Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements
Novae cuts is 2017 interim dividend
Gross written premium of £598.8 million (H1 2016: £513.1 million)
Weighted average rates on renewal premium reduced by 1.8% (H1 2016: reduced by 3.9%)
Combined ratio of 101.6% (H1 2016 restated: 95.7%)
Combined ratio excluding our Exited Division 94.7% (H1 2016 restated: 89.3%)
Net investment income of £17.3 million (H1 2016: £28.4 million)
Loss before tax, foreign exchange and non-recurring items of £2.2 million (H1 2016 restated: profit of £39.4 million)
Loss before tax of £14.0 million (H1 2016 restated: profit before tax of £65.3 million)
The Board is not recommending payment of an interim dividend
Travis Perkins increases its 2017 interim dividend by 1.6%
Revenue grew by 3.5% in the first half of the year, and by 2.7% on a like-for-like basis
Adjusted operating profit 2.1% lower at £190m largely due to the challenging Plumbing & Heating market and recent investments, including in information systems
Free cash flow of £188m was generated, with strong cash conversion of 99%
Net debt of £377m, lower than June 2016 by £133m, and in line with December 2016
Interim dividend of 15.5p, an increase of 1.6% reflecting strong cash performance
Aggreko maintains its 2017 interim dividend
Group revenue of £792 million in line with prior year excluding impact of currency and pass-through fuel
Intertek increases its 2017 interim dividend by 21.1%
Group revenue of £1.372bn: +2.7% at constant rates, +13.9% at actual rates
Meggit increases its 2017 interim dividend by 5%
Full-year guidance and medium term targets for margin and cash reconfirmed.
Essentra maintains its 2017 interim dividend
Revenue, adjusted profit and EPS decline reflect continuation of trends communicated in 20 April 2017 Trading Update.
UBM increases its 2017 interim dividend by 2%
Group revenue up 18.0% at £448.4m (+8.3% at constant currency)
Equiniti increases its 2017 interim dividend by 6.7%
Revenue progression of 1.5% (with a decline in organic growth of 0.6%) despite interest rate headwind and H2 bias
Rightmove increases its 2017 interim dividend by 16%
Revenue up 11% year on year driven by continued growth in our Agency and New Homes businesses
Jardine Lloyd Thompson increases its 2017 interim dividend by 5.2%
Total revenue growth of 11% to £689.9m
St James's Place increases its 2017 interim dividend by 25%
New Investment and Funds under Management
Inchcape increases its 2017 interim dividend by 12.9%
Track record of growth continues, operating profit +23% at actual currency and EPS +24%
Lloyds Banking Group increases its 2017 interim dividend by 18%
Strong financial performance with improvements in underlying and statutory profit
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