Published by Sean Farrell on 27th April 2020
(Sharecast News) - Ashtead said it would have positive free cash flow under all downside scenarios during the Covid-19 crisis despite the virus having an impact on its business. The industrial equipment rental company said it had modelled various outcomes for the coming year with business much lower than so far in 2020. "Under all these scenarios the group remains free cash flow positive throughout the next financial year" and well above a minimum available liquidity of $460m under a covenant threshold. Ashtead said it expected underlying pretax profit for the year ending 30 April to be about £1.05bn, up from £947m a year earlier.