| R’000 |
|
5 year
CAGR (%) |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
| Income Statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Turnover |
R’000 |
25.8% |
7 367 739 |
5 487 791 |
4 365 203 |
3 997 525 |
3 394 426 |
2 342 177 |
1 854 893 |
| Gross profit |
R’000 |
24.9% |
1 790 882 |
1 555 401 |
1 219 004 |
1 103 491 |
888 135 |
588 798 |
449 322 |
| Operating profit |
R’000 |
23.7% |
382 003 |
318 560 |
262 614 |
240 541 |
178 082 |
132 042 |
100 468 |
| Profit before taxation and exceptional items |
R’000 |
19.9% |
297 886 |
218 865 |
219 065 |
229 270 |
170 621 |
120 241 |
88 817 |
| Headline earnings |
R’000 |
23.5% |
221 296 |
157 546 |
171 666 |
160 221 |
118 110 |
77 033 |
67 834 |
| Balance Sheet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ordinary shareholders’ interest |
R’000 |
21.1% |
1 608 510 |
1 221 757 |
1 015 533 |
827 555 |
730 659 |
617 070 |
356 014 |
| Long-term liabilities |
R’000 |
33.2% |
412 532 |
230 546 |
242 398 |
178 386 |
94 669 |
98 213 |
83 099 |
| Property, plant and equipment |
R’000 |
19.6% |
747 263 |
612 537 |
530 261 |
491 581 |
336 485 |
304 782 |
230 054 |
| Inventories |
R’000 |
19.8% |
1 401 061 |
1 055 137 |
897 348 |
742 010 |
666 028 |
568 611 |
399 346 |
| Total assets |
R’000 |
23.1% |
3 453 830 |
2 468 580 |
1 991 740 |
1 743 929 |
1 524 056 |
1 221 437 |
841 241 |
| Cash Flow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net cash inflow from operating activities |
R’000 |
31.3% |
337 208 |
213 665 |
121 585 |
75 521 |
253 830 |
86 388 |
87 814 |
| Net interest paid |
R’000 |
48.1% |
84 117 |
67 220 |
19 997 |
11 721 |
7 461 |
11 801 |
11 651 |
| Capital expenditure |
R’000 |
24.6% |
203 005 |
158 005 |
109 669 |
232 933 |
81 448 |
67 488 |
78 847 |
| Depreciation and amortisation |
R’000 |
28.0% |
103 726 |
97 075 |
75 982 |
58 025 |
46 791 |
30 229 |
23 695 |
| Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Turnover growth |
% |
|
34.3 |
25.7 |
9.2 |
17.8 |
44.9 |
26.3 |
38.7 |
| Comparable stores turnover growth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – Southern Africa |
% |
|
8.0 |
9.2 |
4.7 |
11.5 |
9.4 |
14.1 |
– |
| – Australia (A$) |
% |
|
4.5 |
6.5 |
-4.5 |
2.6 |
8.1 |
10.4 |
– |
| Gross profit growth |
% |
|
15.1 |
27.6 |
10.5 |
24.2 |
50.8 |
31.0 |
35.2 |
| Gross profit margin |
% |
|
24.3 |
28.3 |
27.9 |
27.6 |
26.2 |
25.1 |
24.2 |
| Operating profit growth |
% |
|
19.9 |
21.3 |
9.2 |
35.1 |
34.9 |
31.4 |
49.9 |
| Operating profit margin |
% |
|
5.2 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
| Inventory turn |
times |
|
5.3 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.1 |
4.1 |
4.6 |
| Current ratio |
times |
|
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
| Return on total assets |
% |
|
7.5 |
7.1 |
9.3 |
9.9 |
8.6 |
7.2 |
9.0 |
| Return on shareholders’ interest |
% |
|
15.6 |
14.1 |
18.6 |
20.3 |
17.3 |
14.2 |
20.8 |
| Interest cover |
times |
|
4.5 |
4.7 |
13.1 |
20.5 |
23.9 |
11.2 |
8.6 |
| Net interest-bearing debt to shareholders’ funds at year end |
% |
|
27.7 |
27.8 |
27.2 |
27.5 |
13.0 |
15.9 |
22.0 |
| Exchange rates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rand/Australian Dollar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – average rate |
R/A$ |
|
5.12 |
5.55 |
4.12 |
3.99 |
3.82 |
3.37 |
3.52 |
| – closing rate |
R/A$ |
|
4.72 |
5.82 |
4.44 |
3.85 |
3.95 |
3.71 |
3.47 |
| Rand/US Dollar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – average rate |
R/US$ |
|
8.55 |
10.49 |
7.84 |
6.47 |
6.03 |
5.16 |
4.55 |
| – closing rate |
R/US$ |
|
7.36 |
10.64 |
8.33 |
6.67 |
