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118 Multi-Year Overview
Multi-Year Overview
Key figures at a glance
2012 2013 2014 2015 in € million
BYK 618.4 691.5 856.7 870.0 ECKART 340.5 334.6 332.2 349.7 ELANTAS 412.5 414.6 431.2 463.2 ACTEGA 333.9 324.7 332.1 376.4 2012 2013 2014 2015 in € million
Sales 1,705.3 1,765.4 1,952.3 2,059.3 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization (EBITDA) 323.2 335.7 397.4 390.9 EBITDA margin 19.0 % 19.0 % 20.4 % 19.0 % Operating income (EBIT) 226.9 229.1 267.7 251.3 EBIT margin 13.3 % 13.0 % 13.7 % 12.2 % Earnings before taxes (EBT) 217.2 212.6 251.8 227.8 EBT margin 12.7 % 12.0 % 12.9 % 11.1 % Net income (EAT) 154.7 151.6 179.2 158.0 EAT margin 9.1 % 8.6 % 9.2 % 7.7 % Research and development expenses 102.3 109.4 113.9 128.1 Capital expenditure on intangible assets,
property, plant and equipment 89.8 94.3 90.4 85.6 Cash flow from operating activities 274.5 258.8 298.2 346.1 Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) 10.8 % 9.9 % 10.3 % 10.1 % ALTANA Value Added (AVA) 50.0 38.7 51.9 49.2 Total assets (Dec. 31) 2,121.3 2,546.0 2,756.2 2,964.5 Shareholders’ equity (Dec. 31) 1,498.2 1,565.6 1,745.5 1,935.6 Net debt (-) / Net financial assets (+) ¹ (Dec. 31) 68.2 (303.6) (280.1) (114.2) Headcount (Dec. 31) 5,363 5,741 6,064 6,096 ¹ Comprises cash and cash equivalents, current financial assets, current marketable securities, loans granted, debt, and employee benefit obligations.
Sales by division
Sales by region
2012 2013 2014 2015 in € million
Europe 751.7 745.2 795.1 795.6 thereof Germany 266.1 262.4 276.7 269.8 Americas 412.0 438.4 527.1 607.1 thereof U.S. 268.4 289.5 365.0 416.1 Asia 509.6 547.4 593.0 618.9 thereof China 252.5 287.8 309.8 315.6 Other regions 31.9 34.3 37.0 37.7