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Last Updated 30-05-2025
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Interest Coverage
The interest coverage ratio is a debt ratio and profitability ratio used to determine how easily a company can pay interest on its outstanding debt.
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2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12 2015-12 2016-12 2017-12 2018-12 2019-12 TTM Earnings Per Share GBP 1.61 1.19 0.39 0.67 0.58 1.01 -2.69 0.49 0.76 0.34 0.34 Dividends GBP 0.17 0.51 0.49 0.52 0.52 0.39 0.17 0.19 0.19 Payout Ratio % * 152.0 148.2 217.9 22.3 32.2 55.9 Shares Mil 803.0 801.0 806.0 808.0 811.0 813.0 814.0 814.0 779.0 778.0 778.0 Book Value Per Share * EUR 6.33 7.57 8.6 8.42 8.67 8.92 9.21 5.6 5.79 6.44 6.44 Free Cash Flow Per Share * EUR 1.19 1.28 0.93 0.81 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.43 Return on Assets % 12.92 8.73 2.89 4.83 4.22 7.15 -21.54 4.52 7.45 3.39 3.39 Financial Leverage (Average) 1.93 1.89 2.0 1.92 1.91 1.81 2.32 1.97 1.75 1.77 1.77 Return on Equity % 26.25 16.67 5.61 9.45 8.07 13.28 -43.45 9.72 13.79 5.98 5.98 Return on Invested Capital % 19.07 12.82 4.62 7.47 6.47 10.12 -29.35 8.0 11.76 5.3 5.3 Interest Coverage 7.15 12.91 6.79 5.66 4.72 -6.1 -33.55 5.25 12.86 4.46 4.46 Current Ratio 1.86 1.83 1.74 1.29 1.33 2.15 2.12 1.56 1.58 2.13 2.13 Quick Ratio 1.38 1.32 0.84 0.74 0.79 1.51 1.39 0.81 0.77 1.04 1.04 Debt/Equity 0.34 0.33 0.35 0.29 0.31 0.32 0.56 0.27 0.15 0.36 0.36