British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI) annual results, year to 31 December 2015: revenue GBP 13,104 million, from the 20-F
British American Tobacco p.l.c. files a 20-F with the SEC once a year, in pounds sterling. In the year to 31 December 2015 it reported revenue of GBP 13,104 million ($20.0 billion at the year's average rate). Its profit attributable to shareholders was GBP 4,290 million, and diluted earnings per share GBP 230.30.
The year to 31 December 2015
| Year to | Dec 2015 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | 13,104 |
| Research and development | 60.0 |
| Operating profit | 4,557 |
| Finance costs | 584 |
| Profit before tax | 5,855 |
| Income tax | 1,333 |
| Profit for the year | 4,522 |
| Profit attributable to shareholders | 4,290 |
| Filing | 20-F |
GBP million, from the 20-F on the SEC's EDGAR, linked in the last row, on the IFRS tags the company filed. A line the company does not file under the standard tag is left out rather than estimated.
| Year to | Dec 2015 |
|---|---|
| Diluted EPS | 230.30 |
| Basic EPS | 230.90 |
| Filing | 20-F |
GBP per ordinary share, as filed.
Cash flow
| Year to | Dec 2015 |
|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 4,720 |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | 483 |
| Free cash flow | 4,237 |
| Dividends paid | 2,770 |
| Filing | 20-F |
GBP million. Free cash flow is cash from operations less the purchase of property, plant and equipment, arithmetic on the two filed lines.
Balance sheet at year end
| Year to | Dec 2015 |
|---|---|
| Equity attributable to shareholders | 5,032 |
| Goodwill | 9,324 |
| Filing | 20-F |
GBP million, at each fiscal year end.
Ratios on the filed lines
| Year to | Dec 2015 |
|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.8% |
| Net margin | 32.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 32.3% |
| Return on year-end equity | 85.3% |
| Effective tax rate | 22.8% |
| Filing | 20-F |
Arithmetic on the filed lines of the same year.
The exchange rates used
| Year to | Average over the year US dollars per GBP | At the year end US dollars per GBP |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2015 | 1.5284 | 1.4746 |
| Dec 2016 | 1.3555 | 1.2337 |
| Dec 2017 | 1.2890 | 1.3529 |
| Dec 2018 | 1.3363 | 1.2763 |
| Dec 2019 | 1.2768 | 1.3269 |
| Dec 2020 | 1.2829 | 1.3662 |
| Dec 2021 | 1.3764 | 1.3500 |
| Dec 2022 | 1.2371 | 1.2077 |
| Dec 2023 | 1.2440 | 1.2743 |
| Dec 2024 | 1.2781 | 1.2521 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.3192 | 1.3447 |
Converted by us, not by the company: the Federal Reserve's daily noon buying rates in New York (H.10), FRED series DEXUSUK. Profit and loss, cash flow and EPS use the average of the daily rates over each fiscal year; the balance sheet uses the rate on the year end, or the last one before it. Ratios are the same in either currency. The filed figures are the ones in pounds sterling.
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Source
20-F for the year to 31 December 2015, filed 15 March 2018, accession 0001193125-18-083410: the filing on EDGAR. All of British American Tobacco p.l.c.'s filings: EDGAR company page. The figures are in pounds sterling as filed.
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