Vodafone Announces Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2011
Improved results: sustained revenue growth and strong cash generation
- Group revenue up 3.2% to £45.9 billion; full year organic service revenue growth +2.1%(*); Q4 +2.5%(*), driven by a strong AMAP performance (+11.8%(*))
- EBITDA down 0.4% at £14.7 billion; EBITDA margin 1.1 percentage points lower at 32.0%, in line with expectations
- Verizon Wireless service revenue up 5.8%(*); our share of profits up 8.5%(*) to £4.6 billion
- Adjusted operating profit at guidance exchange rates(1) £12.2 billion, after Verizon Wireless iPhone launch costs
- Other net income of £5.3(2) billion and goodwill impairment charges of £6.1 billion
- Free cash flow £7.0 billion; consistent level of capital expenditure and strong working capital performance
- Final dividend 6.05 pence, giving total dividends for the year of 8.90 pence per share, + 7.1%
| Financial highlights | Change year-on-year | ||
| Year ended 31 March 2011 | Reported | Organic | |
| £m | % | % | |
| Group revenue | 45,884 | +3.2 | +2.8 |
| Group service revenue | 42,738 | +2.4 | +2.1 |
| Europe | 30,097 | (3.4) | (0.4) |
| Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific | 12,292 | +20.0 | +9.5 |
| Adjusted operating profit | 11,818 | +3.1 | +1.8 |
| Free cash flow | 7,049 | (2.7) | |
| EPS | 15.20p | (7.5) | |
| Adjusted EPS | 16.75p | +4.0 | |
| Final dividend per share | 6.05p | +7.1 |
Good progress on strategic delivery
- Strong performance in key revenue growth areas: Data +26.4%(*), Emerging Markets +11.8%(3) (*), Fixed +5.2%(*), Europe Enterprise +0.5%(*)
- Successful drive to increase smartphone penetration in Europe - up from 11.6% to 18.7% year-on-year
- £14.2 billion expected to be raised from agreed disposals of interests in China Mobile, SoftBank and SFR; £6.8 billion committed to share buyback programmes
- Continuing commercial relationship with Verizon to address the global enterprise market, target procurement savings and develop technology standardisation
Guidance for the 2012 financial year
Adjusted operating profit expected to be in the range of £11.0 billion to £11.8 billion, reflecting the loss of our £0.5 billion share of profits from SFR as the result of the disposal of our 44% interest
Free cash flow expected to be in the range of £6.0 billion to £6.5 billion, reflecting continued strong cash generation offset by the reduction of £0.3 billion in dividends from SFR and China Mobile, and the more limited working capital improvements available going forward
Vittorio Colao, Group Chief Executive, commented:
"The past year has seen further strong performances in our key revenue growth areas of data, emerging markets and enterprise, and we have gained or held market share in most of our key markets. Continuing network investment is an important differentiator for Vodafone, improving the customer experience and giving us leadership in smartphone penetration and in customer take up of data plans. We enter the new financial year well positioned to deliver further value to our shareholders."
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