The company said it anticipates half-year profits, due out on Aug. 3, will be more than double market consensus.
It added that it sees its first-half underlying operating profit, due August 3, coming in at just over double analyst expectations of £328 million.
Rolls-Royce's share price was 19% higher at 9:43 a.m. BST. The company's shares have taken a battering over the last three years — at times even entering "penny stock" territory below £1 — largely because of the Covid-19 hit to the aviation sector, as well as the knock-on effects on aircraft orders and the number of hours its engines were in use.Rolls-Royce share price.
The company cut around 8,500 jobs across 2020 and 2021, as it launched an extensive shake-up of its operations and department structures to improve profitability after slumping to a £4 billion loss for the 2020 financial year.it expects half-year profits across its three main divisions of civil aerospace, defense and power systems.
"Our multi-year transformation programme has started well with progress already evident in our strong initial results and increased full year guidance for 2023," said Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic in a statement. "There is much more to do to deliver better performance and to transform Rolls-Royce into a high performing, competitive, resilient, and growing business. Despite a challenging external environment, notably supply chain constraints, we are starting to see the early impact of our transformation in all our divisions. Better profit and cash generation reflects greater productivity, efficiency and improved commercial outcomes.
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