Five-year Financial Summary

Group financial highlights

Business Development and Earnings20192020202120222023
Order intake€ m2,453.82,143.42,411.72,862.12,959.5
Sales revenue€ m2,383.22,207.92,343.62,573.42,819.0
Orders on hand€ m1,409.31,288.51,366.21,497.81,548.1
Earnings before finance income / expense, income tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)€ m195.5170.1222.1259.5312.0
Earnings before finance income / expense and income tax (EBIT)€ m113.670.2141.2169.1223.9
Earnings before income tax (EBT)€ m103.461.6139.9160.7209.0
Earnings after income tax€ m58.54.4110.3127.3176.6
Free cash flow
(cash flows from operating activities + cash flows from investing activities)
€ m70.9111.687.5–86.9176.8
Balance Sheet20192020202120222023
Balance sheet total€ m2,327.02,140.02,314.42,478.92,669.8
Investments€ m107.097.6103.6121.6135.6
Depreciation and amortisation€ m81.999.980.990.488.1
Net financial position€ m246.3304.8365.6225.6324.9
Equity
(incl. non-controlling interests)
€ m862.6703.8869.11,125.61,216.9
Equity ratio
(incl. non-controlling interests)
%37.132.937.645.445.6
Profitability20192020202120222023
EBT margin (sales revenue in relation to EBT)%4.32.86.06.27.4
EBIT margin (sales revenue in relation to EBIT)%4.83.26.06.67.9
Employees20192020202120222023
Number of employees at 31 Dec.15,64515,07615,41215,69316,038
Shares20192020202120222023
Market capitalisation at 31 Dec.€ m536.1441.9727.8644.31,092.9
Earnings per ordinary share (EPS)24.47–5.6353.3459.0586.83
Earnings per preference share (EPS)24.73–5.3753.6059.3187.09
Dividend per ordinary no-par-value share8.504.0012.0019.5026.00
Dividend per preference no-par-value share8.764.2612.2619.7626.26
Further information is provided in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.