Dart Group PLC, the Leisure Travel and Distribution & Logistics Group ("the Group"), announces its unaudited interim results for the half year ended 30 September 2015. These results are presented under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").
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Financial highlights |
Half year ended 30 September 2015 (Unaudited) |
Half year ended 30 September 2014 (Unaudited) |
Change |
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Group revenue |
£1,024.0m |
£902.2m |
14% |
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Group operating profit (underlying1) |
£147.1m |
£89.4m |
65% |
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Operating profit margin (underlying1) |
14.4% |
9.9% |
4.5ppts |
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Group operating profit |
£147.1m |
£72.4m |
103% |
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Operating profit margin |
14.4% |
8.0% |
6.4ppts |
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Profit before tax (underlying1) |
£146.8m |
£88.7m |
66% |
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Profit before tax |
£146.8m |
£71.7m |
105% |
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Basic earnings per share (underlying1) |
79.82p |
48.25p |
65% |
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Basic earnings per share |
79.82p |
38.93p |
105% |
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Interim dividend per share |
0.90p |
0.75p |
20% |
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Note 1: Underlying profit references are stated excluding separately disclosed items (note 6) |
