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Business Development 2018 – 2022

This overview may include historically adjusted values in order to ensure comparability with the reporting period.

€ million

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

Change in %

Results of operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

14,836

 

16,152

 

17,534

 

19,687

 

22,232

 

12.9%

Operating result (EBIT)1

 

1,727

 

2,120

 

2,985

 

4,179

 

4,474

 

7.1%

Margin (% of net sales)1

 

11.6%

 

13.1%

 

17.0%

 

21.2%

 

20.1%

 

 

EBITDA2

 

3,528

 

4,066

 

4,923

 

5,946

 

6,504

 

9.4%

Margin (% of net sales)1

 

23.8%

 

25.2%

 

28.1%

 

30.2%

 

29.3%

 

 

Adjustments1

 

272

 

318

 

279

 

157

 

345

 

>100.0%

EBITDA pre1

 

3,800

 

4,385

 

5,201

 

6,103

 

6,849

 

12.2%

Margin (% of net sales)1

 

25.6%

 

27.1%

 

29.7%

 

31.0%

 

30.8%

 

 

Profit before income tax

 

1,461

 

1,735

 

2,630

 

3,924

 

4,287

 

9.3%

Profit after tax

 

3,396

 

1,324

 

1,994

 

3,065

 

3,339

 

8.9%

Earnings per share (in €)

 

7.76

 

3.04

 

4.57

 

7.03

 

7.65

 

8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

36,888

 

43,808

 

41,796

 

45,362

 

48,526

 

7.0%

Non-current assets

 

27,652

 

34,805

 

32,516

 

34,380

 

36,325

 

5.7%

thereof:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

13,764

 

17,114

 

15,959

 

17,004

 

18,415

 

8.3%

Other intangible assets

 

7,237

 

9,221

 

7,653

 

7,612

 

7,302

 

-4.1%

Property, plant, and equipment

 

4,811

 

6,192

 

6,421

 

7,217

 

8,203

 

13.7%

Current assets

 

9,236

 

9,003

 

9,280

 

10,982

 

12,201

 

11.1%

thereof:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

2,764

 

3,342

 

3,294

 

3,900

 

4,632

 

18.8%

Trade receivables and other current receivables

 

3,226

 

3,488

 

3,221

 

3,646

 

4,114

 

12.8%

Cash and cash equivalents

 

2,170

 

781

 

1,355

 

1,899

 

1,854

 

-2.4%

Equity

 

17,233

 

17,914

 

17,017

 

21,416

 

26,005

 

21.4%

Financial liabilities

 

8,896

 

13,194

 

12,142

 

10,801

 

10,428

 

-3.5%

Non-current

 

6,681

 

8,644

 

9,785

 

8,270

 

9,200

 

11.3%

Current

 

2,215

 

4,550

 

2,357

 

2,531

 

1,228

 

-51.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments for investments in intangible assets3

 

106

 

208

 

150

 

355

 

275

 

-22.5%

Payments for investments in property, plant, and equipment3

 

910

 

813

 

1,413

 

1,066

 

1,531

 

43.7%

Business free cash flow3

 

2,219

 

2,856

 

3,477

 

4,616

 

4,259

 

-7.7%

Net financial debt1

 

6,701

 

12,363

 

10,758

 

8,753

 

8,328

 

-4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other key data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity ratio (in %)1

 

46.7%

 

40.9%

 

40.7%

 

47.2%

 

53.6%

 

13.6%

Research and development costs

 

2,227

 

2,268

 

2,288

 

2,426

 

2,521

 

3.9%

Dividend per share (in €)

 

1.25

 

1.30

 

1.40

 

1.85

 

2.204

 

19.0%

Employees (number as of December 31)

 

51,713

 

57,036

 

58,096

 

60,334

 

64,232

 

6.5%

1

Not defined by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

2

Not defined by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); EBITDA corresponds to operating result (EBIT) adjusted by depreciation, amortization, impairment losses, and reversals of impairment losses.

3

According to the consolidated cash flow statement.

4

Proposal on the appropriation of profits for 2022.

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