LONDON (Reuters) - Civil engineering consultancy WS Atkins on Wednesday reported full-year adjusted pretax profit up 9 percent, beating analyst consensus, saying it managed to perform well in a challenging environment.
The group, which is active in the rail and road sectors, said its markets remain relatively stable, but adds that there are still uncertainties in its UK building design business and confidence has yet to fully return in the Middle East.
For the year it booked pretax profits before exceptional items of 100.2 million pounds, compared with a mean average of 97.3 million pounds expected by 11 analysts polled by Reuters.
It plans a final dividend of 17.25 pence, making the total dividend 26.0 pence, up 8 percent.
(Reporting by Ben Deighton, editing by)
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