Commenting on its figures (see page 5), Unisys Corp says that pre-tax return on revenue was 9.8% and on equity 13.8%, putting the company in sight of its targets of 11% and 15% respectively: and gainsaying the doom-mongers, Unisys says that orders in the fourth quarter were up substantially, and showed the fastest rise of any 1987 quarter; the company looks for double digit profit growth this year, and new products in 1988 are expected to lead to turnover growth in the second half and on into 1989; research and development expenditure is budgeted to by grow 15% to 20%.
UNISYS COMMENTS ON 1987 FIGURES
