Financial and Operational Highlights
for the six months ended 30 June 2014
· Page impressions on Rightmove up 13% to 8.1bn (2013: 7.2bn)
· Enquiries up 27% to a record 22.3m (2013: 17.5m)
· Number of advertisers up 570 (+3%) this year to 18,995 (31 December 2013: 18,425)
· Average revenue per advertiser up 13% to £671 per month (2013: £593)
· Revenue up 20% to £80.4m (2013: £67.2m)
· Underlying operating profit up 22% to £59.6m (2013: £49.0m)
· Underlying operating margin of 74.1% (2013: 73.0%)
· Underlying earnings per share up 24% to 47.5p (2013: 38.4p)
· Basic earnings per share up 38% to 46.8p (2013: 34.0p)
· Interim dividend increased by 2p to 13p (2013: 11p) per ordinary share, up 18%
· £56.3m (2013: £37.4m) of cash returned to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks in the period
