by over £550m since 31 March 2009; Interim dividend: 1.1p (H1 FY12: 0.9p), reflecting solid foundation for value creation; and Early adoption of IAS19 (revised) “Employee benefits”.Commenting on the results, Leo Quinn, QinetiQ Chief Executive Officer said:
“QinetiQ has delivered a strong first half performance in challenging markets and achieved a position of net cash on its balance sheet – an important milestone in the transformation of the Group.
“We are now implementing our next strategic phase, the Organic-Plus programme announced in May 2012, to grow QinetiQ’s sustainable earnings and build value over the medium term.
“Visibility remains much lower than usual, particularly in the US. Despite this uncertainty, with the benefit of the strong first half performance the Board believes the Group as a whole will perform in line with its expectations for the year, absent any material change in customer requirements.”
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* Definitions of underlying measures of performance can be found in the glossary
^ IAS19 (revised) “Employee benefits” has been adopted for FY13 and the H1 FY12 comparatives have been restated accordingly