{"id":314,"date":"2019-03-17T17:03:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afroxcomms.co.za\/Company-Profile\/?page_id=314"},"modified":"2019-07-02T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T11:13:01","slug":"financial-performance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.afroxcomms.co.za\/Company-Profile\/financial-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial<\/span> Performance – Read our IR 2018<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/div>
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Financial<\/span> Performance – Read our IR 2018<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/div>
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Value to shareholders<\/span><\/p><\/h1><\/div>

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Afrox\u2019s share price increased by 74.6% over the three years. EBITDA margins\u00a0<\/span>for the same period show a similar improvement,
\n<\/span><\/strong>up 48.6% to 20.8% in 2017 (2016: 22.3%). During the same period ROCE increased by 41.9% to 23.7%\u00a0<\/span>in 2017.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Value to shareholders<\/span><\/p><\/h1><\/div>

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Afrox\u2019s share price increased by 74.6% over the three years. EBITDA margins\u00a0<\/span>for the same period show a similar improvement, <\/span><\/strong>up 48.6% to 20.8% in 2017 (2016: 22.3%). During the same period ROCE increased by 41.9% to 23.7%\u00a0<\/span>in 2017.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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2009 to 2018 average dividend paid: 56.6 cents\/share<\/p><\/h1><\/div>

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Afrox declared a final gross cash dividend of 25 cents, resulting in a net dividend of 20 cents per share (2017: 43.2 cents) to those shareholders not exempt from dividends tax. The total dividend of 77 cents for 2018 (25 cents for the second half of 2018) is supported by continued solid profits, strong cashflow, and a high level of investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Investment case<\/p><\/h1><\/div>