The Economist revenue was £333.43 m in FY, 2019
Founding Date | 1843 |
GBP | FY, 1996 | FY, 1997 | FY, 1998 | FY, 1999 | FY, 2000 | FY, 2001 | FY, 2002 | FY, 2003 | FY, 2004 | FY, 2005 | FY, 2006 | FY, 2007 | FY, 2008 | FY, 2009 | FY, 2010 | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 | FY, 2017 | FY, 2018 | FY, 2019 |
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Revenue | 188.7m | 193.5m | 205.0m | 212.6m | 233.7m | 275.4m | 227.1m | 192.0m | 191.0m | 197.0m | 217.8m | 247.7m | 266.4m | 312.8m | 319.9m | 347.2m | 361.8m | 346.0m | 331.5m | 324.5m | 330.9m | 353.2m | 366.6m | 333.4m |
Revenue growth, % | 3% | 6% | 4% | 10% | 18% | (18%) | (15%) | (1%) | 3% | 11% | 14% | 8% | 17% | 2% | 9% | 4% | (4%) | (4%) | (2%) | 2% | 7% | 4% | ||
Cost of goods sold | 66.1m | 64.0m | 70.5m | 75.0m | 78.9m | 91.8m | 78.2m | 67.5m | 65.3m | 65.9m | 66.3m | 69.9m | 77.3m | 90.5m | 93.3m | 97.7m | 100.3m | 99.3m | 95.1m | 98.2m | 106.2m | 115.1m | 111.5m | 99.6m |
Gross profit | 122.6m | 129.5m | 134.5m | 137.5m | 154.8m | 183.6m | 149.0m | 124.5m | 125.7m | 131.1m | 151.5m | 177.8m | 189.1m | 222.3m | 226.7m | 249.5m | 261.5m | 246.6m | 236.5m | 226.2m | 224.7m | 238.1m | 255.1m | 233.8m |
Gross profit Margin, % | 65% | 67% | 66% | 65% | 66% | 67% | 66% | 65% | 66% | 67% | 70% | 72% | 71% | 71% | 71% | 72% | 72% | 71% | 71% | 70% | 68% | 67% | 70% | 70% |
Operating expense total | 98.8m | 103.9m | 104.0m | 105.0m | 126.3m | 162.1m | 133.8m | 102.0m | 102.6m | 104.5m | 120.2m | 141.7m | 144.8m | 166.6m | 169.1m | 186.2m | 194.3m | 179.1m | 177.5m | 166.9m | 164.1m | 184.1m | 208.0m | |
Depreciation and amortization | 2.2m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA | 38.8m | 47.9m | 60.4m | 65.0m | 71.8m | 75.9m | 77.7m | 69.3m | 64.5m | 61.0m | 53.3m | |||||||||||||
EBITDA margin, % | 16% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 17% | 15% | |||||||||||||
EBIT | 23.8m | 25.6m | 30.5m | 32.6m | 28.4m | 21.4m | 15.1m | 22.6m | 23.1m | 26.6m | 31.2m | 36.1m | 44.3m | 55.7m | 57.5m | 63.3m | 67.2m | 67.5m | 59.0m | 59.4m | 60.7m | 54.0m | 47.1m | 31.1m |
EBIT margin, % | 13% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 15% | 13% | 9% |
Interest expense | 4.7m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | 3.9m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre tax profit | 24.0m | 26.7m | 25.1m | 32.1m | (52.1m) | 21.2m | 14.8m | 20.9m | 24.3m | 26.6m | 30.8m | 49.2m | 47.1m | 55.7m | 50.0m | 59.5m | 64.7m | 64.0m | 56.9m | 53.8m | 54.1m | 49.4m | 40.2m | 30.3m |
Income tax expense | 6.3m | 6.6m | 6.2m | 8.7m | 10.9m | 6.4m | 3.5m | 5.3m | 6.3m | 401.0k | 8.8m | 15.4m | 14.9m | 17.8m | 11.8m | 15.3m | 17.4m | 15.3m | 12.9m | 11.8m | 10.6m | 8.0m | 5.0m | 5.5m |
