Ashtead 2018 final results
· Revenue up 20%; rental revenue up 21%
· Pre-tax profit of £927m (2017: £793m)
· Earnings per share up 26% to 127.5p (2017: 104.3p)
· Post-tax profit of £969m (2017: £501m)
· £1.2bn of capital invested in the business (2017: £1.1bn)
· £386m of free cash flow generation (2017: £319m)
· £392m spent on bolt-on acquisitions (2017: £437m)
· Net debt to EBITDA leverage of 1.6 times (2017: 1.7 times)
· Proposed final dividend of 27.5p, making 33.0p for the full year, up 20% (2017: 27.5p)
