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If you’d invested in: TUI Group and BAT
Tui revealed an 11.7% rise in annual turnover to €18.5bn, as well as 12% growth in underlying earnings to €1.1bn.
TUI Group (LSE: TUI) operates airlines, travel agencies, cruise ships, resorts and hotels. In December, it revealed an 11.7% rise in annual turnover to €18.5bn, as well as 12% growth in underlying earnings to €1.1bn. The figures were driven by its new strategy of owning hotels and cruise ships.
Last month, it announced turnover in its first quarter to 13 December had risen to €3.5bn, from €3.2bn the year before. It also noted that it had sold 35% of holidays for this summer already, with revenues up 8% and bookings up 6%. TUI expects at least 10% earnings growth in the year to September 2018.
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British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS) is the largest listed tobacco company in the world with operations in 180 countries. Its share price has fallen by roughly 18% in the last year, as uncertainty surrounding the US tobacco industry has caused investor sentiment to decline.
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Its shares plunged in July last year, after the US Food and Drug Administration revealed plans to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes to "non-addictive levels". The firm recently increased its exposure to the US following its $49bn acquisition of Reynolds. Meanwhile, its operating profit increased by 3.7% to £5.68bn in 2017.
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