Intertek Group plc (IKTSF) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

2025-03-05 01:48:06 ET

Intertek Group plc (IKTSF)

Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

March 04, 2025 04:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Andre Lacroix - Chief Executive Officer

Colm Deasy - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Rory McKenzie - UBS

Neil Tyler - Redburn Atlantic

Annelies Vermeulen - Morgan Stanley

Sylvia Barker - JPMorgan

Allen Wells - Jefferies

Carl Raynsford - Berenberg

Karl Green - RBC Capital Markets

Presentation

Operator

Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Intertek Full Year Results 2024. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would like to remind all participants that this call is being recorded. Questions will follow after the presentation.

I will now hand over to Andre Lacroix, Chief Executive Officer to start the presentation.

Andre Lacroix

Good morning to you all and thanks for joining us on our call here from London. I have with me Colm Deasy, our CFO and Denis Moreau, our VP of Investor Relations.

In 2024, we have delivered a strong performance, with earnings slightly ahead of market expectations, and I would like to start our presentation by recognizing all my colleagues for their support. Here are the key takeaways of our presentation today. 2024 marks the fourth consecutive year of consistent mid-single digit like-for-like revenue growth, in line with the strategic guidance we gave at our Capital Market Event a couple of years ago, profit conversion was strong with a margin increase year-on-year of 100 BPs. EPS growth at constant currency was 15.2%. We had very strong cash performance and delivered a record adjusted cash flow of 789 million pounds. ROIC was outstanding at 22.4%, up year-on-year by 250 basis points and our dividends to shareholders are up 40.1%. ...

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