Net Income | 17.7m | 20.1m | 18.9m | 23.4m | (63.1m) | 14.8m | 11.3m | 15.6m | 18.0m | 27.0m | 22.0m | 33.8m | 32.2m | 37.9m | 38.2m | 44.2m | 47.2m | 48.7m | 44.0m | 42.0m | 43.5m | 41.4m | 35.3m | 24.8m |
GBP | FY, 1996 | FY, 1997 | FY, 1998 | FY, 1999 | FY, 2000 | FY, 2001 | FY, 2002 | FY, 2003 | FY, 2004 | FY, 2005 | FY, 2006 | FY, 2007 | FY, 2008 | FY, 2009 | FY, 2010 | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 | FY, 2017 | FY, 2018 | FY, 2019 |
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Cash | 22.7m | 26.0m | 30.5m | 35.9m | 42.4m | 46.4m | 45.5m | 55.2m | 2.1m | 54.8m | 11.5m | 12.1m | 42.4m | 41.2m | 54.1m | 51.4m | 38.7m | 42.9m | 47.1m | 35.8m | 22.6m | 12.2m | 17.7m | |
Accounts Receivable | 23.8m | 27.3m | 32.5m | 33.1m | 36.8m | 40.1m | 25.4m | 21.8m | 24.4m | 24.1m | 31.2m | 35.2m | 39.7m | 43.6m | 43.3m | 44.4m | 47.5m | 49.2m | 41.9m | 40.8m | 40.2m | 40.9m | 41.6m | 42.4m |
Inventories | 1.9m | 1.8m | 2.4m | 2.4m | 3.1m | 2.5m | 1.4m | 1.4m | 1.2m | 2.1m | 2.2m | 1.6m | 2.8m | 2.7m | 1.6m | 1.8m | 2.0m | 2.2m | 2.7m | 2.0m | 1.3m | 1.5m | 906.0k | 967.0k |
Current Assets | 69.6m | 74.7m | 77.2m | 85.8m | 99.7m | 107.3m | 92.3m | 94.6m | 109.6m | 120.9m | 104.8m | 86.9m | 78.2m | 107.0m | 110.4m | 126.1m | 122.8m | 111.0m | 108.5m | 108.1m | 100.2m | 88.0m | 81.5m | 79.4m |
PP&E | 36.5m | 35.3m | 33.6m | 35.8m | 36.0m | 37.5m | 30.3m | 25.6m | 27.3m | 24.1m | 25.2m | 24.1m | 23.4m | 22.5m | 22.1m | 25.5m | 25.6m | 28.3m | 27.2m | 42.5m | 9.9m | 10.4m | 12.0m | 9.3m |
Goodwill | 101.6m | 113.4m | 128.6m | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total Assets | 106.8m | 110.4m | 110.8m | 121.6m | 135.7m | 144.9m | 122.6m | 122.8m | 136.9m | 145.0m | 142.7m | 127.4m | 121.9m | 176.3m | 242.7m | 258.3m | 254.2m | 255.6m | 237.3m | 264.0m | 246.5m | 261.7m | 248.6m | 239.1m |
Accounts Payable | 4.7m | 5.0m | 6.2m | 4.3m | 5.4m | 4.4m | 3.4m | 3.9m | 4.2m | 3.7m | 4.1m | 4.6m | 9.1m | 9.4m | 9.8m | 14.2m | 13.9m | 11.0m | 14.3m | 14.6m | 14.7m | 17.4m | 16.2m | 18.6m |
Short-term debt | 395.0k | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current Liabilities | 83.5m | 87.5m | 94.3m | 100.3m | 111.5m | 118.8m | 44.5m | 91.9m | 97.8m | 101.3m | 109.4m | 122.5m | 126.7m | 157.0m | 167.7m | 181.6m | 188.0m | 179.7m | 181.7m | 160.6m | 160.3m | 172.2m | 185.4m | 143.1m |
Long-term debt | 111.4m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-Current Liabilities | 56.6m | 47.8m | 29.1m | 19.0m | 22.3m | 15.3m | 66.8m | 15.2m | 16.9m | 10.9m | 29.4m | 13.3m | 2.8m | 34.4m | 76.8m | 65.2m | 70.7m | 87.3m | 60.1m | 127.3m | 163.5m | 187.3m | 154.0m | 151.1m |
