2017 Interim financial report
The EPRA Earnings for H1 2017 amount to 57.2 million euros, an increase of 18% compared to H1 2016.
The EPRA Earnings per share amount to 2.67 euros, an increase of 2% compared to H1 2016, including an increase of 15% in outstanding shares and a far lower gearing ratio (-7% year-on-year to 52%).
WDP upgrades its guidance for an EPRA Earnings per share for 2017 from ‘at least 5.35’ euros to 5.50 euros.
A year and a half after the start of the 2016 – 20 growth plan, half (in particular, approx. 500 million euros) of the planned investment volume has already been identified. WDP raises its forecast of a projected EPRA Earnings per share in 2020 to at least 6.50 euros (previously at least 6.25 euros) and a gross dividend of 5.25 euros (previously 5.00 euros) in 2020.