Showing posts with label net rate of return. Show all posts
Showing posts with label net rate of return. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 January 2011

UK Companies Profits Up By 11.9%

The net rate of return (NNR) of UK companies increased to 11.9% in the third quarter of 2010 according to a news release from the ONS. The revised estimate for Q2 was 11.6%. The annual NNR for 2009 was 11.3%.

Manufacturing companies NNR for Q3 was 8.7% compared with 7.5% previous quarter, services NNR was 13.9% compared with 14.7%, the lowest figure since 1993, and the NNR for non-UKCS companies was 10.6%. UK continental shelf companies NNR was 44.8% compared with 39% for the previous quarter. (UKCS companies NNR figures are not directly comparable due to the nature of capital assets involved).

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Returns For UK Companies Fall Again

There has been another slight fall in the net rate of return by private non-financial UK companies in Q1 2010 following a fall last year. The net rate of return was 11.1% (11.4% gross) compared with the revised estimate of 11.3% and 11.6% in 2009.

Service companies NRR was 14.4% (14.3% gross), slightly down on the 14.7% of Q4 2009 and the 16.4% of the same quarter last year. Manufacturing companies NRR was 6.4% (Gross=7.5%) down from the 6.9% of the previous quarter and the 8.3% of the same quarter last year. Companies other than UK continental shelf companies reported NRR of 10.2%. UKCS companies NRR was 36.4% (Gross=22.4%) an improvement on the 32.3% (20.6%) of Q4 2009.

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

UK Companies NRR Down Slightly

UK non-financial corporations reported a net rate of return of 11.5% in the third quater of 2009 according to the Office for National Statistics recent statistical bulletin on the profitability of UK companies. It compares with a revised estimate of 11.7% for the previous quarter. The annual net rate of return for 2008 was 14.1% compared with 14.2% for 2007.

The statistics for the latest quarter show that manufacturing companies NRR was 6.9%, services NRR was 12.9% and the NRR for companies of the UK continental shelf was 34.6%. The net rate of return for companies other than those of the UK continental shelf was 10.6%. Manufacturing companies NRR was comparable with earlier years, services NRR was lower than 2008's 15.4%.