Financial highlights

Financial Summary

          Latest Full Year Perfomance (9)   Pre-Covid Period Performance (9,10)
    FY22  FY21       

YOY Change 

FY20 YOY Change     FY19 YOY Change   LTM Feb FY20 FY19 LTM Feb YOY Change
  Stores 3,961 3,504   457 3,021 483 2,694 327   2,827 2,455 372
1 Revenue (€m) 4,823 4,122 701 3,518 604 3,415 103   3,659    
2,3 Underlying EBITDA (€m) 731 647 84 442 204 333 (104)   354    
3,4 Underlying PBT (€m) 300 244 56 49 194 202 (118)   223    
5 Net Debt (€m) 1,404 1,202 202 1,239 (37) 461 (133)   187 332 (145)
6 Cash Generated from Operations (€m) 425 723 (298) 628 95 236 392        
                         
  Store growth (%)     13.0%   16.0%   12.1%       15.2%
7 LFL revenue growth (%)     5.2%   6.5%   (5.2%)       3.2%
  Total revenue growth (%)     17.0%   17.2%   3.0%       12.9%
  Underlying EBITDA growth (%)     13.0%   46.2%   (31.2%)       13.5%
  Underlying PBT growth (%)     23.2%   394%   (58.4%)        
8 ROIC (%) 25.0% 25.49%   13.37%   25.7%          

1    LTM Feb 20 revenue growth presented on a constant currency basis; all other YOY growth presented on a moving currency basis
2    Defined as profit on ordinary activities net of depreciation, amortisation, finance costs and taxation and presented on an IAS 17 basis (pre-IFRS 16)
3    Excludes Sapphire 117 Limited which is treated as a discontinued operation
4    Defined as profit on ordinary activities presented on an IAS 17 basis (pre-IFRS 16)
5    Defined as the Group’s long-term borrowings, excluding IFRS 16 lease liabilities, net of cash and bank balances
6    Defined as cash flow from operations before capital expenditure, taxes, financing, investment activities and the impact of IFRS 16
7    Defined as year-on-year revenue growth for stores open beyond their trading anniversary, with stores relocated in a catchment and/or upsized included within LFL provided the enlarged store footprint is less than 50% bigger than the existing store
8    Defined as NOPAT/IC, where IC = PP&E + intangibles (excl. goodwill) + NWC (current assets – current liabilities) and NOPAT = net underlying operating profit after tax
9    LTM Feb 20 and 19 financials presented are unaudited; Full year FY20 and FY19 information is audited
10    Pre-Covid perfomance is presented at the Last Twelve Months (LTM) to end of February 2020, prior to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic