Abcam increases its 2018 full year dividend by 17.9%

Abcam 2018 Final results

Total revenue increased by 7.4% on a reported basis and 10.7% on a constant exchange rate (CER) basis¹

- Catalogue revenue grew 7.1% on a reported basis to £216.8m (2016/17: £202.4m) and 10.2% CER

- Custom Product and Licensing (CP&L) revenue grew 11.6% on a reported basis to £16.4m (2016/17: £14.7m) and 17.6% CER

EBITDA margin was 35.0% (2016/17: 32.5%) whilst Adjusted EBITDA margin² increased to 37.9% (2016/17: 33.8%), primarily due to the rolling-off of hedging contracts in the prior year

Reported PBT grew 33.1% to £69.1m and adjusted PBT grew 26.3% to £81.6m

Reported diluted EPS grew 45.9% to 30.2p and adjusted diluted EPS grew 27.1% to 32.4p

Strong cash generation continued, with net cash inflow from operating activities of £63.3m (2017/18: £66.4m)

Proposed final dividend of 8.58p (2016/17: 7.36p), taking the proposed total annual dividend to 12.00 pence per share, an increase of 17.9%