Company Data
| Last traded |
R103.50 |
| Change |
R-0.40 |
| % Change |
-0.38% |
| Cumulative volume |
970,284 |
| Market cap |
R154.00bn |
| Last traded |
R133.15 |
| Change |
R0.85 |
| % Change |
0.64% |
| Cumulative volume |
3.39m |
| Market cap |
R250.98bn |
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Johannesburg - Vodacom [JSE:VOD] boosted annual headline earnings by 22.3%, and said it will increase dividend and spend R7.4bn in capital expenditure.
Vodacom, which is majority-owned by Britain's Vodafone, said headline earnings per share for the year to end-March rose 22.3% to 510c.
Headline earnings, which strip out some one-off and non-trading items, are the main profit gauge in South Africa.
South Africa's largest cellphone operator declared a final dividend of 175 cents per share, and said it would increase the dividend payout ratio to 60% in full-year 2011 from 40%.
"Our strengthened financial position supports an increase in our dividend payout to shareholders," said Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys.
MTN [JSE:MTN], Africa's largest cellphone company by subscribers, said in March its adjusted headline earnings per share for the year to end-December dropped 16.6% to 754.3c. The company is is currently in talks to buy assets from Egypt's Orascom Telecom.
- Reuters