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Rolls-Royce leaps as airline and defence demand lifts profits

Wed, 26th Jul 2023 11:19

Upgrades FY profit, cash flow forecasts

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H1 to beat expectations

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Shares jump 20%

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Aero-engineer Rolls-Royce hiked its full-year operating profit forecast by around 45% on Wednesday after operational improvements, increased military spending and a recovery in long-haul flying delivered a stronger-than-expected first half.

Shares in the British company jumped 20% to 183 pence, the highest level since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

The company said it now expected profit this year of between 1.2 billion and 1.4 billion pounds ($1.6-1.8 billion), up from its previous guidance of between 800 million and 1 billion pounds. The market had been forecasting 934 million pounds.

Chief Executive Tufan Erginbilgic, who joined the company in January, said his turnaround had started well, with progress already evident across the company.

"Despite a challenging external environment, notably supply chain constraints, we are starting to see the early impact of our transformation in all our divisions," he said on Wednesday.

Rolls-Royce, like rival General Electric Co, is benefiting from a faster-than-expected recovery in aviation from pandemic lows, boosting demand for lucrative aftermarket services.

GE on Tuesday raised its own full-year profit outlook on robust demand for its jet engine spare parts and services.

Bernstein analysts said the primary driver of Rolls-Royce's better first-half and full-year performance was improved operations, a key priority for Erginbilgic.

The company, whose engines power the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 long-haul jets, said underlying operating profit for the first six months would come in at just over twice the market expectation of 328 million pounds.

A large part of Rolls-Royce's revenue is tied to the hours flown by its engines, a model that plunged it into crisis when planes were grounded during the pandemic.

A rebound in flying, however, is now benefiting the company, as is increased defence spending due to the war in Ukraine, and Wednesday's jump means the company's stock has nearly doubled this year.

The group said it would produce up to 360 million pounds of free cash flow for the six months to end-June, soundly beating the 50 million pounds forecast, and it could produce as much as 1 billion pounds of cash in the full year.

It will publish its first-half results on Aug. 3.

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