Five-year review
for the year ended September 2018
| (US$ million) | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||||||
| Sales | 5,806 | 5,296 | 5,141 | 5,390 | 6,061 | ||||||
| Variable manufacturing and delivery costs | 3,521 | 3,147 | 3,061 | 3,414 | 3,887 | ||||||
| Fixed costs | 1,767 | 1,601 | 1,571 | 1,613 | 1,837 | ||||||
| Sundry expenses (income)1 | 38 | 22 | 22 | 6 | (9) | ||||||
| Operating profit excluding special items | 480 | 526 | 487 | 357 | 346 | ||||||
| Special items – (gains) losses | (9) | – | (57) | (54) | 32 | ||||||
| Operating profit | 489 | 526 | 544 | 411 | 314 | ||||||
| Net finance costs | 68 | 80 | 121 | 182 | 177 | ||||||
| Profit (loss) before taxation | 421 | 446 | 423 | 229 | 137 | ||||||
| Taxation charge | 98 | 108 | 104 | 62 | 2 | ||||||
| Profit (loss) for the year | 323 | 338 | 319 | 167 | 135 | ||||||
| EBITDA excluding special items | 762 | 785 | 739 | 625 | 658 | ||||||
| Balance sheet | |||||||||||
| Total assets | 5,670 | 5,247 | 5,177 | 4,913 | 5,465 | ||||||
| Non-current assets | 3,766 | 3,378 | 3,171 | 3,174 | 3,505 | ||||||
| Current assets | 1,904 | 1,869 | 2,006 | 1,739 | 1,960 | ||||||
| Current liabilities | 1,173 | 1,043 | 1,474 | 1,092 | 1,223 | ||||||
| Shareholders' equity | 1,947 | 1,747 | 1,378 | 1,015 | 1,044 | ||||||
| Net debt | 1,568 | 1,322 | 1,408 | 1,771 | 1,946 | ||||||
| Gross interest-bearing debt | 1,931 | 1,872 | 2,111 | 2,227 | 2,474 | ||||||
| Cash | (363) | (550) | (703) | (456) | (528) | ||||||
| Capital employed | 3,515 | 3,069 | 2,786 | 2,786 | 2,990 | ||||||
| Cash flow | |||||||||||
| Cash generated from operations | 709 | 748 | 693 | 544 | 566 | ||||||
| Decrease (increase) in working capital | (79) | (27) | 4 | (11) | 34 | ||||||
| Finance costs paid | (84) | (96) | (107) | (148) | (170) | ||||||
| Finance revenue received | 18 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 8 | ||||||
| Taxation paid | (73) | (100) | (56) | (16) | – | ||||||
| Dividends paid | (81) | (59) | – | – | – | ||||||
| Cash generated from operating activities | 410 | 481 | 550 | 382 | 437 | ||||||
| Net cash generated (utilised) | (254) | 108 | 359 | 145 | 243 | ||||||
| Cash effects of financing activities | 68 | (279) | (130) | (127) | (36) | ||||||
| Capital expenditure (gross) | 541 | 357 | 241 | 248 | 295 | ||||||
| To maintain operations | 167 | 140 | 155 | 175 | 148 | ||||||
| To expand operations | 374 | 217 | 86 | 73 | 147 | ||||||
| Exchange rates | |||||||||||
| US$ per one EUR exchange rate – closing | 1.161 | 1.181 | 1.123 | 1.120 | 1.269 | ||||||
| US$ per one EUR exchange rate – average (financial year) | 1.190 | 1.106 | 1.111 | 1.150 | 1.358 | ||||||
| ZAR to one US$ exchange rate – closing | 14.147 | 13.556 | 13.714 | 13.914 | 11.229 | ||||||
| ZAR to one US$ exchange rate – average (financial year) | 13.052 | 13.381 | 14.788 | 11.964 | 10.566 |
| (1) | Sundry items include all income and costs not directly related to manufacturing operations such as debtor securitisation costs, commissions paid and received and results of equity accounted investments. |
| (US$ million) | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Number of ordinary shares (millions)1 | |||||||||||
| In issue at year-end | 539.3 | 535.0 | 530.6 | 526.4 | 524.2 | ||||||
| Basic weighted average number of shares in issue during the year | 538.1 | 533.9 | 529.4 | 525.7 | 522.5 | ||||||
| Per share information (US cents) | |||||||||||
