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Please note this is the historical investor centre. William Hill is no longer listed on the London Stock Exchange. It has been acquired by Caesars Entertainment.

The data shown is extracted from the published financial statements of William Hill PLC.

  20203,4
£m		 20193,4
  £m		 2018
   £m		 20171
   £m		 20161
   £m
Summarised results:    
Revenue 1,324.3 1,581.7 1,621.3 1,711.1 1,603.8
Profit/(Loss) before interest and tax 80.3 12.9 (687.9) (43.7) 225.6
Profit/(Loss) before tax 51.0 (37.6) (721.9) (74.6) 181.3
Profit/(Loss) for the period attributable to equity holders of the parent 59.7 (26.9) (716.1) (83.2) 164.5
Summarised statements of financial position:    
Assets employed:    
Non-current assets 1,342.6 1,487.6 937.8 1,968.6 2,151.0
Current assets 795.3 516.9 573.9 393.4 291.7
Current liabilities (684.6) (782.2) (429.3) (477.9) (410.1)
Non-current liabilities (854.0) (902.1) (783.5) (821.4) (807.1)
Net assets 599.3 320.2 298.9 1,062.7 1,225.5
Financed by:    
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 601.7 312.9 298.9 1,062.7 1,225.5
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests (2.4) 7.3 – – –
Total equity 599.3 320.2 298.9 1,062.7 1,225.5
Key statistics:    
Adjusted operating profit (£m)2 57.3 147.0 233.6 291.3 261.5
Adjusted basic earnings per share 2.3p 10.7p 20.6p 27.6p 22.3p
Adjusted diluted earnings per share 2.3p 10.7p 20.4p (9.7)p 18.8p
Dividends per share (paid) - 10.4p 13.2p 12.7p 12.5p
Share price – high £3.12 £2.05 £3.45 £3.18 £4.16
Share price – low £0.37 £1.28 £1.48 £2.39 £2.36
  1. The results above are for continuing operations at that point in time. The 2016-2017 results include the performance of the Australian operations which were disposed of on 23 April 2018.
  2. Adjusted operating profit is defined as profit before interest and tax, excluding exceptional items and other defined adjustments. Further detail on adjusted measures is provided in note 3 to the Group financial statements.
  3. The results for 2019-2020 include the adoption of IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ new accounting standard which had a material impact on the Group financial statements. The previous years have not been restated and therefore reflect the Group’s accounting policies in line with the previous IAS 17 ‘Leases’.
  4. The Group acquired Mr Green & Co AB in January 2019 for £244.8m with results consolidated from this date.