Summary of ratios and statistics

  2014   Restated*
2013
  2012   2011   2010  
ORDINARY SHARE PERFORMANCE                    
Number of ordinary shares upon which headline earnings per share is based (000)2
160 127   159 755   159 263   158 655   158 193  
Headline earnings per ordinary share (cents)
1 816   1 629   1 689   1 575   1 393  
Dividends per ordinary share (cents)1
940   865   850   791   746  
Dividend cover (times)1
1,9   1,9   2,0   2,0   1,9  
Net worth per ordinary share (cents)
8 221   7 998   7 086   6 209   5 247  
PROFITABILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT                    
Asset turnover (times)
2,1   2,2   2,6   2,8   2,9  
Working capital per R1 000 turnover (R)
22,1   23,2   22,5   20,1   20,7  
Operating margin (%)
11,8   11,4   15,3   15,9   15,6  
Effective taxation rate (%) – as defined
30,9   25,9   27,0   28,2   27,9  
Return on equity (%)
22,7   19,7   24,1   25,0   28,2  
Return on average net assets (%)
24,6   24,6   33,8   38,2   45,2  
FINANCING                    
Current ratio
1,1   1,1   1,5   1,4   1,9  
Net interest cover (times)
9   8   25   51   37  
Net debt/(cash) to net funding (%)
20   24   9   14   (1)  
Total liabilities to total shareholders’ funds (%)
72   71   47   51   45  
Cash flow to net liabilities (%)
36   32   60   56   87  
EMPLOYEE STATISTICS                    
Number of employees at year end3
16 365   16 752   14 609   14 164   11 348  
– permanent
12 923   12 760   10 878   10 755   9 022  
– seasonal
3 442   3 992   3 731   3 409   2 326  
Revenue per employee (R000)
1 841   1 616   1 559   1 712   1 708  
Value added per employee (R000)
489   419   449   419   486  
Operating profit per employee (R000)
217   184   238   229   266  
ECONOMIC INDICATORS                    
Consumer Price Index (September on September)
5,9%   6,0%   5,5%   5,7%   3,2%  
Key closing exchange rates at 30 September vs ZAR                    
– USD
11,32   10,05   8,29   8,10   6,98  
– GBP
18,35   16,23   13,38   12,60   11,01  
– EUR
14,28   13,60   10,69   10,88   9,52  
STOCK EXCHANGE STATISTICS                    
Market price per share (cents)                    
– year end
31 543   29 911   27 312   21 000   18 960  
– highest
32 200   33 499   29 321   21 050   19 199  
– lowest
24 444   26 700   20 252   17 297   14 501  
Number of transactions
508 975   553 725   418 955   373 418   349 411  
Number of shares traded (000)
139 926   140 315   150 973   157 833   183 599  
Value of shares traded (Rm)
39 468   41 357   38 662   29 955   31 661  
Number of shares traded as a percentage of total issued shares
72,9   73,3   79,0   82,8   96,5  
Dividend yield at year end (%)
3,0   2,9   3,1   3,8   3,9  
Earnings yield at year end (%)
5,9   5,5   6,2   7,5   7,4  
Price earnings ratio at year end
17   18   16   13   14  
Market capitalisation at year end (Rm)
60 546   57 294   52 219   40 035   36 062  
Market capitalisation to shareholders’ equity at year end (times)
4,6   4,5   4,6   4,1   4,3  

* The amounts have been restated due to the adoption of IAS 19R.
1 Based on the sum of the interim dividend paid in the current year and the final dividend declared post-year end. Also includes capital distributions paid out of share premium in January 2010, July 2010 and January 2011.
2 Net of treasury and empowerment shares.
3 Includes employees of international operations.