Group Financial Highlights

Business Development and Earnings

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Order intake   € m	2,261.2	2,156.6	2,265.3	2,303.5	2,453.8
Sales revenue  € m	2,334.8	2,165.7	2,205.0	2,245.9	2,383.2
Orders on hand   € m	1,209.7	1,200.6	1,260.8	1,353.9	1,409.3
Earnings before finance income, expense, income tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)  € m	176.5	162.6	186.9	179.2	195.5
Earnings before finance income / expense and income tax (EBIT)  € m	103.7*	90.0*	116.4*	74.7	113.6
Earnings before income tax (EBT)  € m	93.4	74.6	104.2	65.6	103.4
Earnings after income tax  € m	52.2	47.8	52.1	23.9	58.5
Free cash flow (cash flows from operating ­activities + cash flows from investing activities)  € m	82.1	20.5	112.5	-29.1	70.9

Balance sheet

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Balance sheet total  € m	2,291.1	2,350.2	2,253.4	2,242.2	2,327.0
Capital expenditure  € m	82.8	82.2	101.9	79.6	107.0
Depreciation and amortisation  € m	72.8	72.6	70.6	104.5	81.9
Net financial position  € m	211.3	259.5	288.0	255.0	246.3
Equity € m (incl. non-controlling interests)	870.2	890.3	885.4	856.8	862.6
Equity ratio % (incl. non-controlling interests)	38.0	37.9	39.3	38.2	37.1

Profitability

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
EBT margin (sales revenue in relation to EBT)  %	4.0	3.5	4.7	2.9	4.3
EBIT margin (sales revenue in relation to EBIT)  %	4.4	4.2	5.3	3.3	4.8

Employees

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Number of employees at 31 Dec.	16,196	15,572	15,455	15,482#	15,645

Shares

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Market capitalisation at 31 Dec.  € m	659.2	637.7	884.4	491.3	536.1
Earnings per ordinary no-par-value share (EPS)  €	22.30	18.68	21.10	6.26	24.47
Earnings per preference no-par-value share (EPS)  €	22.56	18,94	21,36	6,64	24.73
Dividend per ordinary no-par-value share  €	5.50	5.50	7.50	3.00	8.50
Dividend per preference no-par-value share  €	5.76	5.76	7.76	3.38	8.76