Key Figures
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ||||||
| Sales revenue | € million | 3,391 | 3,691 | 3,854 | 3,959 | 3,323 |
| Germany | € million | 354 | 388 | 362 | 468 | 329 |
| Outside Germany | € million | 3,037 | 3,303 | 3,492 | 3,491 | 2,994 |
| Export share | % | 90 | 89 | 91 | 88 | 90 |
| Earnings | ||||||
| Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) | € million | 321 | 340 | 306 | 227 | 133 |
| Earnings before taxes (EBT) | € million | 238 | 259 | 204 | 42 | –36.6 |
| Consolidated net income | € million | 169 | 187 | 151 | 9 | –79.7 |
| Earnings per share | € | 5.40 | 5.97 | 4.78 | 0.30 | –2.52 |
| Assets and capital structure | ||||||
| Non-current assets | € million | 799 | 882 | 1,010 | 1,154 | 1,093 |
| of which fixed assets | € million | 725 | 797 | 936 | 1,070 | 990 |
| Current assets | € million | 2,272 | 2,158 | 2,312 | 2,165 | 1,957 |
| of which cash and equivalents | € million | 369 | 182 | 219 | 110 | 217 |
| Equity | € million | 1,226 | 1,330 | 1,433 | 1,370 | 1,200 |
| Total debt | € million | 1,845 | 1,710 | 1,888 | 1,949 | 1,850 |
| Non-current liabilities | € million | 308 | 314 | 359 | 452 | 476 |
| Current liabilities | € million | 1,537 | 1,396 | 1,529 | 1,497 | 1,374 |
| Total assets | € million | 3,071 | 3,040 | 3,321 | 3,319 | 3,050 |
| Cash flow/capital expenditures | ||||||
| Free cash flow | € million | 49 | - 151 | 121 | –94 | 221 |
| Capital expenditure for PP&E and intangible assets | € million | 111 | 134 | 179 | 169 | 94 |
| Depreciation, amortisation, and impairments | € million | 93 | 95 | 103 | 183 | 174 |
| Net cash position (cash and cash equivalents less debt) | € million | 369 | 157 | 215 | 38 | 185 |
| Profitability ratios | ||||||
| EBITDA margin | % | 9.5 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| EBT margin | % | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 1.1 | –1.1 |
| Working capital to revenue* | % | 26.7 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 26.9 | 28.3 |
| ROCE (liabilty side) | % | 17.0 | 16.6 | 12.8 | 2.7 | –2.6 |
| ROCE (assets side) | % | 14.7 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 2.1 | –2.0 |
| Employees (at 31 December) | 14,443 | 15,299 | 16,545 | 17,353 | 16,736 | |
| Germany | 10,061 | 10,366 | 10,887 | 10,733 | 10,364 | |
| Outside Germany | 4,382 | 4,933 | 5,658 | 6,620 | 6,372 | |
| Dividend | ||||||
| Dividend per share | € | 1.55 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 0.75 | 0.06** |
* Average over 4 quarters
** As per proposal for the appropriation of earnings available for distribution