5 March 2021 | 08:03am
StockMarketWire.com - Component manufacturer Essentra reinstated its dividend amid recovering performance and an encouraging outlook.
For 2020, pre-tax profit fell to £6 million from £65.5 million as revenue slipped to £896.5 million from £974.1 million year-on-year.
The company said it saw steady improvement in each quarter following the immediate impact of the pandemic, as revenue 1.0% in Q4 after declines of 6.7% and 9.8% in Q3 and Q2 respectively.
The company proposed to resume dividend payments, with a FY 2020 final dividend of 3.3p per share.
The proposed closure of certain sites in 2021 across the components and packaging divisions was expected drum up cost of about £17 million, £12.7 million of which has been booked in 2020.