FANTASTIC HALF YR -KEY HIGHLIGHTS!3 Aug 2021 10:23
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Financial highlights (1H21/1H20 comparisons)
· Adjusted Revenues[1] of US$1,543.1m, up 37.1%; 75.8% of this due to higher metal prices and 24.2% due to increased volumes.
· Gross profit and EBITDA[2] of US$606.8m and US$747.0m, up 88.9% and 59.0%, respectively.
· Operating profit and profit before income tax of US$471.9m and US$445.4m, up 117.6% and 248.3%, respectively.
· Profit for the period of US$308.4m, up 445.8%.
· Basic and diluted EPS from continuing operations of US$41.0 cents per share, up 365.9%.
· Adjusted EPS[3] of US$41.4 cents per share, up 250.8%.
· Cash generated from operations, before changes in working capital, of US$750.4m, up 64.5%.
· Free cash flow[4] of US$305.1m in 1H21 (US$265.7m in 1H20).
· Strong balance sheet with cash and other liquid funds[5] as at 30 June 2021 of US$1,202.9m (31 December 2020: $1,070.4m); net debt/EBITDA of -0.02x[6] (31 December 2020: 0.08x).
· Interim dividend of 9.90 US cents per share, totalling US$73.0m (1H20: 16.9m).