At a glance.

  2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Sales (in € m)          
 External sales 1) inc. VAT 1,549.8 1,509.3 1,427.9 1,350.1 1,289.2
 Percentage change + 2.7 + 5.7 + 5.8 + 4.7 + 4.8
 Consolidated sales exc. VAT 1,337.2 1,299.9 1,226.5 1,157.1 1,107.1
 Percentage change + 2.9 + 6.0 + 6.0 + 4.5 + 5.1
 
Quantities sold
(thousands of glasses)
7,990 7,812 7,590 7,320 7,070
 Percentage change + 2.3 + 2.9 + 3.7 + 3.5 + 4.9
 
EBITDA (in € m) 281.6 278.5 263.8 233.3 215.0
 Percentage change + 1.1 + 5.6 + 13.1 + 8.5 + 4.1
 
Pre-tax profit ETB (in € m) 241.5 240.1 226.0 199.1 180.6
 Percentage change + 0.6 + 6.2 + 13.5 + 10.2 + 4.1
 
Net income (in € m) 171.2 170.5 162.8 142.0 129.7
 Percentage change + 0.4 + 4.7 + 14.6 + 9.5 + 3.4
 
Cash flow from current
business activity (in € m)
2)
219.2 160.6 156.7 23.5 295.8
 Percentage change + 36.5 + 2.5 + 566.8 - 92.1 + 123.9
 
Financial assets (in € m) 368.1 356.8 328.1 317.8 287.1
 Percentage change + 3.2 + 8.7 + 3.2 + 10.7 + 16.7
 
Group equity ratio (in %) 75.1 74.9 75.2 74.4 75.8
 
Investment (in € m) 49.6 53.3 39.1 47.5 32.1
 Percentage change - 6.9 + 36.3 - 17.7 + 48.0 - 16.4
 
Number of branches 704 695 687 679 671
 
Employees (as at 31.12.) 17,873 17,287 16,732 16,158 15,494
 of which trainees 3,190 3,065 2,922 2,874 2,779
 
Key data per share 3)          
 Earnings (in €) 1.98 1.97 1.87 1.64 1.51
 Cash flow (in €) 2) 2.61 1.91 1.87 0.28 3.52
 Dividend (in €) 1.80 1.75 1.60 1.45 1.35
 


1  Sales including VAT and inventory changes
2  The main change to the previous years is due to a regrouping of the investments in the years 2016, 2014 and 2013
3  Previous year's figures have been adjusted due to the stock split on 22 August 2014