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Willis Towers Watson (WTW) FY2011 results: revenue $3.4 billion, up 3.5% on the year

Willis Towers Watson plc (WTW) reported revenue of $3.4 billion for fiscal 2011, the year ended 31 December 2011, up 3.5% on the year before. Net income was $204 million, down 55.2%, and diluted earnings per share $1.16. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 28 February 2013.

Revenue
$3.4 billion
+3.5% on the year
FY2008FY2011
Operating margin
16.4%
22.6% a year earlier
FY2008FY2011
Net income
$204 million
-55.2% on the year
FY2008FY2011
Diluted EPS
$1.16
-56.4% on the year
FY2008FY2011

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue3,4473,3323,253+3.5%
Operating income566753690-24.8%
Operating margin16.4%22.6%21.2%
Interest expense156166174-6.0%
Pre-tax income239587516-59.3%
Income tax32.014094.0-77.1%
Effective tax rate13.4%23.9%18.2%
Net income204455438-55.2%
Net margin5.9%13.7%13.5%
Diluted EPS$1.16$2.66$2.59-56.4%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow439489419-10.2%
Capital expenditure11183.096.0+33.7%
Free cash flow328406323-19.2%
Free cash flow margin9.5%12.2%9.9%
Cash from investing-101-94.0102
Cash from financing-214-293-516
Depreciation and amortisation142145164-2.1%
Share-based compensation41.047.039.0-12.8%
Buybacks0.00.0n/a
Dividends paid180176174+2.3%
Dividend per share$1.04$1.04$1.040.0%
Diluted shares, weighted176m171m169m+2.9%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity2,4862,5772,180-3.5%
Non-controlling interest31.031.049.00.0%
Short-term borrowingsn/an/a209
Debt2,3542,1572,165+9.1%
Other liabilities10,85711,08211,020-2.0%
Total liabilities and equity15,72815,84715,623-0.8%
Fixed assets406381352+6.6%
Goodwill3,2953,2943,277+0.0%
Intangible assets420492572-14.6%
Cash and equivalents436316221+38.0%
Receivables910839816+8.5%
Other assets10,26110,52510,385-2.5%
Total assets15,72815,84715,623-0.8%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2011, filed 28 February 2013: the filing.