Contact | In English COMPANY CUSTOMER INVESTOR MEDIA JOBS Investor Strategy Financial targets KESKO'S FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES AND THEIR REALIZATION 5/27/2021 We are making strong progress towards our financial targets and a better return on capital employed, with growth, better profitability, synergy benefits and more efficient working capital. Alongside growth, we will continue to improve the cost-effectiveness of all our operations to ensure competitiveness. The new medium-term financial targets approved by Kesko's Board of Directors (stock exchange release 27 May 2021) are a comparable operating profit margin of more than 6.0% and a comparable return on capital employed of more than 14.5%. As for the financial position, the goal is, as before, that the ratio of interest-bearing net debt / EBITDA, excluding the effects of IFRS 16, will not exceed 2.5. The Kesko Group's previous financial targets were a comparable operating profit margin of 5.5% and a comparable return on capital employed of 12.5%, and the interest-bearing net debt / EBITDA ratio excluding the effects of IFRS 16 did not exceed 2.5. Meter Goal (27.5.2021) Previous goal Toteuma 2020 Comparable operating profit% over 6% 5.5% 5.3% Comparable return on capital employed,% more than 14.5% 12.5% 12.0% Interest-bearing net debt / EBITDA, excluding the effects of IFRS 16 not more than 2.5 not more than 2.5 0.4 Read more: Dividend policy Strategy Print Create a PDF Ice © K-GROUP 2021 Terms of use Web Browsing Registry The K-Group's cookie policies Cookie settings Kesko Corporation, PO Box 1, 00016 KESKO, tel. +358 10 5311 (Mon-Fri 7.30-18.00). Call price 8.35 cents / call + 12.09 cents / minute (incl. 24% VAT). Follow us Better service with cookies The K-Group and its partners use cookies in their services, which help our services to work as desired and our content to be of interest to you. You can give your consent by pressing "Accept All" . You can change your preferences later via the “Cookie Settings” link. Change selections Accept everything The K-Group's cookie policies