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Mainfreight Limited
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| NZX code: | MFT |
| Short name: | Mainfreight |
| Legal name: | Mainfreight Limited |
| Industry sector: | Infrastructure and transport |
| NZX50 rank: | 4 of 50 |
| Head office address: | 2 Railway Lane, Otahuhu, 1062 |
| Chairman: | Bruce Plested |
| Chief executive: | Don Braid |
| Financial year ended: | March |
| Locations: | NZ, Australia, China, Europe, America |
| Auditor: | EY |
| Bankers: | Westpac, CBA, HSBC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Bank of China, ING Belgium |
Mainfreight
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Financial statement history
A. Recent trading and performance summary:
| Total revenue |
NPAT | Earnings per share |
|
| fye March | bln | mln | cents |
| 2017 | $2.334 | $102 | 101.1 |
| 2018 | $2.617 | $108 | 106.9 |
| 2019 | $2.954 | $138 | 136.7 |
| 2020 | $3.095 | $159 | 158.1 |
| 2021 | $3.544 | $188 | 186.8 |
B. Recent financial position summary:
| Total assets |
Total Liabilities |
Equity ratio |
|
| fye March | bln | bln | % |
| 2017 | $1.28 | $0.64 | 50.0 |
| 2018 | $1.38 | $0.67 | 51.4 |
| 2019 | $1.50 | $0.66 | 56.0 |
| 2020 | $2.30 | $1.34 | 41.7 |
| 2021 | $2.49 | $1.37 | 45.0 |
C. Recent cash flows and positions:
| Cash inflows |
Cash outflows |
Cash and equiv. at year end |
|
| fye March | mln | mln | mln |
| 2017 | $131.2 | $147.2 | $74.4 |
| 2018 | $140.2 | $134.5 | $80.5 |
| 2019 | $197.4 | $163.9 | $115.2 |
| 2020 | $300.8 | $307.0 | $116.1 |
| 2021 | $376.3 | $346.1 | $140.0 |
D. Recent key ratio analysis:
| Earnings per share |
Price:Earnings ratio |
NTA/share | Dividend yield |
|
| fye March | cents | annual avg | dollars | annual avg % |
| 2017 | 101.1 | 22.3 | 4.22 | 1.81 |
| 2018 | 106.9 | 23.0 | 4.81 | 1.83 |
| 2019 | 136.7 | 26.2 | 6.15 | 1.56 |
| 2020 | 158.1 | 21.9 | 7.30 | 1.71 |
| 2021 | 186.8 | 37.2 | 8.99 | 1.08 |
Description of trading activities
Mainfreight Limited is a listed-New Zealand logistics and transport company headquartered in Auckland. Mainfreight commenced operations in Auckland in 1978 and is one of the largest freight companies in New Zealand.
CEO profile
Don Braid studied at Timaru Boys' high school and has more than 30 years experience in the freight forwarding and logistics sector in both New Zealand and internationally. He began his career with Daily Freightways in 1978 and later went on to hold various senior management roles at Mainfreight in 1994 onwards.
Chairman profile
Bruce Plested is the chairman and founder of Mainfreight Limited, starting Mainfreight in 1978.
Links:
| Company website: | https://www.mainfreight.com/global/en-nz |
| Investor information: | https://www.mainfreight.com/global/en-nz/investor/investor-centre |
| NZX listing: | https://www.nzx.com/companies/MFT |
| Annual reports: | https://www.mainfreight.com/global/en-nz/investor/reports-library |