The value growth opportunity ahead is significant and our high-performance organisation, strong market position, industry-leading portfolio and unrivalled customer relationships mean we are ideally positioned to seize the growth in our end-markets. Our proven high growth cash compounder earnings model will continue to deliver significant value for every stakeholder every day, targeting mid-single digit LFL revenue growth, margin accretion, and strong cash generation, while pursuing disciplined cash-accretive investments in attractive high growth and high margin sectors to deliver superior ROIC.

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Financial performance metrics1 20142 2024 14-24 Chg
Revenue £2,093m £3,393m 62.1%
Operating Profit £324.4m £590.1m 81.9%
Operating Margin 15.5% 17.4% 190bps
Diluted earnings per share 132.1p 240.6p 82.1%
Dividend 49.1p 156.5p 218.7%
Adjusted Cash Generated from Operations 403.7 789.2 95.5%
ROIC 16.3% 22.4% 610bps

Notes (1): On an adjusted basis, (2) 2014 metrics are on an IAS17 basis