Financial highlights
Strategy key
Trading platform product diversification
Investment in B2B technology capability
Expansion of Invest platforms and Institutional offering
Group KPIs
£332.8m
KPI definition
This is a statutory measure, which represents total revenue net of introducing partner commissions and spread betting levies.
Why we measure
Key operating metric
Link to strategy
Statutory profit before tax
£63.3m
KPI definition
This is a statutory measure, which comprises net operating income less operating expenses and interest expense.
Why we measure
Key operating metric.
Link to strategy
Profit after tax
£46.9m
KPI definition
This is a statutory measure, which comprises statutory profit before tax less tax expense.
Why we measure
Largest driver of shareholder equity and Board-approved metric for calculating dividend payable.
Link to strategy
16.7p
KPI definition
This is a statutory measure, which is calculated as earnings attributed to Ordinary Shareholders divided by weighted average number of shares.
Why we measure
Key shareholder value metric.
Link to strategy
8.30p
KPI definition
Any dividend declared, proposed or paid relating to the financial year.
Why we measure
Key shareholder value metric.
Link to strategy
Trading business KPIs
£259.1m
KPI definition
Spread, financing and commission fees charged to CFD and spread bet clients, plus risk-management revenue generated by the management of client and hedge positions.
Why we measure
Used to measure the total income generated from CFD and spread bet client transaction charges.
Link to strategy
£4,685
KPI definition
Net revenue generated from CFD and spread bet active clients, divided by the number of active clients during the year.
Why we measure
High value clients are central to the Group's strategy and the growth in this figure is indicative of the success in attracting and retaining these clients.
Link to strategy
99.95%
KPI definition
The percentage of trading hours that clients are able to trade on the Next Generation CFD platform.
Why we measure
The platform is at the core of our business – if clients are unable to trade, the Group will be unable to earn revenue. Maintaining a very high uptime is key to the continued success of the Group.
Link to strategy
Investing business KPIs
£34.0m
KPI definition
Income received from brokerage and FX spread on client trades, less rebates.
Why we measure
Revenue diversification and high value clients are central to the Group's strategy and the growth in this figure is indicative of the success in growing the invest business and attracting and retaining high value clients.
Link to strategy
Platform uptime
99.95%
KPI definition
The percentage of trading hours that clients are able to trade on the CMC Invest Australia platform.
Why we measure
The platform is at the core of our business - if clients are unable to trade, the Group will be unable to earn revenue. Maintaining a very high uptime is key to the continued success of the Group.
Link to strategy