Key numbers

♦ Market value: £3.1bn

♦ Turnover (Sept 2021): £787m

♦ Pre-tax profits (Sept 2021): £97m

♦ Yield (Sept 2021): 1.7pc

♦ Most recent year’s dividend: 42.6p

♦ Net debt (Sept 2021): £230m

♦ Return on capital (Sept 2021): 9pc

♦ Cash conversion ratio (Sept 2021): 111pc

♦ p/e ratio (Sept 2021): 28.7