Games Workshop Group PLC (LSE:GAW), the purveyor of tiny figurines used in war games, said its trading in the three months covering the crucial Christmas period had been in line with expectations.
It also said it had declared a dividend of £1.05, taking the running total for the year to £4.20, up from £4.15. It said this was in line with its policy of distributing 'truly surplus' cash.
In the past years, Games Workshop, known for Warhammer, its table-top battle franchise, has seen its share price go up by 14%. Over the last five years, the rise has been a phenomenal 242%, valuing the business at £3.3 billion.
To put that into context, that means the Games Workshop is worth around the same as Fraser's Group PLC, the owner of Sports Direct, and, to pluck another household name business out at random, is valued at £400 million more than ITV PLC (LSE:ITV).