A new business report by the Prospect Shop has unveiled the top ten most profitable security companies by pre-tax profit margin for the financial year 2000-2001.
The table is topped by Group 4 Falck Global Solutions which leads with a pre-tax profit margin of 65.7per cent – over 12 times the calculated industry average result of 5.1per cent. Orbis Property Protection comes second with a pre-tax profit margin of 37.6 per cent and Photo-Scan Rentals runs close behind at 37.4 per cent.

The others are Anglo Design Holdings Plc at (34.6), Pac International (24.6), Initial Electronic Security Systems (23.0), Banhams Patent Locks (20.7), Halma Plc (17.9), Onsite Central (17.7), and Mergebasic (17.6).

The Business Ratio report has analysed and compared the financial performance of 123 leading security companies in Great Britain with a minimum turnover of £3.5 million. However, the overall picture for leading companies operating in the security industry is a little less encouraging. The report reveals that companies examined have experienced a slight but steady decline in all four profitability ratios calculated by the report.

The Average pre-tax profit margins has fallen from 5.7per cent in 1998/99 to 5.1per cent in 2000/2001. Similarly, return on capital has fallen from 28.0 per cent in 1998/99 to 25.0 per cent in 2000/01, average return on investment fell from 21.7 per cent to 18.0 per cent in the final year and return on total assets has fallen from 11.8 per cent to 10.4per cent.

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