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Five-year summaries

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Five-year summaries of key financial data

Key figures from consolidated income statement and statement of cash flows

millions of CHF

 

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Order intake

 

3’531.5

3’155.7

2’797.5

2’895.8

3’160.8

Order intake gross margin

 

33.3%

34.4%

34.0%

33.8%

33.5%

Order backlog

 

1’786.9

1’593.5

1’439.1

1’510.7

1’699.6

Sales

 

3’364.9

3’049.0

2’876.7

2’971.0

3’212.1

Operating income

EBIT

183.8

136.5

115.3

120.9

–69.0

Operational EBITA

opEBITA

322.5

255.4

238.9

254.1

302.9

Operational EBITA margin (operational EBITA/sales)

opROSA

9.6%

8.4%

8.3%

8.6%

9.4%

Return on capital employed (operational EBITA in % of average capital employed)

opROCEA

18.1%

15.8%

15.7%

17.0%

17.1%

Net income attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd

 

113.7

83.2

59.0

73.9

275.0

– in percentage of equity attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd

ROE

7.0%

5.0%

3.7%

3.3%

11.3%

Reported EPS

EPS

3.56

2.44

1.73

2.17

8.09

Depreciation

 

–71.7

–71.7

–69.5

–74.1

–79.2

Amortization

 

–69.0

–53.8

–47.3

–42.3

–43.3

Impairments of tangible and intangible assets

 

–4.4

–15.4

–18.4

–13.0

–0.4

Research and development expenses

 

–86.4

–81.0

–71.4

–73.4

–76.2

Personnel expenses

 

–1’129.7

–1’078.2

–971.1

–1’020.8

–1’046.2

Capital expenditure

 

–96.2

–81.2

–74.9

–73.7

–96.0

Free cash flow

 

173.9

127.0

200.5

155.8

98.0

FCF conversion (free cash flow/net income)

 

1.49

1.46

3.34

2.08

0.35

Employees (number of full-time equivalents) as of December 31

 

15’572

14’732

14’005

14’253

15’494

1) According to IFRS 15, see financial review and note 34 of the consolidated financial statements for details.

Key figures from consolidated balance sheet

millions of CHF

 

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Non-current assets

 

2’057.7

1’990.5

1’809.9

1’574.0

1’681.9

– thereof property, plant and equipment

 

527.0

531.6

511.0

491.4

530.7

Current assets

 

2’840.6

2’126.8

1’926.0

2’680.8

2’971.1

– thereof cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities

 

1’095.2

488.8

429.5

1’217.3

1’301.5

Total assets

 

4’898.3

4’117.3

3’735.9

4’254.8

4’653.0

Equity attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd

 

1’629.9

1’680.1

1’581.2

2’224.7

2’435.4

Non-current liabilities

 

1’646.8

900.1

980.3

472.1

994.5

– thereof long-term borrowings

 

1’316.3

458.7

458.3

7.2

510.3

Current liabilities

 

1’610.4

1’514.8

1’164.6

1’548.5

1’216.5

– thereof short-term borrowings

 

18.0

255.1

7.1

514.4

17.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net liquidity 2)

 

–239.0

–225.0

–35.9

695.7

773.5

Equity ratio 3)

 

33.3%

40.8%

42.3%

52.3%

52.4%

Borrowings-to-equity ratio (gearing)

 

0.82

0.42

0.29

0.23

0.22

1) According to IFRS 15, see financial review and note 34 of the consolidated financial statements for details.

2) Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, less short-term and long-term borrowings.

3) Equity attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd in relation to total assets.

