FUCHS at a glance

Amounts in € million

2018

2017

Change in %

2016

2015

2014

Sales revenues1

2,567

2,473

3.8

2,267

2,079

1,866

- Europe

1,546

1,515

2.0

1,417

1,227

1,113

- Asia-Pacific, Africa

783

733

6.8

620

583

517

- North and South America

409

393

4.1

349

353

316

- Consolidation

-171

-168

-

-119

-84

-80

Earnings before interest and tax and income from companies consolidated at equity

357

356

0.3

352

324

293

in % of sales revenues

13.9

14.4

-

15.5

15.6

15.7

Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)

383

373

2.7

371

342

313

Profit after tax

288

269

7.1

260

236

220

in % of sales revenues

11.2

10.9

-

11.5

11.4

11.8

Investments in long-term assets

121

105

15.2

93

50

52

in % of scheduled depreciation2

209

198

-

198

128

173

Free cash flow before acquisitions3

147

142

3.5

205

232

210

Shareholders' equity

1.456

1,307

11.4

1,205

1,070

916

in % of balance sheet total

77.0

74.6

-

71.9

71.8

71.7

Balance sheet total

1.891

1,751

8.0

1,676

1,490

1,276

Employees as at December 31?

5.446

5,190

4.9

5,031

4,823

4,112

Earnings per share (in €)

- Ordinary share

2.06

1.93

6.7

1.86

1.69

1.57

- Preference share

2.07

1.94

6.7

1.87

1.70

1.58

Dividend (in €)

- per ordinary share

0.94

0.90

4.4

0.88

0.81

0.76

- per preference share

0.94

0.91

4.4

0.89

0.82

0.77