6.25 |
6.25 |
4.76 |
| Statistics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of permanent employees |
|
6.7% |
7 973 |
6 364 |
6 338 |
6 279 |
6 388 |
5 763 |
5 065 |
| Number of stores |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – company owned |
|
6.8% |
729 |
699 |
684 |
628 |
584 |
524 |
409 |
| – franchised |
|
112.4% |
519 |
516 |
393 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
| Trading area – company owned |
m2 |
6.4% |
273 636 |
261 539 |
256 280 |
236 614 |
220 021 |
200 749 |
156 127 |
| Share statistics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of shares in issue |
’000 |
4.7% |
354 118 |
305 172 |
298 541 |
288 399 |
285 572 |
281 717 |
251 770 |
| Weighted average number of shares |
’000 |
5.5% |
337 587 |
301 772 |
293 200 |
286 900 |
283 600 |
258 800 |
294 400 |
| Weighted average diluted number of shares |
’000 |
3.3% |
342 906 |
317 272 |
312 900 |
305 200 |
292 100 |
258 800 |
294 400 |
| Headline earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – undiluted |
cents |
17.2% |
65.6 |
52.2 |
58.6 |
55.8 |
41.6 |
29.7 |
27.2 |
| – diluted |
cents |
16.8% |
64.5 |
49.7 |
54.9 |
52.5 |
40.4 |
29.7 |
27.2 |
| Distribution per share |
cents |
17.9% |
26.0 |
24.0 |
19.8 |
18.0 |
14.2 |
11.4 |
9.0 |
| Distribution cover |
times |
|
2.5 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
| Share price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – closing |
cents |
9.1% |
665 |
650 |
909 |
1 200 |
855 |
430 |
570 |
| – high |
cents |
|
715 |
930 |
1 230 |
1 285 |
930 |
950 |
608 |
| – low |
cents |
|
501 |
555 |
650 |
770 |
350 |
415 |
290 |
| Net asset value per share |
cents |
15.7% |
454 |
400 |
340 |
287 |
256 |
219 |
141 |
| Net tangible asset value per share |
cents |
12.1% |
388 |
341 |
314 |
287 |
256 |
219 |
141 |
| Market capitalisation |
R’000 |
14.2% |
2 354 885 |
1 983 618 |
2 713 738 |
3 460 788 |
2 441 641 |
1 211 383 |
1 435 089 |
| Price earnings ratio |
times |
|
10.1 |
12.5 |
15.5 |
21.5 |
20.5 |
14.5 |
21.0 |
| Volume of shares traded |
’000 |
|
156 283 |
180 585 |
107 819 |
120 058 |
120 501 |
79 894 |
74 370 |
| Percentage of shares traded |
% |
|
46.3 |
59.8 |
36.8 |
41.8 |
42.5 |
30.9 |
25.3 |
| Other information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Inflation rates (CPI) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| South Africa |
% |
|
5.1 |
10.3 |
4.6 |
6.7 |
3.3 |
7.6 |
8.7 |
| Australia |
% |
|
2.6 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
6.2 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
-0.3 |
| Interest rates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prime overdraft rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – closing |
% |
|
14.5 |
16.0 |
13.5 |
14.5 |
16.5 |
25.5 |
20.3 |
| – average |
% |
|
16.6 |
14.3 |
14.3 |
15.0 |
21.1 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
| R153 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| – closing |
% |
|
9.5 |
11.6 |
10.8 |
13.5 |
15.3 |
19.6 |
14.3 |
| – average |
% |
|
10.4 |
11.5 |
12.2 |
14.2 |
15.6 |
14.3 |
15.2 |
| JSE Securities Exchange share indices |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Share Index |
|
15.5% |
9 226 |
9 677 |
8 887 |
8 362 |
6 673 |
4 480 |
6 539 |
| General Retail Index |
|
9.0% |
9 584 |
6 439 |
6 682 |
10 849 |
10 762 |
6 237 |
11 078 |
| Shareholders’ return |
cents |
|
41 |
(235) |
(271) |
363 |
439 |
(129) |
274 |
| Increase/(decrease) in share price |
cents |
|
15 |
(259) |
(291) |
345 |
425 |
(140) |
265 |
| Distribution per share |
cents |
|
26 |
24 |
20 |
18 |
14 |
11 |
9 |