Research Summary28 Dec 2018 21:09
From my own notes and memory on reading annual reports and stuff ...
Debenhams IPO'd in 2005/6 raising funds which helped to reduce net debt from £1.8bn to £1.1bn. At the time GTV-gross transaction value (income) was a little over £2bn a year and adjusted EPS was comfortably over 10p albeit on less shares.
In around 2009 Debenhams needed to and did raise £306m(net) via a placing at 80p a share? (my notes are a little unclear). £306m is 25p a share in todays context.
Since the placing Debenhams has paid nearly 25p a share cumulatively in dividends and almost 5p a share in buy backs.
Net debt ended 2009 at £590m, 2010 at £517m and 2018 at £321m (26p a share) although I think net debt rose after the full year results by circa £100m? -- vague recollection of reading a presentation - possibly imagined it??
Currently dividends have been scrapped, the balance sheet has been knifed by about 40p a share and underlying profitability (EPS) is who knows what? ...
Recently reported underlying EPS numbers were 7.5p, 6.4p and 2.2p for years ending 1 September 2016, 17 & 18 respectively.
GTV(income) for 2018 was £2.9bn (£2.36 a share) and borrowing facilities are £520m I believe?