ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2024
for the year ended 30 September 2024
for the year ended 30 September 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary share performance | |||||
| Number of ordinary shares upon which headline earnings per share is based ('000)2 | 155 922 | 156 390 | 162 552 | 165 735 | 165 687 |
| Headline earnings per ordinary share (cents) | 1 810 | 1 735 | 1 702 | 1 127 | 940 |
| Dividends per ordinary share (cents)1 | 1 034 | 991 | 973 | 320 | 434 |
| Dividend cover (times)1 | 1,8 | 1,8 | 1,7 | 3,5 | 2,2 |
| Net worth per ordinary share (cents) | 11 590 | 10 321 | 9 384 | 9 383 | 9 433 |
| Profitability and asset management | |||||
| Asset turnover (times) | 2,5 | 2,6 | 2,7 | 2,6 | 2,6 |
| Working capital per R1 revenue | 19,5 | 22,6 | 20,6 | 20,3 | 21,4 |
| Operating margin (%) | 8,3 | 8,3 | 10,1 | 7,2 | 8,3 |
| Effective taxation rate (%) | 21,3 | 23,0 | 26,0 | 24,9 | 32,7 |
| Return on equity (%)4 | 15,7 | 15,7 | 18,4 | 12,7 | 9,0 |
| Return on average net assets (%) | 21,3 | 21,7 | 27,5 | 19,3 | 21,1 |
| Return on invested capital (%)4 | 14,9 | 14,7 | 16,4 | – | – |
| Financing | |||||
| Current ratio | 1,8 | 1,9 | 1,6 | 2,0 | 2,2 |
| Net interest cover (times) | 11 | 13 | 46 | 42 | 27 |
| Net debt/(cash) to net funding (%) | (2) | 7 | 2 | (11) | (10) |
| Total liabilities to total shareholders’ funds (%) | 42 | 46 | 49 | 41 | 31 |
| Cash flow to net liabilities (%) | 61 | 45 | 49 | 72 | 73 |
| Employee statistics | |||||
| Number of employees at year end3 | 9 720 | 10 323 | 10 439 | 11 093 | 11 978 |
| – permanent | 8 785 | 9 296 | 9 670 | 10 158 | 11 188 |
| – seasonal | 935 | 1 027 | 769 | 935 | 790 |
| Revenue per employee (R’000) | 3 875 | 3 622 | 3 260 | 2 790 | 2 488 |
| Value added per employee (R’000) | 756 | 669 | 683 | 653 | 649 |
| Operating profit per employee (R’000) | 323 | 302 | 329 | 202 | 217 |
| Economic indicators | |||||
| Consumer Price Index (September on September) | 3,8% | 5,4% | 7,5% | 5,0% | 3,0% |
| Key closing exchange rates at 30 September vs ZAR | |||||
| – USD | 17,22 | 18,83 | 17,98 | 15,10 | 16,81 |
| – GBP | 23,05 | 23,01 | 20,01 | 20,35 | 21,61 |
| – EUR | 19,24 | 19,93 | 17,57 | 17,49 | 19,66 |
| Stock exchange statistics | |||||
| Market price per share (cents) | |||||
| – year end | 23 300 | 15 345 | 16 944 | 18 727 | 19 077 |
| – highest | 24 541 | 22 501 | 19 806 | 22 634 | 23 579 |
| – lowest | 14 233 | 15 034 | 13 594 | 17 800 | 15 141 |
| Number of transactions | 502 178 | 554 271 | 597 229 | 573 280 | 913 673 |
| Number of shares traded (000) | 89 751 | 114 473 | 208 339 | 109 634 | 205 890 |
| Value of shares traded (Rm) | 17 858 | 21 096 | 32 848 | 22 359 | 38 299 |
| Number of shares traded as a percentage of total issued shares | 49,8 | 63,5 | 128,2 | 66,2 | 124,3 |
| Dividend yield at year end (%) | 4,4 | 6,5 | 5,7 | 1,7 | 2,3 |
| Earnings yield at year end (%) | 7,7 | 11,1 | 10,0 | 5,9 | 5,0 |
| Price earnings ratio at year end | 13 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 20 |
| Market capitalisation at year end (Rm) | 42 016 | 27 671 | 32 163 | 35 547 | 36 212 |
| Market capitalisation to shareholders’ equity at year end (times) | 2,4 | 1,7 | 2,1 | 2,3 | 2,3 |
1 Based on the sum of the interim dividend paid in the current year and the final dividend declared post-year end
2 Net of treasury and empowerment shares
3 Includes employees of international operations
4 Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a calculation used to assess the company's performance on invested capital. Return on equity (ROE) is a calculation used to assess the company's performance on its equity. Refer to definitions.