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Summary of ratios and statistics
Summary of ratios and statistics
Download pdf| (R’million) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
| Ordinary share performance | |||||
| Number of ordinary shares upon which headline earnings per share is based (000)1 | 162 552 | 165 735 | 165 687 | 165 623 | 164 714 |
| Headline earnings per ordinary share (cents) | 1 702 | 1 127 | 940 | 1 322 | 1 589 |
| Dividends per ordinary share (cents)2 | 973 | 320 | 434 | 627 | 1 080 |
| Dividend cover (times)2 | 1,7 | 3,5 | 2,2 | 2,1 | 1,5 |
| Net worth per ordinary share (cents) | 9 384 | 9 383 | 9 433 | 9 201 | 10 448 |
| Profitability and asset management | |||||
| Asset turnover (times) | 2,7 | 2,6 | 2,6 | 2,4 | 2,3 |
| Working capital per R1 revenue | 20,6 | 20,3 | 21,4 | 22,3 | 21,6 |
| Operating margin (%) | 10,1 | 7,2 | 8,3 | 11,1 | 11,6 |
| Effective taxation rate (%) | 26,0 | 24,9 | 32,7 | 18,1 | 24,7 |
| Return on equity (%) | 18,4 | 12,7 | 9,0 | 13,9 | 16,7 |
| Return on average net assets (%) | 27,7 | 19,3 | 21,1 | 26,1 | 26,6 |
| Return on invested capital (%)3 | 16,4 | – | – | – | – |
| Financing | |||||
| Current ratio | 1,7 | 1,9 | 2,2 | 2,0 | 2,0 |
| Net interest cover (times) | 46 | 42 | 27 | – | 79 |
| Net cash to net funding (%) | 2 | (11) | (10) | (8) | (3) |
| Total liabilities to total shareholders’ funds (%) | 49 | 41 | 31 | 37 | 31 |
| Cash flow to net liabilities (%) | 49 | 72 | 73 | 65 | 77 |
| Employee statistics | |||||
| Number of employees at year end4 | 10 439 | 11 093 | 11 978 | 11 103 | 11 678 |
| – permanent | 9 670 | 10 158 | 11 188 | 10 543 | 11 348 |
| – seasonal | 769 | 935 | 790 | 560 | 330 |
| Revenue per employee (R’000) | 3 260 | 2 790 | 2 488 | 2 633 | 2 438 |
| Value added per employee (R’000) | 683 | 653 | 649 | 694 | 670 |
| Operating profit per employee (R’000) | 329 | 202 | 217 | 236 | 277 |
| Economic indicators | |||||
| Consumer Price Index (September on September) | 7,5% | 5,0% | 3,0% | 4,1% | 4,8% |
| Key closing exchange rates at 30 September vs ZAR | |||||
| – USD | 17,98 | 15,10 | 16,81 | 15,15 | 14,17 |
| – GBP | 20,01 | 20,35 | 21,61 | 18,66 | 18,44 |
| – EUR | 17,57 | 17,49 | 19,66 | 16,52 | 16,41 |
| Stock exchange statistics | |||||
| Market price per share (cents) | |||||
| – year end | 16 944 | 18 727 | 19 077 | 21 056 | 26 502 |
| – highest | 19 806 | 22 634 | 23 579 | 26 942 | 47 450 |
| – lowest | 13 594 | 17 800 | 15 141 | 20 505 | 26 502 |
| Number of transactions | 597 229 | 573 280 | 913 673 | 993 320 | 914 360 |
| Number of shares traded (’000) | 208 339 | 109 634 | 205 890 | 179 529 | 197 471 |
| Value of shares traded (R’million) | 32 848 | 22 359 | 38 299 | 44 278 | 72 584 |
| Number of shares traded as a percentage of total issued shares | 128,2 | 66,2 | 124,3 | 108,4 | 104,0 |
| Dividend yield at year end (%) | 5,7 | 1,7 | 2,3 | 5,0 | 4,1 |
| Earnings yield at year end (%) | 10,0 | 5,9 | 5,0 | 6,3 | 5,9 |
| Price earnings ratio at year end | 10 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 17 |
| Market capitalisation at year end (R’million) | 32 163 | 35 547 | 36 212 | 39 968 | 50 306 |
| Market capitalisation to shareholders’ equity at year end (times) | 2,1 | 2,3 | 2,3 | 2,6 | 2,9 |
| 1 | Net of treasury and empowerment shares. |
| 2 | Based on the sum of the interim dividend paid in the current year and the final dividend declared post year end. |
| 3 | ROIC is a calculation used to assess the company’s performance on invested capital. Refer to definitions. |
| 4 | Includes employees of international operations. |