| Basic earnings (loss) | 60 | 63 | 60 | 32 | 26 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) | 59 | 62 | 59 | 31 | 26 | ||||||
| Headline earnings (loss) | 59 | 64 | 58 | 32 | 31 | ||||||
| Diluted headline earnings (loss) | 58 | 63 | 57 | 31 | 31 | ||||||
| EPS excluding special items (US cents) | 60 | 64 | 57 | 34 | 22 | ||||||
| Net asset value | 361 | 327 | 260 | 193 | 199 | ||||||
| Profitability ratios (%) | |||||||||||
| Operating profit to sales | 8.4 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 5.2 | ||||||
| Operating profit excluding special items to sales | 8.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 5.7 | ||||||
| EBITDA excluding special items to sales | 13.1 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 10.9 | ||||||
| Operating profit excluding special items to capital employed (ROCE) | 14.6 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 10.8 | ||||||
| Net debt to EBITDA excluding special items | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Interest cover | 11.0 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | ||||||
| Return on average equity (ROE) | 17.5 | 21.6 | 26.7 | 16.2 | 12.3 | ||||||
| Debt ratios (%) | |||||||||||
| Net debt to total capitalisation | 44.6 | 43.1 | 50.5 | 63.6 | 65.1 | ||||||
| Efficiency ratios | |||||||||||
| Asset turnover (times) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Inventory turnover ratio | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | ||||||
| Liquidity ratios | |||||||||||
| Current asset ratio | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Trade accounts receivable days outstanding (including receivables securitised) |
45 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 45 | ||||||
| Cash interest cover (times) | 9.3 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | ||||||
| Other non-financial information2 | |||||||||||
| Sales volumes | 7,591 | 7,410 | 7,253 | 7,306 | 7,524 | ||||||
| Number of full-time equivalent employees | 12,645 | 12,158 | 12,051 | 12,548 | 13,064 | ||||||
| Lost-time injury frequency rate (including contract employees) | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Energy | |||||||||||
| Energy intensity (GJ/adt) | 22.38 | 22.57 | 22.62 | 22.63 | 22.66 | ||||||
| Renewable energy to total energy (%) | 46.76 | 47.23 | 46.32 | 46.87 | 47.20 | ||||||
| Water | |||||||||||
| Specific process water drawn (m3/adt) | 34.37 | 33.74 | 34.93 | 34.32 | 35.71 | ||||||
| Specific process water returned (m3/adt) | 32.64 | 31.66 | 31.74 | 31.27 | 32.55 | ||||||
| Waste | |||||||||||
| Specific total landfill (t/adt) | 0.066 | 0.079 | 0.069 | 0.077 | 0.067 | ||||||
| Emissions | |||||||||||
| Specific direct emissions (Scope 1) (tCO2e/adt) | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Direct emissions (Scope 1) (tCO2e) | 4,297,429 | 4,260,165 | 4,156,172 | 4,022,428 | 4,112,641 | ||||||
| Specific indirect emissions (Scope 2) (tCO2e/adt) | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Indirect emissions (Scope 2) (tCO2e) | 1,473,162 | 1,530,997 | 1,648,052 | 1,611,175 | 1,634,761 |
| See Share statistics for more market- and share-related information. | |
| (1) | Net of treasury shares (see note 18 to Group Annual Financial Statements on www.sappi.com/annual-reports). |
| (1) | Certain energy, water, waste and emissions data for the comparative years have been restated using the latest reporting standards and measurement methodology. |
| Note: Definitions for various terms and ratios used above are included in the Glossary. | |
