2013 FULL YEAR RESULTS28 Feb 2014 09:39
Looking Good!
· Revenue increased by 17% to £139.9m (2012: £119.4m)
· Underlying operating profit(1) increased by 19% to £104.0m (2012: £87.5m)
· Underlying operating margin(1)increased to 74.3% (2012: 73.3%)
· Basic earnings per share up 21% to 74.1p (2012: 61.3p)
· Underlying basic earnings per share(2)up 23% to 81.0p (2012: 65.7p)
· 2.8m shares bought back during 2013 (2012: 4.5m) at a cost of £60.5m (2012: £66.4m)
· Final dividend of 17.0p (2012: 14.0p) making a total dividend of 28.0p for the year
(2012: 23.0p), up 22%
· Number of advertisers(3) up 4% at 18,425 (2012: 17,680)
· Average revenue per advertiser (ARPA)(3)up 15% to £607 per month
(2012: £529 per month)
· Site traffic up 27% to 14.0bn pages (2012: 11.0bn pages)
· Generated 36.0m (2012: 21.2m) phone and email enquiries for our customers, up 70%