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AFI

Investment Companies / Listed investment companyCovered: FY21 - FY223 published briefings

AFI is an NZX-listed investment companies / listed investment company company covered by Annolyse across FY21 - FY22. This page brings together the latest briefing, the current metrics snapshot, and the published history to date in one place.

Snapshot

Latest metrics

FY22, released 25 July 2022

MetricValue
Revenue$393.4m
NPAT$360.5m
Operating cash flow$277.8m
Net debt-$134.6m
ROE %5.2%
DPS24.0c
PBT$374.0m
Total assets$8268.7m

Longitudinal view

Performance over time

Current-period values from each published briefing, with the most recent reporting period shown first.

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MetricFY2212 MONTHS25 July 2022HY226 MONTHS24 January 2022FY2112 MONTHS26 July 2021
Revenue$393.4m$161.8m$262.8m
Revenue growth %49.7%68.1%-0.6%
EBITDA$160.7m
EBITDA margin %99.4%
PBT$374.0m$151.2m$248.0m
PBT growth %50.9%71.6%-4.0%
NPAT$360.5m$146.0m$235.1m
NPAT growth %53.4%74.6%-2.2%
Operating cash flow$277.8m$167.5m$178.8m
OCF / EBITDA %104.2%
DPS24.0c10.0c14.0c
Payout ratio vs NPAT %83.9%72.3%
ROE %5.2%4.0%3.4%
Net debt-$134.6m-$79.0m-$97.1m
Net debt / EBITDA-0.49x
Total assets$8268.7m$9562.4m$9115.0m

Reference: annolyse.ai/companies/afi

Note: Figures are shown as reported. Half-year and full-year absolute values are not directly comparable. Growth rates and ratios are the meaningful comparison across mixed periods.

Metric trajectory

Small multiples turn the table into a trend view while keeping the table above as the primary reference.

Revenue

Reported revenue across covered periods.

EBITDA-equivalent

Company-specific earnings measure where disclosed.

NPAT

Statutory profit after tax.

Operating cash flow

Cash generated from operations.

OCF / EBITDA

Cash conversion against earnings.

ROE

Return on equity.

Net debt

Borrowings less cash; negative values indicate net cash.

Net debt / EBITDA

Leverage ratio, suppressed where earnings are not meaningful.

DPS

Dividend per share declared for the period.

Payout ratio

Dividend payout against statutory NPAT.

Accountability

What changed versus the prior briefing

Read the prior briefing's expectations and unresolved questions alongside the subsequent result, without forcing long-form editorial text into narrow cards.

Prior Expectations

HY22

From AFI investment income rebounds 68%, lifting PBT 71.6% as payout cover is...

No formal guidance or forward target was provided. The shape context is noisy: HY21 represented only 40.9% of FY21 revenue and 35.6% of FY21 NPAT, so the prior year was heavily second-half weighted as dividends resumed. Annualising HY22 revenue gives roughly $323.5m, about 37.6% above FY21's $235.1m, but this should not be read as a run-rate given the one-off nature of the HY21 compression. The release supports the view that investment income has re-based higher; it does not support a specific full-year figure.

Prior Unresolved

HY22

  • The release excerpts do not disclose NTA per share, so price-to-NTA and the premium/discount position cannot be assessed here.
  • Portfolio composition, concentration, and the sources of the dividend recovery by investee are not in the supplied data; the mix between special and ordinary distributions received is also not broken out.
  • The reason for introducing $10.0m of bank debt while cash fell $14.2m is not explained in the excerpts.
  • Capex and any company-defined free cash flow measure are not disclosed, though these are less relevant for an LIC structure.

This briefing cannot assess the portfolio's current market value, discount or premium to NTA, or any post-balance-date changes in underlying investee dividend policies.

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