Five-year summaries by division

 

Order intake

Sales

millions of CHF

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Pumps Equipment

1’372.1

1’180.2

1’066.8

1’152.8

1’377.1

1’284.2

1’120.0

1’155.3

1’276.8

1’405.5

Rotating Equipment Services

1’109.7

1’047.7

986.4

1’034.1

1’065.3

1’063.7

1’029.5

1’003.4

1’024.6

1’065.2

Chemtech

600.1

501.5

471.8

525.7

538.3

563.2

478.0

446.0

486.2

563.6

Applicator Systems

449.6

426.3

272.6

183.2

180.0

453.8

421.6

272.0

183.4

177.8

Total

3’531.5

3’155.7

2’797.5

2’895.8

3’160.8

3’364.9

3’049.0

2’876.7

2’971.0

3’212.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order backlog

Employees 2)

millions of CHF

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Pumps Equipment

982.9

847.0

697.4

998.0

1’209.4

5’713

5’453

5’156

6’996

7’365

Rotating Equipment Services

393.1

364.4

378.7

205.0

212.2

4’721

4’485

4’541

3’538

3’709

Chemtech

345.9

315.3

304.9

307.7

282.0

3’063

2’878

2’570

3’539

4’287

Applicator Systems

65.0

66.8

58.0

0.0

0.0

1’864

1’716

1’562

0

0

Divisions

1’786.9

1’593.5

1’439.0

1’510.7

1’703.6

15’361

14’532

13’829

14’073

15’361

Others

–0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

–4.0

211

200

176

180

133

Total

1’786.9

1’593.5

1’439.1

1’510.7

1’699.6

15’572

14’732

14’005

14’253

15’494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operational EBITA

Operational capital employed

millions of CHF

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Pumps Equipment

41.4

–3.7

13.0

118.1

160.6

717.7

617.3

760.6

746.3

1’115.6

Rotating Equipment Services

146.1

144.0

139.5

70.8

64.5

548.2

506.5

400.6

422.0

408.7

Chemtech

50.0

25.0

18.0

67.4

93.6

203.1

221.5

223.8

406.3

342.6

Applicator Systems

95.7

86.8

64.1

0.0

0.0

418.2

382.5

220.0

0.0

0.0

Divisions

333.2

252.1

234.6

256.3

318.7

1’887.3

1’727.8

1’605.0

1’574.6

1’866.9

Others

–10.7

3.3

4.3

–2.2

–15.8

–110.6

–113.0

–85.1

–76.8

–99.6

Total

322.5

255.4

238.9

254.1

302.9

1’776.8

1’614.8

1’519.9

1’497.8

1’767.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) According to IFRS 15, see financial review and note 34 of the consolidated financial statements for details.

2) Number of full-time equivalents as of December 31.

Five-year summaries by region

Order intake by region

millions of CHF

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Europe, Middle East, Africa

1’535.9

1’422.1

1’254.8

1’303.7

1’305.5

Americas

1’297.1

1’038.2

949.8

1’065.3

1’165.4

Asia-Pacific

698.5

695.4

592.9

526.8

689.9

Total

3’531.5

3’155.7

2’797.5

2’895.8

3’160.8

Sales by region

millions of CHF

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Europe, Middle East, Africa

1’468.9

1’411.6

1’271.8

1’214.0

1’264.7

Americas

1’107.6

1’003.5

1’041.9

1’134.9

1’177.4

Asia-Pacific

788.4

633.9

563.0

622.1

770.0

Total

3’364.9

3’049.0

2’876.7

2’971.0

3’212.1

Capital employed (average) by company location

millions of CHF

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Europe, Middle East, Africa

1’155.3

1’061.5

941.8

875.5

1’152.4

Americas

456.9

384.5

391.8

415.8

406.6

Asia-Pacific

164.5

168.8

186.3

206.5

208.3

Total

1’776.8

1’614.8

1’519.9

1’497.8

1’767.3

Employees by company location2)

millions of CHF

2018 1)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Europe, Middle East, Africa

7’462

7’279

6’804

6’504

6’607

Americas

4’374

3’911

3’822

4’139

4’545

Asia-Pacific

3’737

3’542

3’379

3’610

4’342

Total

15’572

14’732

14’005

14’253

15’494

1) According to IFRS 15, see financial review and note 34 of the consolidated financial statements for details.

2) Number of full-time equivalents as of December 31.