Investors
Annual General Meeting
Deutsche Post AG’s AGM will be held at 10 am (CEST) on May 6, 2021. It will be conducted this year as a virtual event that is not attended in person by shareholders or their proxies, and will be broadcast on the internet.
The AGM can be watched on the website without restriction until the end of the CEO’s speech. The rest of the online broadcast of the AGM is reserved exclusively for shareholders entered in the share register and their proxies via the online service.
AGM online service
Your vote is very important to us. To ensure that exercising your voting rights is as easy as possible we offer you the following ways via the online service:
You can register with the online service by voting by postal ballot until midnight on April 29, 2021, issuing proxies and instructions to representatives of Deutsche Post AG or sending proxy voting authority or evidence of such action.
Investment Highlights
Key figures
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| Financial figures | ||||||
| Revenue | € m | 57,334 | 60,444 | 61,550 | 63,341 | 66,806 |
| Profit from operating activities (EBIT) | € m | 3,491 | 3,741 | 3,162 | 4,128 | 4,847 |
| Return on sales1 | % | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| EBIT after asset charge (EAC) | € m | 1,963 | 2,175 | 716 | 1,509 | 2,199 |
| Consolidated net profit for the period2 | € m | 2,639 | 2,713 | 2,075 | 2,623 | 2,979 |
| Net cash from operating activities | € m | 2,439 | 3,297 | 5,796 | 6,049 | 7,699 |
| Free cash flow | € m | 444 | 1,432 | 1,059 | 867 | 2,535 |
| Capex3 | € m | 2,074 | 2,268 | 2,648 | 3,617 | 2,999 |
| Equity ratio4 | % | 29.6 | 33.4 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 25.5 |
| Net debt5 | € m | 2,261 | 1,938 | 12,303 | 13,367 | 12,928 |
| Net gearing6 | % | 16.6 | 13.1 | 47.0 | 48.2 | 47.9 |
| Stock data | ||||||
| Basic earnings per share7 | € | 2.19 | 2.24 | 1.69 | 2.13 | 2.41 |
| Diluted earnings per share8 | € | 2.10 | 2.15 | 1.66 | 2.09 | 2.36 |
| Cash flow per share7, 9 | € | 2.03 | 2.72 | 4.71 | 4.90 | 6.22 |
| Dividend per share | € | 1.05 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1,3510 |
| Dividend distribution | € m | 1,270 | 1,409 | 1,419 | 1,422 | 1,67310, 11 |
| Number of shares as at 31 December | millions | 1,240.9 | 1,228.7 | 1,236.5 | 1,236.5 | 1,239.1 |
| Year-end closing price | € | 31.24 | 39.75 | 23.91 | 34.01 | 40.50 |
| ESG figures | ||||||
| CO2e efficiency index (CEX) | index points | 30 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 37 |
| CO2e emissions12 | million tonnes | 26.86 | 28.86 | 29.46 | 27.42 | 27.38 |
| Energy consumption, fleet12 | million kWh | 20,798 | 21,733 | 23,243 | 23,100 | 24,294 |
| Energy consumption, buildings and facilities (including electric vehicles) | million kWh | 3,039 | 3,194 | 3,194 | 3,099 | 3,089 |
| Employee Opinion Survey, approval rating for Employee Engagement KPI | % | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 82 |
| Number of employees13 | 508,036 | 519,544 | 547,459 | 546,924 | 571,974 | |
| Staff costs | € m | 19,592 | 20,072 | 20,825 | 21,610 | 22,234 |
| Share of women in management14 | % | 21.1 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 23.2 |
| Accident rate (number of accidents per 200,000 hours worked) | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
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- EBIT/revenue.
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- After deduction of non-controlling interests.
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- As of 2017: capex relating to assets acquired.
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- Equity (including non-controlling interests)/total equity and liabilities.
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- Calculation see Combined Management Report.
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- Net debt/net debt and equity (including non-controlling interests).
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- The average weighted number of shares outstanding is used for the calculation.
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- The average weighted number of shares outstanding is adjusted for the number of all potentially dilutive shares.
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- Cash flow from operating activities.
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- Proposal.
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- Estimate.
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- Adjusted for 2019.
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- Headcount at the end of the year, including trainees.
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- Upper and middle management.
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