Strong demand - average private sales rate for the period c.1% ahead year on year, with robust forward sales
position and re-iterate guidance of 14,500 -15,000 legal completions this year;
6,652 new home completions (2021: 7,406) as Group rebuilds its outlet position;
Robust financial performance delivering industry-leading margins and ROCE;
Strong customer service, build quality and efficiency;
On track to achieve c.10% increase in active outlets by the end of the current year with 60 outlets opened in the
period;
8,829 plots brought into the business across 37 locations – a replacement rate of over 130%;
Returned £750m to shareholders by July 2022.
And later;
On 1 April 2022 125p per share (or £399.0m) of surplus capital was returned to shareholders as an interim cash
dividend in respect of the financial year 31 December 2021.
On 8 July 2022 110p per share (or £351.1m) of surplus capital was returned to shareholders as an interim cash
dividend in respect of the financial year 31 December 2021.
In total, 235p per share of surplus capital has been returned to shareholders during 2022 in respect of the financial
year 31 December 2021. There will be no further distributions to shareholders in relation to the financial year 31
December 2021.
https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporat ... t-2022.pdf
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Persimmon are my house builder of choice which I hold in my HYP. I've bought the share five times this year.
Ian.