Haleon
Haleon's revenue fell 1.8% to £11.0 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 21.9%, up from 19.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was £2.3 billion, up 12.7%. It paid out £763 million in dividends and buybacks, 33% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.6%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2020 to 2025, earnings per share grew 8.4% a year and net income 7.8% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 2%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 414 | 684 | 1,044 | 2,250 | 1,324 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 166 | 10,440 | 9,456 | 10,127 | 8,609 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −248 | 9,756 | 8,412 | 7,877 | 7,285 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | 3.6x | 3.1x | 2.6x |
| Debt to equity | 0.0x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x |
| Interest coverage | 86.2x | 7.1x | 5.0x | 5.7x | 7.1x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 0.9x |
| Quick ratio | 1.0x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.7x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| F-score | 6 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −3.0% | −2.5% | −2.9% |
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| Haleon | FY25 | −1.8% | 21.9% | 21.0% | 7.9% | 2.6x | 7 | |
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6 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||
| Revenue | 9,892 | 9,545 | 10,858 | 11,302 | 11,233 | 11,030 |
| Revenue growth | — | −3.5% | 13.8% | 4.1% | −0.6% | −1.8% |
| Gross profit | 5,910 | 5,950 | 6,577 | 6,747 | 6,824 | 7,080 |
| Research and development | 304 | 257 | 300 | 311 | 298 | 316 |
| Operating income | 1,598 | 1,638 | 1,825 | 1,996 | 2,206 | 2,412 |
| Net income | 1,145 | 1,390 | 1,060 | 1,049 | 1,442 | 1,667 |
| Diluted EPS (GBP) | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.18 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 9,235 | 9,235 | 9,239 | 9,263 | 9,175 | 9,026 |
| Cash flow | ||||||
| Cash from operations | 1,407 | 1,356 | 2,063 | 2,100 | 2,301 | 2,634 |
| Capital expenditure | 222 | 228 | 304 | 234 | 250 | 322 |
| Free cash flow | 1,185 | 1,128 | 1,759 | 1,866 | 2,051 | 2,312 |
| Dividends paid | 2,371 | 1,148 | 2,682 | 388 | 570 | 612 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 116 | 151 |
| Acquisitions | 20 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 63 | 59 | 15 | 76 | 102 | 86 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 333 | 414 | 684 | 1,044 | 2,250 | 1,324 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 166 | 10,440 | 9,456 | 10,127 | 8,609 |
| Total assets | — | 34,451 | 34,815 | 34,055 | 34,315 | 32,630 |
| Total liabilities | — | 7,971 | 18,358 | 17,326 | 18,091 | 16,146 |
| Shareholders' equity | 26,223 | 26,355 | 16,331 | 16,606 | 16,166 | 16,425 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||
| Gross margin | 59.8% | 62.3% | 60.6% | 59.7% | 60.8% | 64.2% |
| Operating margin | 16.1% | 17.2% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 19.6% | 21.9% |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 14.6% | 9.8% | 9.3% | 12.8% | 15.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.0% | 11.8% | 16.2% | 16.5% | 18.3% | 21.0% |
| Return on capital | — | — | 4.8% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 7.9% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 5.0% | 6.4% | 8.8% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | — | — | 3.1% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 5.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | 3.6x | 3.1x | 2.6x |