Total Debt | 4.2m | 5.6m | 6.8m | 6.8m | 3.5m | 9.2m | 10.2m | 13.0m | 11.3m | 27.3m | 111.8m | |||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 140.1m | 135.2m | 123.4m | 119.3m | 133.8m | 134.2m | 111.3m | 107.1m | 114.6m | 112.2m | 138.8m | 135.9m | 129.5m | 191.4m | 244.5m | 246.8m | 258.8m | 266.9m | 241.9m | 287.9m | 323.8m | 359.4m | 339.4m | 294.2m |
Common Stock | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m | 1.3m |
Retained Earnings | (12.6m) | (5.8m) | (18.7m) | 119.5m | 98.1m | 104.9m | 149.9m | |||||||||||||||||
Total Equity | (33.3m) | (24.8m) | (12.6m) | 2.3m | 1.9m | 10.7m | 11.3m | 15.8m | 22.3m | 32.8m | 3.9m | (8.4m) | (7.6m) | (15.1m) | (1.8m) | 11.6m | (4.6m) | (11.4m) | (4.5m) | (23.9m) | (77.3m) | (97.7m) | (90.8m) | (55.1m) |
Debt to Equity Ratio | -0.3 x | -3.1 x | 0.6 x | -1.5 x | -0.3 x | -2 x | -0.4 x | -0.2 x | -0.1 x | -0.3 x | -2 x | |||||||||||||
Debt to Assets Ratio | 0 x | 0 x | 0 x | 0 x | 0 x | 0 x | 0 x | 0.1 x | 0 x | 0.1 x | 0.5 x | |||||||||||||
Financial Leverage | -3.2 x | -4.4 x | -8.8 x | 54 x | 69.9 x | 13.5 x | 10.9 x | 7.8 x | 6.1 x | 4.4 x | 36.5 x | -15.1 x | -16 x | -11.7 x | -135.7 x | 22.3 x | -55.6 x | -22.5 x | -52.5 x | -11 x | -3.2 x | -2.7 x | -2.7 x | -4.3 x |
GBP | FY, 1996 | FY, 1997 | FY, 1998 | FY, 1999 | FY, 2000 | FY, 2001 | FY, 2002 | FY, 2003 | FY, 2004 | FY, 2005 | FY, 2006 | FY, 2007 | FY, 2008 | FY, 2009 | FY, 2010 | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 | FY, 2017 | FY, 2018 | FY, 2019 |
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Net Income | 17.7m | 20.1m | 18.9m | 23.4m | (63.1m) | 14.8m | 11.3m | 15.6m | 18.0m | 27.0m | 22.0m | 33.8m | 32.2m | 37.9m | 38.2m | 44.2m | 47.2m | 48.7m | 44.0m | 42.0m | 43.5m | 41.4m | 35.3m | |
Cash From Operating Activities | 30.1m | 34.7m | 37.3m | 27.9m | 38.1m | 31.2m | 11.4m | 29.1m | 30.5m | 23.9m | 28.6m | 33.4m | 45.6m | 56.7m | 63.4m | 77.5m | 70.4m | 59.9m | 69.0m | 54.0m | 39.9m | 49.8m | 41.8m | 33.5m |
Cash From Investing Activities | 34.1m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends Paid | 6.6m | 7.6m | 8.6m | 9.5m | 10.1m | 10.5m | 10.5m | 10.9m | 12.9m | 14.3m | 34.6m | 51.0m | 42.9m | 23.9m | 32.9m | 36.0m | 39.1m | 40.9m | 40.9m | 40.9m | 36.9m | 38.6m | 36.1m | |
Cash From Financing Activities | 41.9m | (11.2m) | (19.7m) | 700.0k | (5.2m) | (6.0m) | (6.0m) | (1.0k) | 16.0k | 291.0k | 531.0k | (290.0k) | 20.6m | 47.8m | (5.2m) | (6.8m) | (1.8m) | (4.6m) | (48.7m) | (161.1m) | (57.3m) | (36.3m) | (60.7m) | |
Net Change in Cash | 15.8m | 544.0k | 7.7m | 5.7m | 325.0k | 1.3m | 1.6m | 3.6m | 1.7m | 2.0m | 5.9m | 4.2m | 694.0k | (1.8m) | 23.5m | (12.3m) | 4.3m | (5.6m) | (7.4m) | 1.1m | (12.0m) | (16.6m) | (8.0m) | 6.9m |
Income Taxes Paid | (12.9m) | (11.8m) | (10.6m) |
GBP | FY, 1996 |
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Financial Leverage | -3.2 x |