Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (VOD) annual results, year to 31 March 2018: revenue EUR 46,571 million, from the 20-F
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company files a 20-F with the SEC once a year, in euros. In the year to 31 March 2018 it reported revenue of EUR 46,571 million ($54.5 billion at the year's average rate), down 2.2% on the year before. Its profit attributable to shareholders was EUR 2,439 million, and diluted earnings per share EUR 0.09.
The year to 31 March 2018, against the year before
| Year to | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 47,631 | 46,571 |
| Cost of sales | 34,576 | 32,771 |
| Gross profit | 13,055 | 13,800 |
| Operating profit | 3,725 | 4,299 |
| Finance costs | 1,406 | 1,074 |
| Profit before tax | 2,792 | 3,878 |
| Income tax | 4,764 | -879 |
| Profit for the year | -6,079 | 2,788 |
| Profit attributable to shareholders | -6,297 | 2,439 |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
EUR 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.
EUR per ordinary share, as filed.
Cash flow
| Year to | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 14,223 | 13,600 |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | 6,285 | 4,917 |
| Free cash flow | 7,938 | 8,683 |
| Dividends paid | 3,714 | 3,920 |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
EUR 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 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 154,684 | 145,611 |
| Equity attributable to shareholders | 72,200 | 67,640 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8,835 | 4,674 |
| Borrowings, as filed | 46,574 | 43,259 |
| Trade and other receivables | 9,861 | 9,975 |
| Inventories | 576 | 581 |
| Goodwill | 26,808 | 26,734 |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
EUR million, at each fiscal year end.
Ratios on the filed lines
| Year to | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 29.6% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 9.2% |
| Net margin | -13.2% | 5.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.7% | 18.6% |
| Return on year-end equity | -8.7% | 3.6% |
| Effective tax rate | 170.6% | -22.7% |
| Filing | 20-F | 20-F |
Arithmetic on the filed lines of the same year.
The exchange rates used
| Year to | Average over the year US dollars per EUR | At the year end US dollars per EUR |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2016 | 1.1046 | 1.1390 |
| Mar 2017 | 1.0981 | 1.0698 |
| Mar 2018 | 1.1702 | 1.2320 |
| Mar 2019 | 1.1587 | 1.1228 |
| Mar 2020 | 1.1115 | 1.1016 |
| Mar 2021 | 1.1661 | 1.1743 |
| Mar 2022 | 1.1627 | 1.1093 |
| Mar 2023 | 1.0414 | 1.0872 |
| Mar 2024 | 1.0848 | 1.0791 |
| Mar 2025 | 1.0741 | 1.0796 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.1592 | 1.1518 |
Converted by us, not by the company: the Federal Reserve's daily noon buying rates in New York (H.10), FRED series DEXUSEU. 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 euros.
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Source
20-F for the year to 31 March 2018, filed 9 November 2022, accession 0001104659-22-116238: the filing on EDGAR. All of Vodafone Group Public Limited Company's filings: EDGAR company page. The figures are in euros as filed.
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