Countries Contact us MyIMCD Group Company Business Groups Investors Careers Stories Media Centre Home Investors Key figures INVESTORS Key figures EUR million 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Results Revenue 2,774.9 2,689.6 2,379.1 1,907.4 1,714.5 1,529.8 1,358.3 Year on year revenue growth 3% 13% 25% 11% 12% 13% 10% Gross profit 647.5 599.3 536.1 428.7 381.6 332.8 287.6 Gross profit in % of revenue 23.3% 22.3% 22.5% 22.5% 22.3% 21.8% 21.2% Operating EBITA *1 253.5 224.8 202.1 161.7 147.8 128.3 110.0 Year on year Operating EBITA growth 13% 11% 25% 9% 15% 17% 14% Operating EBITA in % of revenue 9.1% 8.4% 8.5% 8.5% 8.6% 8.4% 8.1% Cash flow Free cash flow *2 282.0 222.2 166.5 161.3 140.4 119.3 94.6 Cash conversion margin *3 109.3% 97.4% 79.3% 97.2% 92.3% 90.5% 83.9% Balance sheet Working capital 443.4 435.9 399.8 314.3 248.4 227.8 179.7 Total equity 1,257.9 866.5 786.3 729.2 722.1 653.8 530.8 Net debt 739.3 735.2 610.7 490.0 397.6 437.5 266.6 Net debt/Operating EBITDA ratio *4 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.4 Employees Number of full time employees end of period 3,298 2,991 2,799 2,265 1,863 1,746 1,512 Shares Number of shares issued at year-end (x 1,000) 56,988 52,592 52,592 52,592 52,592 52,592 50,000 Weighted average number of shares (x 1,000) 53,750 52,475 52,443 52,425 52,477 51,612 25,118 Earnings per share (weighted) 2.25 2.06 1.91 1.47 1.39 1.20 0.79 Cash earnings per share (weighted) *5 3.22 2.85 2.53 2.06 2.01 1.79 1.42 Proposed dividend per share 1.02 0.90 0.80 0.62 0.55 0.44 0.20 *1. Result from operating activities before amortisation of intangibles and non-recurring items *2. Operating EBITDA excluding non-cash share based payment expenses, less lease payments, plus/less changes in working capital, less capital expenditures *3. Free cash flow in percentage of Adjusted Operating EBITDA (Operating EBITDA plus non-cash share-based payment costs minus lease payments) before 2018 calculated as free cash flow in percentage of Operating EBITDA *4. Including full year impact of acquisitions *5. Result for the year before amortisation (net of tax) dividend by the weighted average number of outstanding shares This website uses cookies to improve your user experience We use cookies for a variety of purposes, such as website functionality and helping target our marketing activities. Click "accept" to accept our cookies. You can change the cookie settings by clicking "change settings". Accept all Change settings