safestore holdings plc said tuesday that its pretax profit and revenue rose for the first half of fiscal 2022 driven mainly by investment property gains and forecasts fullyear earnings slightly above market views the londonlisted selfstorage company posted a pretax profit of 2852 million pounds 350 million in the six months to april 30 up from gbp1673 million a year earlier while revenue rose around 15 to gbp1010 million gains on investment properties rose to gbp2239 million from gbp1277 million and underlying earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization increased to gbp652 million from gbp544 million it said net tangible assets per sharea key industry metricrose to gbp793 from gbp590 it said the company forecast fullyear diluted earnings per share at 47 pence slightly above market analyst consensus forecasts of 459 pence chief executive frederic vecchioli said that while safestores firsthalf performance was strong the company is conscious of inflationary pressures he said he is confident the company has the capability and discipline to mitigate likely cost inflation and deliver strong project returns the board declared an interim dividend of 94 pence a share up from 75 pence a year earlier