1 6 September 2017 Barratt Developments PLC Annual Results Announcement for the year ended 30 June 2017 Another year of strong performance £m unless otherwise stated1,2 Year ended 30 June 2017 Year ended 30 June 2016 Change Total completions (plots)3 17,395 17,319 0.4% Revenue (£m) 4,650.2 4,235.2 9.8% Gross margin (%) 20.0 18.9 1.1 ppts Profit from operations (£m) 799.2 668.4 19.6% Operating margin (%) 17.2 15.8 1.4 ppts Profit before tax (£m) 765.1 682.3 12.1% Basic earnings per share (pence) 61.3 55.1 11.3% ROCE (%) 29.8 27.1 2.7 ppts Tangible net assets per share (pence) 340 311 9.3% Net cash (£m) 723.7 592.0 22.2% Highlights The UK’s largest housebuilder, delivering our highest volumes in nine years Commitment to build quality and customer service demonstrated by the achievement of more NHBC Pride in the Job Awards than any other housebuilder for the 13th consecutive year and the award of the Home Builders Federation maximum five star customer satisfaction rating for the eighth consecutive year Strong growth in profit before tax, up by 12.1% to £765.1m Delivered our 20% gross margin and 25% ROCE targets with continued focus on further margin improvement 39.0% increase in final ordinary dividend per share to 17.1p (2016: 12.3p) together with 17.3p special dividend per share Current trading Forward sales (including JV’s) up 13.8%, as at 3 September 2017 at £2,749.9m (4 September 2016: £2,416.5m) Net private reservations per active outlet per average week from 1 July were in line with the prior year at 0.74 (FY17: 0.75) Commenting on the results David Thomas, Chief Executive of Barratt Developments PLC said: “This has been another excellent year for the Group. We have delivered a strong operational and financial performance and our highest completion volumes for nine years. We are committed to increasing the supply of new homes as the UK’s largest housebuilder and we remain industry leading in terms of quality and customer service. The Group starts the new financial year in a good position with a strong balance sheet, healthy forward sales and we continue to see robust consumer demand supported by a positive mortgage environment. We are focused on driving further operational improvements through the business with a particular focus on margin improvement.”
1 Refer to Glossary for definition of key financial metrics. 2 Unless otherwise stated, all numbers quoted exclude joint ventures (‘JV’). 3 Includes JV completions.