x € million |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill and intangible assets |
|
18,078 |
|
18,738 |
|
5,147 |
|
5,309 |
|
4,440 |
Property, plant and equipment |
|
5,725 |
|
5,549 |
|
3,576 |
|
3,964 |
|
3,775 |
Deferred tax assets |
|
299 |
|
228 |
|
95 |
|
203 |
|
240 |
Share in associates and joint ventures |
|
342 |
|
130 |
|
61 |
|
64 |
|
93 |
Derivatives |
|
51 |
|
46 |
|
82 |
|
48 |
|
61 |
Other non-current assets |
|
453 |
|
735 |
|
314 |
|
302 |
|
317 |
Non-current assets |
|
24,948 |
|
25,426 |
|
9,275 |
|
9,890 |
|
8,926 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories |
|
3,290 |
|
3,390 |
|
2,339 |
|
2,297 |
|
1,879 |
Current receivables |
|
2,769 |
|
2,843 |
|
1,622 |
|
1,697 |
|
1,483 |
Derivatives |
|
23 |
|
42 |
|
42 |
|
30 |
|
48 |
Current investments |
|
50 |
|
107 |
|
125 |
|
489 |
|
43 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
2,667 |
|
2,456 |
|
2,755 |
|
1,561 |
|
871 |
Assets held for sale |
|
– |
|
6 |
|
1,245 |
|
56 |
|
1,096 |
Current assets |
|
8,799 |
|
8,844 |
|
8,128 |
|
6,130 |
|
5,420 |
Total assets |
|
33,747 |
|
34,270 |
|
17,403 |
|
16,020 |
|
14,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity and liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders’ equity |
|
22,511 |
|
22,908 |
|
10,743 |
|
9,318 |
|
7,399 |
Non-controlling interests |
|
186 |
|
162 |
|
102 |
|
79 |
|
88 |
Equity |
|
22,697 |
|
23,070 |
|
10,845 |
|
9,397 |
|
7,487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities |
|
1,556 |
|
1,751 |
|
476 |
|
490 |
|
431 |
Employee benefit liabilities |
|
487 |
|
520 |
|
287 |
|
323 |
|
414 |
Provisions |
|
87 |
|
142 |
|
50 |
|
96 |
|
123 |
Borrowings |
|
4,444 |
|
4,114 |
|
2,978 |
|
2,995 |
|
3,484 |
Derivatives |
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
4 |
|
9 |
|
1 |
Other non-current liabilities |
|
109 |
|
146 |
|
205 |
|
280 |
|
163 |
Non-current liabilities |
|
6,690 |
|
6,681 |
|
4,000 |
|
4,193 |
|
4,616 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee benefits liabilities |
|
62 |
|
49 |
|
5 |
|
21 |
|
42 |
Provisions |
|
77 |
|
34 |
|
45 |
|
68 |
|
61 |
Borrowings |
|
836 |
|
716 |
|
86 |
|
103 |
|
102 |
Derivatives |
|
60 |
|
28 |
|
23 |
|
40 |
|
13 |
Current liabilities |
|
3,325 |
|
3,684 |
|
1,969 |
|
2,188 |
|
1,771 |
Liabilities held for sale |
|
– |
|
8 |
|
430 |
|
10 |
|
254 |
Current liabilities |
|
4,360 |
|
4,519 |
|
2,558 |
|
2,430 |
|
2,243 |
Total equity and liabilities |
|
33,747 |
|
34,270 |
|
17,403 |
|
16,020 |
|
14,346 |
x € million |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net sales |
|
12,799 |
|
11,015 |
|
10,480 |
|
9,468 |
|
9,038 |
||||
Net sales from continuing operations |
|
12,799 |
|
10,627 |
|
8,390 |
|
7,269 |
|
– |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Adjusted EBITDA1 |
|
2,118 |
|
1,441 |
|
1,725 |
|
1,842 |
|
1,650 |
||||
EBITDA |
|
1,991 |
|
3,637 |
|
2,646 |
|
2,370 |
|
1,476 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Adjusted operating profit (EBIT)1 |
|
926 |
|
428 |
|
1,071 |
|
1,167 |
|
1,011 |
||||
Operating profit (EBIT) |
|
561 |
|
2,330 |
|
1,994 |
|
1,689 |
|
736 |
||||
Operating profit (EBIT) from continuing operations |
|
561 |
|
(497) |
|
682 |
|
711 |
|
– |
||||
Financial income and expense |
|
(134) |
|
(151) |
|
(94) |
|
(106) |
|
(67) |
||||
Income tax expense |
|
(147) |
|
(19) |
|
(190) |
|
(245) |
|
(129) |
||||
Share of the profit of associates and joint ventures |
|
– |
|
(7) |
|
5 |
|
342 |
|
(32) |
||||
Net profit for the year |
|
280 |
|
2,153 |
|
1,715 |
|
1,680 |
|
508 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Net profit attributable to non-controlling interests |
|
30 |
|
16 |
|
15 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
||||
Net profit available to equity holders of the parent company |
|
250 |
|
2,137 |
|
1,700 |
|
1,676 |
|
506 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Dividend on Cumulative Preference Shares |
|
– |
|
(6) |
|
(6) |
|
(6) |
|
(7) |
||||
Net profit available to holders of ordinary shares |
|
250 |
|
2,131 |
|
1,694 |
|
1,670 |
|
499 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Key figures and financial ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Capital employed |
|
26,474 |
|
26,766 |
|
11,473 |
|
11,019 |
|
10,557 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Capital expenditure: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
- Intangible assets and Property, plant and equipment |
|
830 |
|
700 |
|
636 |
|
614 |
|
622 |
||||
- Acquisitions |
|
– |
|
14,569 |
|
77 |
|
754 |
|
1,579 |
||||
Disposals |
|
184 |
|
3,559 |
|
1,413 |
|
1,941 |
|
46 |
||||
Depreciation, amortization and impairments |
|
1,430 |
|
1,307 |
|
652 |
|
681 |
|
740 |
||||
Net debt |
|
(2,556) |
|
(2,215) |
|
(87) |
|
(1,019) |
|
(2,577) |
||||
Dividend |
|
667 |
|
582 |
|
167 |
|
438 |
|
420 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Workforce at 31 December, headcount |
|
28,214 |
|
29,301 |
|
20,682 |
|
21,358 |
|
23,127 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Financial ratios1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Current assets/current liabilities |
|
2.02 |
|
1.96 |
|
3.15 |
|
2.52 |
|
2.42 |
||||
Equity/total assets |
|
0.67 |
|
0.67 |
|
0.62 |
|
0.59 |
|
0.52 |
||||
Gearing (net debt/equity plus net debt) in % |
|
10.1% |
|
8.8% |
|
0.8% |
|
9.7% |
|
26.0% |
||||
Adjusted EBITDA/net sales in % |
|
16.5% |
|
13.1% |
|
16.5% |
|
19.5% |
|
18.3% |
||||
Adjusted EBITDA/financial income and expense |
|
15.8 |
|
12.3 |
|
20.1 |
|
17.4 |
|
24.6 |
||||
|