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Auckland International Airport

AirportsCovered: FY21 - HY2610 published briefings

Auckland International Airport is an NZX-listed airports company covered by Annolyse across FY21 - HY26. This page brings together the latest briefing, the current metrics snapshot, and the published history to date in one place.

Snapshot

Latest metrics

HY26, released 19 February 2026

MetricValue
Revenue$519.6m
EBITDA$404.2m
NPAT$177.0m
Operating cash flow$185.4m
OCF / EBITDA %45.9%
Net debt$2291.5m
Net debt / EBITDA5.70x
ROE %1.7%
DPS6.5c
Payout ratio vs NPAT %62.6%

Longitudinal view

Performance over time

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

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MetricHY266 MONTHS19 February 2026FY2512 MONTHS21 August 2025HY256 MONTHS20 February 2025FY2412 MONTHS22 August 2024HY246 MONTHS22 February 2024FY2312 MONTHS24 August 2023HY236 MONTHS23 February 2023FY2212 MONTHS18 August 2022HY226 MONTHS24 February 2022FY2112 MONTHS19 August 2021
Revenue$519.6m$1004.7m$499.9m$895.5m$440.5m$625.9m$287.8m$300.3m$126.2m$281.1m
Revenue growth %3.9%12.2%13.5%43.1%53.1%108.4%128.1%6.8%-4.0%-50.4%
EBITDA$404.2m$701.1m$403.1m$614.0m$310.2m$397.1m$189.0m$144.5m$60.3m$711.9m
EBITDA margin %77.8%69.8%80.6%68.6%70.4%63.4%65.7%48.1%47.8%253.3%
PBT$244.2m$554.2m$260.0m$343.3m$170.1m$44.2m-$1.5m$169.6m$93.3m$493.2m
PBT growth %-6.1%61.4%52.9%676.7%-73.9%-65.6%236.8%149.8%
NPAT$177.0m$420.7m$187.3m$5.5m$118.7m$43.2m$4.8m$191.6m$108.8m$464.2m
NPAT growth %-5.5%n/m57.8%-87.3%n/m-77.5%-95.6%-58.7%287.2%139.4%
Operating cash flow$185.4m$474.3m$186.6m$496.3m$209.1m$325.1m$140.3m$101.2m$29.6m$61.0m
OCF / EBITDA %45.9%67.7%46.3%80.8%67.4%81.9%74.2%70.0%49.1%8.6%
FCF pre-lease-$220.9m-$615.6m-$315.7m-$662.4m-$242.4m-$140.0m-$64.8m-$158.8m-$94.8m-$136.1m
FCF post-lease-$242.4m
DPS6.5c7.0c6.3c6.5c6.8c4.0c0.0c0.0c0.0c0.0c
Payout ratio vs NPAT %62.6%27.1%51.9%n/m83.9%136.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
ROE %1.7%4.0%1.9%0.1%1.4%0.5%0.1%2.4%1.3%5.9%
Net debt$2291.5m$1919.5m$1999.0m$2465.0m$2173.5m$1710.9m$1548.3m$1451.9m$1418.7m$1313.3m
Net debt / EBITDA5.70x2.70x4.96x4.00x7.00x4.30x8.20x10.00x23.50x1.80x
Debtor days327307211018103731
Inventory days00
Total assets$14285.1m$14062.6m$13592.0m$12416.2m$11343.5m$10829.3m$10347.5m$10152.9m$9898.2m$9782.8m

Reference: annolyse.ai/companies/aia

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.

FCF pre-lease

Operating cash flow less capex before leases.

FCF post-lease

Free cash flow after lease payments where available.

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

FY25

From PBT up 61% on tax-normalised base, but cash conversion slipped to 68%

No quantified forward work or formal guidance was disclosed in the extracted material, and no multi-year targets are provided. The HY25 split — 49.8% of revenue, 57.5% of EBITDAF, and 44.5% of NPAT — indicates a mixed shape rather than a clear second-half skew; the second half looks weaker on EBITDAF ($298.0m implied vs $403.1m in HY25), which tempers the read on full-year momentum. Against no stated targets, the release supports a picture of continuing top-line recovery and segment margin resilience (Aeronautical EBITDAFI margin improved to c.73.6% from c.70.1%), but does not support inferences about FY26 run-rate earnings.

Prior Unresolved

FY25

  • What specifically drove FY24's 98.4% effective tax rate, and is the FY25 24.1% rate a stable run-rate?
  • Why did OCF fall while EBITDAF rose 14.2%, given receivable days improved — is this payables timing, tax paid, or something else?
  • What is the forward capex profile and the expected path back to positive free cash flow?
  • What is the "underlying profit" figure and its reconciliation to reported NPAT?
  • No net debt figure, NTA per share, or forward work disclosure was extracted, limiting leverage-policy and valuation context.

This briefing cannot assess traffic volumes, passenger mix, regulated aeronautical pricing decisions, or the impact of any specific development projects on the forward capex schedule.

Archive

Briefing archive

Every published Annolyse briefing for this company appears here in reverse chronological order.

HY26 · Released 19 February 2026

AIA: revenue up 3.9% but PBT down 6.1% as leverage drifts to 5.7x EBITDA

Top-line growth across all three segments is being absorbed by depreciation and interest, while a $406.3m capex bill keeps free cash flow deeply...

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FY25 · Released 21 August 2025

PBT up 61% on tax-normalised base, but cash conversion slipped to 68%

Headline NPAT recovery flatters the operating read while capex of $1.09b keeps pre-lease free cash flow deeply negative.

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HY25 · Released 20 February 2025

PBT up 52.9% but operating cash fell 10.8% as capex hit $502.3m

Earnings leverage on rising traffic is real, but a widening negative free cash flow and a trimmed dividend show the build cycle is still in charge.

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FY24 · Released 22 August 2024

PBT surged 677% but NPAT collapsed 87% as tax charge swallowed earnings

A near-total effective tax rate and $1.2b of capex turned a strong operating recovery into negative free cash flow and a still-rising dividend.

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HY24 · Released 22 February 2024

AIA: EBITDAF up 64% but capex doubles to NZ$451.5m, FCF at -NZ$242.4m

Travel recovery lifted every P&L line, yet a step-up in capital spend and reinstated dividend leave the funding gap widening despite better...

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FY23 · Released 24 August 2023

EBITDAFI up 175% but reported NPAT down 78% as FY22 fair-value tailwinds reverse

Operational recovery is real and cash-backed, but reported earnings, dividend coverage and free cash flow all lean on below-the-line items and...

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HY23 · Released 23 February 2023

EBITDAFI tripled to NZ$189.0m but PBT swung to a NZ$1.5m loss

Operating recovery is genuine and broad-based, but capex still outruns cash and the NPAT collapse is flattered by a prior-year fair-value tailwind.

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FY22 · Released 18 August 2022

Capex ramp to $260.0m drove pre-lease FCF to -$158.8m as leverage hit ~10x

Traffic-led revenue recovery of 6.8% is being reinvested rather than distributed, with no dividend and net debt up to $1.45b.

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HY22 · Released 24 February 2022

EBITDAFI fell 32% but reported NPAT quadrupled on a $132m non-cash...

Operating earnings and cash conversion weakened further while a fair-value uplift and underlying loss sit behind the headline profit jump.

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FY21 · Released 19 August 2021

Reported NPAT +139% but underlying profit swung to a $41.8m loss

Fair-value gains and asset revaluations drove the headline; operating EBITDAFI fell 34% and pre-lease free cash flow was negative $136.1m.

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