Five-Year Summary

Five-Year Summary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

Core volume growth1

 

+3.4%

 

+1.5%

 

+2.0%

 

–5.6%

 

+10.0%

Sales (external)

 

14,138

 

14,616

 

12,412

 

10,706

 

15,903

Performance Materials2

 

7,606

 

7,757

 

6,173

 

5,468

 

8,142

Solutions & Specialties2

 

6,370

 

6,673

 

6,069

 

5,060

 

7,554

EBITDA

 

3,435

 

3,200

 

1,604

 

1,472

 

3,085

EBIT

 

2,808

 

2,580

 

852

 

696

 

2,262

Financial result

 

(150)

 

(104)

 

(91)

 

(91)

 

(77)

Net income

 

2,009

 

1,823

 

552

 

459

 

1,616

Earnings per share (€)3

 

9.93

 

9.46

 

3.02

 

2.48

 

8.37

Operating cash flows

 

2,361

 

2,376

 

1,383

 

1,234

 

2,193

Cash outflows for additions to property,
plant, equipment and intangible assets

 

518

 

707

 

910

 

704

 

764

Free operating cash flow

 

1,843

 

1,669

 

473

 

530

 

1,429

Trade working capital4

 

2,177

 

2,353

 

1,965

 

1,949

 

2,952

Net financial debt

 

283

 

348

 

989

 

356

 

1,405

ROCE

 

+33.4%

 

+29.5%

 

+8.4%

 

+7.0%

 

+19.5%

Employees (in FTE)

 

16,176

 

16,770

 

17,201

 

16,501

 

17,909

1

Values calculated retroactively based on the definition of the core business effective March 31 of the respective subsequent year.

2

Reference information for the segments for the period from fiscal 2017–2019 are based on unaudited figures due to the new organizational structure.

3

Figures based on weighted average number of voting shares outstanding that were subject to relevant changes resulting from, among other factors, the share buyback program of November 21, 2017, through December 4, 2018, and the capital increase on October 19, 2020.

4

Trade working capital includes inventories plus trade accounts receivable and contract assets, less trade accounts payable, contract liabilities, and refund liabilities as of December 31, 2018 to 2021. In the year 2017, trade working capital comprised inventories plus trade accounts receivable, less trade accounts payable. Reference information for 2018 and 2019 was restated accordingly, see note 4 “Change in Presentation of Rebates Granted to Customers and Trade Working Capital” in the Annual Report 2020.