The revered name in British engineering is Derby based Rolls Royce.
A member of the FTSE-100. [www.rollsroyce.com]
With a market capitalisation of £17.5 billion. The annual report makes interesting reading
[http://www.rolls-royce.com/investors/financial-results/annual-report.aspx#yr-2014-annual-report]
Order book £73,674 m (yes £73 billion)
Employeed of 54,100
Total assets on the balance sheet of £22,224 m
In 2014, they applied for 600 patents.
The major shareholders are:
Invesco Limited 4.99%
Harbor International Fund 4.02%
The Capital Group Companies, Inc 4.99%
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 5.16%
They offer a yield of 2.4% in these 0.5% times