n brown group plc said wednesday that pretax profit for fiscal 2022 more than doubled backed its mediumterm guidance and that it is considering a dividend payout for the current fiscal year the uk clothingandfootwear retailer made a pretax profit of 192 million pounds 24 million for the year ended feb 27 compared with gbp92 million in fiscal 2021 based on cost efficiencies however revenue fell to gbp7157 million from gbp7288 million driven by a reduction in product and financial services revenue the board said it will consider a dividend payout in fiscal 2023 we remain confident that over the mediumterm our strategy will support the delivery of 7 product revenue growth with a 13 earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization margin chief executive officer steve johnson said shares at 0729 gmt were up 135 pence or 51 at 278 pence