National Grid Pretax Profit Falls, Adjusted Operating Profit Misses Consensus
09 Novembre 2023 - 9:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Anthony O. Goriainoff
National Grid said its fiscal first-half pretax profit fell as
adjusted operating profit missed consensus, and that it expects new
U.K. legislation to weigh on underlying earnings per share.
The U.K. electricity-transmission network operator said Thursday
that for the six months ended September, pretax profit was 1.25
billion pounds ($1.54 billion) compared with GBP1.67 billion the
year before.
Underlying operating profit--which excludes exceptional items,
remeasurements and timing--fell 15% to GBP1.8 billion, the company
said. Company-compiled consensus for the metric was GBP4.48
billion. National Grid said this was due to non-recurring items
reported in fiscal 2023.
Revenue fell to GBP8.49 billion from GBP9.44 billion.
National Grid declared an interim dividend of 19.40 pence a
share, up from 17.84 pence a year earlier.
The company said that although new capital allowances
legislation will affect adjusted EPS by 6 pence to 7 pence a share
it doesn't see an economic impact over the long term.
The company updated its financial outlook over the five-year
period to 2026. National Grid raised its total cumulative capital
investment to up to GBP42 billion from prior guidance of GBP40
billion.
Write to Anthony O. Goriainoff at
anthony.orunagoriainoff@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 09, 2023 02:52 ET (07:52 GMT)
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