Profitability of UK Companies, Quarter 2 (April to June) 2015

1 Dec 2015 01:21 PM

Main points

• In this release, rates of return have been revised back to Quarter 1 1997, due to revisions to both Gross Operating Surplus and Capital Employed data. These revisions incorporate Blue Book 2015 changes.
• The profitability of private non-financial corporations (PNFCs), as measured by their net rate of return, was estimated at 12.8 % in Quarter 2 2015, 0.2 percentage points higher than the revised estimate of 12.6% in Quarter 1 2015.
• Manufacturing companies’ net rate of return was estimated at 6.7% in Quarter 2 2015, 0.9 percentage points lower than the revised estimate of 7.6% in Quarter 1 2015. This remains the lowest estimated rate of return since Quarter 1 2013 when it was 6.3% (revised).
• Service companies’ net rate of return was estimated at 21.3% in Quarter 2 2015. This is the highest recorded quarterly estimate since the series began in 1997 and is 0.5 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.
• UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) companies’ net rate of return was 14.7% in Quarter 2 2015. The increase on the revised estimate of 5.0% in Quarter 1 2015 is consistent with movements in Brent crude oil prices.
• To see the above data in more context, data for earlier periods are shown in Tables 1 and 2, and are also presented in Figures 1 to 6.

Get all the tables for this publication in the data section of this publication.