Everybody's favourite dividend stock, Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS) — apart from the big four banks that is — has announced its first half results today.
Here's 10 key facts to take away from the result.
14.5 cents – Interim, fully franked dividend, which will be paid on 28 March
$1.7 billion – net profit after tax
$12.8 billion – total group income for six months to December 2013.
9.7% – growth in net profit after tax over the previous corresponding period (pcp).
26.8% – return on equity (ROE), down slightly from the pcp at 27.0%.
15.8 million – number of mobile customers, with 739,000 added in the period.
31.7% – the fall in print revenues in the Sensis division.
2,549,000 – the number of Foxtel subscribers, up 5.2%.
28.3% – growth in International revenues, including Hong Kong (CSL), China digital media and global connectivity and Network Applications and Services (NAS).
$3.75 billion – Operating cash flow, which is more than double net profit of $1.7 billion.
