Key numbers
♦ Market value: £168bn
♦ Turnover (Dec 2023 est): $334bn
♦ Pre-tax profits (Dec 2023 est): $50.2bn
♦ Yield (Dec 2023 est): 4pc
♦ Most recent year’s dividend (Dec 2022): 86.0p
♦ Net debt (Dec 2022): $40.6bn
♦ Return on capital (Dec 2022): 24.6pc
♦ Cash conversion ratio (Dec 2022): 68pc
♦ p/e ratio (Dec 2023 est): 6.2x