Paul Doughty, the finance director of price comparison website moneysupermarket.com, has raised nearly £1m from a share sale.
Doughty sold 1.08m shares at 90.1p a share, which still leaves him with just over 1.8m shares, or 0.36% of the company. He raised £974,000 from the sale. Doughty has been on the board since April 2007.
Moneysupermarket.com saw improving trends in 2010 in all four of its main divisions, despite tough competition from rivals.
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Revenue in 2010 grew 9% to £148.9m from £136.9m in 2009, with growth accelerating in the second half of the year. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 14% to £41.0m from £36.0m in 2009, while statutory profit before tax more than tripled to £11.0m from £3.2m the year before.
The Insurance price comparison business saw year-on-year revenue growth of 13% in the second half of the year, up from 10% in the first half, while the financial products (loans, credit cards etc.) business's growth rate quickened to 20% in the second half from 11% in the first half.
Second half revenue growth from home services (utilities) enquiries improved to 14% from 10% in the first half.
The travel (holidays and hotels) business remained ex-growth in 2010, but the 21% year-on-year decline in revenue seen in the first half had moderated to a 5% decline in the second, and the business has returned to growth in 2011, albeit against weak comparatives.
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