Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Ltd

The Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Ltd (GNS) is New Zealand’s largest provider of geoscience and isotope science research and consultancy services. The company has three separate business groups: Natural Resources, Natural Hazards and the National Isotope Centre. GNS provides expert research and consultancy services to a wide range of public and private organisations around the world.

www.gns.cri.nz

Key Documents

12 Jan 2011 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2010/11 (GNS website)
12 Jan 2011 Statement of Corporate Intent 2011-14 (GNS website)
20 Nov 2010Annual Report 2009/10: gns-ar-09-10.pdf (3278 KB)
20 Nov 2010Financial Statements 2010: gns-fs-10.pdf (303 KB)
20 Nov 2010Half Yearly Report 2009: gns-hy-09.pdf (4310 KB)
20 Nov 2010Statement of Corporate Intent 2010: gns-sci-10.pdf (326 KB)

KPI

Key Financial Performance Indicators - GNS

For the Year Ended 30 June 2011

SCI Target

Actual 2011

Actual 2010

Revenue (Excluding Interest Received) ($000) 67,945 72,119 65,123
Return on Equity Before Development Expenses 9.5 8.1 5.6
Return on Equity (Surplus After Taxation/Average Equity) (%) 9 8.1 5
Equity Ratio (Equity/Total Assets) (%) 50.4 49.0 48.7
Gearing (Term Loan/Equity plus Term Loan) (%) 25.1 14.1 18.6
Interest Cover (Operating Surplus Before Interest/Interest Expense) (times) 8 11 12

Financials

 

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

Efficiency:

Operating Margin (%) 10.611.611.110.610.9 10.5
Operating Margin per FTE ($) 16,99319,25118,05718,22019,260 20,535

Risk:

Quick Ratio [1]1.21:11.13:11.32:11.06:10.94:1 1.11:1
Interest Coverage (x) 13.5 12.9 11.2 15.2 34.3 25.5
Operating Margin Volatility (%) -9.912.513.113.7 10.9
Forecasting Risk [2] (%) ---- - 2.8

Growth/Investment:

Adjusted Return on Equity [2] (%) 6.17.87.17.6 5.0 8.2
Revenue Growth (%) 7.011.06.711.67.3 10.7
Capital Renewal (x) 2.6 1.3 1.3 1.2 2.2 1.2

Financial Performance measures for CRIs: fpm-cri.pdf (44 KB)

  1. Prepayments were assumed to be $0 in 2005/06 and 2006/07, since they were inseparable from accounts receivable.
  2. 2009/10 figure has been adversely affected by the one-off depreciation tax adjustment.

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