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Financial results

This is a summary of Telstra's last five financial years.

Continuing Operations 2019 $m 20181 $m 2017
$m		 2016
$m		 20152
$m
Total income (excluding finance income) 27,807 28,841 28,205
 27,050
 26,112
EBITDA3 7,984 10,197 10,679
 10,465
 10,533
EBIT 3,702 5,727 6,238
 6,310
 6,559
Profit for the period from continuing operations 2,149 3,557 3,874 3,832
 4,114
Profit/(loss) for the period from discontinued operations4 - - - 2,017
 191
Profit for the period from continuing and discontinued operations 2,149 3,557 3,874
 5,849
 4,305
Dividends declared per share (cents) 16.0 22.0 31.0 31.0
 30.5
Total assets 42,589 42,634 42,133
 43,286 40,445
Gross debt 15,331 15,368 16,218
 16,009
 14,962
Net debt 14,727 14,739 15,280
 12,459
 13,566
Total equity 14,530 14,556 14,560
 15,907
 14,510
Capital expenditure5 4,140 4,717 4,606 4,045
 3,589
Free cashflow from continuing and discontinued operations 3,068 4,695 3,496
 5,926
 2,619
Earnings per share from continuing and discontinued operations (cents) 18.1 30.0 32.5
 47.4
 34.5
Dividend payout ratio (%)6 88 73 95 65
 88
  1. FY18 results have been restated to account for the adoption of AASB15 - refer to Note 1.5 in the Financial Report for further detail.
  2. Represented the Autohome Group being classified as a discontinued operation.
  3. Operating profit before interest, depreciation and amortisation and income tax expense. EBITDA is used as a measure of financial performance by excluding certain variables that affect operating profits but which may not be directly relate to all financial aspects of the operations of the company. EBITDA is not a measure of operating income, operating performance or liquidity under A-IFRS. Other companies may calculate EBITDA in a different manner to us.
  4. Profit/(loss) for the year from discontinued operations for FY15 and FY16 included both Sensis and Autohome Group results.
  5. Capex is defined as additions to property, equipment and intangible assets including capital lease additions, excluding expenditure on spectrum, measured on an accrued basis. Excludes externally funded capex.
  6. Dividend payout ratio from continuing and discontinued operations. Dividend payout ratio from continuing operations FY16: 98%.

 

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2020

Half Year Results

A word from our CEO on our HY20 results.

 

Our Half Year Results was audio webcast on 13 February 2020.

 

Full Year Results

Our Full Year Results was webcast on 15 August 2019.

 

 

Half Year Results

A word from our CEO on our HY19 results.

 

Our Half Year Results was webcast via livestream on 14 February 2019.

 

 

Full Year Results

A word from our CEO on our FY18 results.

 

Our Full Year Results was webcast via livestream on 16 August 2018.

 

 

Half Year Results

Interview with our CEO on our HY18 results.

 

Our Half Year Results was webcast via livestream on 15 February 2018.

 

 

Full Year Results

Interview with our CEO on our FY17 results.

Our Full Year Results were announced on 17 August 2017. The results and other supporting material are available below.

 

 

Half Year Results

Our Half Year Results were announced on 16 February 2017.

 

Full Year Results

Our Full Year Results were announced on 11 August 2016 at 9:15am AEST.

 

  • Financial Results and Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2016 (PDF)
  • Annual Report (Interactive)
  • Market Release (PDF)
  • CEO/CFO analyst briefing presentation and materials (PDF)
  • Transcript from analyst briefing (PDF)
  • Supporting material (XLS)
  • Letter to shareholders (PDF)
  • Telstra invests up to extra $3 billion on next generation network leadership, digitisation and customer experiences (PDF)
  • Corporate Governance Statement and Appendix 4G (PDF)
  • Group structure (PDF)
  • Product restatement – 3 Year Summary to FY16 (PDF)

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    Half Year Results

    Our Half Year Results were announced on 18 February 2016 at 9:15am AEDT.

     

    Full Year Results

    On 13 August 2015, we announced our Full Year Results for the period ended 30 June 2015 to the market.

     

     

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    Full Year Results

    Our Full Year Results was webcast via livestream on 14 August 2014.

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