Five year record
The summary below shows how we have developed the Group over the last five years
Full detail can be found in our latest news section
| Investing for growth | Recovery to sustainable growth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Revenue | £197.6m | £186.5m | £161.4m | £154.7m | £129.8m |
| GP% | 30.5% | 31.1% | 29.7% | 29.0% | 27.7% |
| Underlying operating profit* | £22.7m | £21.0m | £16.8m | £15.27m | £9.70m |
| Underlying operating profit margin* | 11.5% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 9.9% | 7.5% |
| Operating profit | £19.0m | £17.9m | £13.9m | £12.8m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit margin | 9.6% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 8.3% | 7.2% |
| Underlying EBITDA* | £24.7m | £22.9m | £18.2m | £16.5m | £10.8m |
| Underlying PBT* | £22.2m | £20.5m | £16.0m | £14.3m | £9.2m |
| PBT* | £18.5m | £17.3m | £13.1m | £11.8m | £8.9m |
| Underlying ROCE %* | 20.1% | 19.9% | 18.5% | 18.6% | 16.3% |
| Dividend per share | 3.85p | 3.50p | 2.80p | 2.10p | 1.40p |
| Dividend increase % | 10.0% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 50% | 75% |
| Dividend cover | 3.6x | 3.7x | 3.6x | 4.1x | 4.3x |
| Underlying diluted EPS* | 13.78p | 12.82p | 9.99p | 8.68p | 5.95p |
| Diluted EPS | 12.20p | 10.40p | 8.50p | 7.07p | 5.76p |
| Net debt | £7.4m | £6.4m | £16.0m | £13.4m | (£2.0m) |
| Underlying cash conversion % of underlying EBITDA* | 68.1% | 97.3% | 88.9% | 50.2% | 109.5% |
| Share price at 31 March | 255p | 211p | 127p | 103p | 87p |
* Before separately disclosed items
Following the 2009 financial crisis, the business concentrated on servicing its strategic multinational customers globally as a ‘full service provider’ throughout TR’s network.
Investing for growth
Since 2016, the business has been carefully investing in plant & machinery to increase capacity & efficiency as well as into key personnel and processes to capitalise upon the opportunities for growth globally.
