DEODiageo plc

$93.67

Is the business good?

How good a business is DEO?

Diageo plc earns 15% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

15%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 6.1 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
20%

Operating margin · Consumer Defensive median 9.0% · fiscal year to FY2023

Share count, year on year
−2.3%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

R&D as % of revenue
0.23%

R&D as % of revenue

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY202012%
FY202119%
FY202220%
FY202320%
Details
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2023
43%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2023
20%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2023
16%
R&D as % of revenue
0.23%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$23.5B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$3.77B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
15%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.