Key numbers

♦ Market value: £7.9bn

♦ Turnover (Jan 2022): £4.4bn

♦ Pre-tax profits (Jan 2022): £823m

♦ Yield (Jan 2022): 4.5pc

♦ Most recent year’s dividend: 270p

♦ Net debt (Jan 2022): £600m

♦ Return on capital (Jan 2022): 33pc

♦ Cash conversion ratio (Jan 2022): 107pc

♦ p/e ratio (Jan 2022): 11.5