Business review: Group financial highlights

The Group delivered underlying organic sales growth across all businesses, growth in underlying profits and a further year of positive cash flow.

  • Chart: Order book has increased by 76 per cent compared to 2006
  • Chart: Underlying revenues £m: 2003, 5,645; 2004, 5,947; 2005, 6,458; 2006, 7,353; 2007, 7,817
  • Chart: Underlying profit before financing £m: 2003, 375; 2004, 417; 2005, 679; 2006, 748; 2007, 832
  • Chart: Employees '000: 2003, 35.2; 2004, 35.4; 2005, 36.2; 2006, 38.0; 2007, 39.5
  • Chart: Underlying earnings per ordinary share pence: 2003, 12.20; 2004, 15.62; 2005, 24.48; 2006, 29.81; 2007, 34.06
Chart: Total shareholder return over five years: FTSE 100: 12/02, 100; 12/03, 180.067; 12/04, 259.846; 12/05, 462.958; 12/06, 494.933; 12/07, 616.046 ; Rolls-Royce: 12/02, 100; 12/03, 117.894; 12/04, 131.153; 12/05, 158.413; 12/06, 181.266; 12/07, 194.616

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