August 7, 2018 – Conference Call
Dr Frank Appel (CEO) and Melanie Kreis (CFO) presented and explained the Group financial results for the reporting period during a conference call on 7 August 2018.
Q2 2018: results wrap-up
Martin Ziegenbalg (Head of Investor Relations) presents the Q2 2018 results in a brief video.
Martin Ziegenbalg, Head of IR
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Selected key figures Q2 2018
| H1 2017 |
H1 2018 |
+/–% | Q2 2017 |
Q2 2018 |
+/–% | ||
| Revenue |
€m |
29,696 | 29,775 | 0.3 | 14,813 | 15,026 | 1.4 |
| Profit from operating activities (EBIT) | €m |
1,726 | 1,652 | –4.3 | 841 | 747 | –11.2 |
| Return on sales1) | % | 5.8 | 5.5 | – | 5.7 | 5.0 | – |
| EBIT after asset charge (EAC) | €m |
932 | 452 | –51.5 | 445 | 139 | –68.8 |
| Consolidated net profit for the period2) | €m |
1,235 | 1,116 | –9.6 | 602 | 516 | –14.3 |
| Free cash flow | €m |
–45 | –391 | <–100 | 385 | 288 | –25.2 |
| Net debt3) | €m |
1,938 | 13,375 | >100 | – | – | – |
| Earnings per share4) | € | 1.02 | 0.91 | –10.8 | 0.50 | 0.42 | –16.0 |
| Number of employees5) | 519,544 | 532,859 | 2.6 | – | – | – |
- 1)
- EBIT/revenue.
- 2)
- After deduction of non-controlling interests.
- 3)
- Prior-period amount as at 31 December, for the calculation see page 6 of the Interim Group Management Report.
- 4)
- Basic earnings per share.
- 5)
- Headcount at the end of the first half of the year, including trainees; prior-period number as at 31 December.