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Our key figures

In 2019, Sulzer was again able to generate significant organic growth, 6.3% for order intake and 10.8% for sales. Acquisitions added roughly another 2% to those numbers, while further diversifying the company’s business and making it less cyclical. The continued positive development in the vast majority of end markets, and particularly in the water and chemicals markets, resulted in growth for all divisions except Applicator Systems. Sulzer reached double-digit profitability and delivered a record level of free cash flow, at CHF 213.4 million.

Key figures

millions of CHF

2019

2018

Change in +/–%

+/–% adjusted 1)

+/–% organic 2)

Order intake

3’747.2

3’531.5

6.1

8.2

6.3

Order intake gross margin

33.6%

33.3%

 

 

 

Order backlog as of December 31

1’792.6

1’786.9

0.3

1.9

 

Sales

3’728.5

3’364.9

10.8

13.0

10.8

EBIT

241.0

183.8

31.1

 

 

opEBITA

371.3

322.5

15.1

17.9

15.9

opROSA

10.0%

9.6%

 

 

 

opROCEA

20.1%

18.1%

 

 

 

Core net income

257.8

223.0

15.6

 

 

Net income attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd

154.0

113.7

35.4

 

 

Basic earnings per share

4.52

3.56

27.1

 

 

Free cash flow

213.4

181.3

17.7

 

 

Net debt as of December 31

346.9

239.0

 

 

 

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

16’506

15’572

6.0

 

 

1) Adjusted for currency effects.

2) Adjusted for acquisition and currency effects.

Stock market information

 

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Registered share (in CHF)

 

 

 

 

 

– high

113.40

137.50

129.90

107.80

120.10

– low

75.15

76.30

102.30

75.55

88.55

– year-end

108.00

78.05

118.20

105.00

94.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market capitalization as of December 31

 

 

 

 

 

– number of shares outstanding

34’021’446

33’950’499

34’043’093

34’084’909

34’075’179

– in millions of CHF

3’674

2’650

4’024

3’579

3’215

– in percentage of equity

232%

163%

240%

226%

145%

 

 

 

 

 

 

P/E ratio as of December 31

23.9x

21.9x

48.4x

60.6x

43.5x

Dividend yield as of December 31

3.7%

4.5%

3.0%

3.3%

3.7%

Order intake by division


Order intake by segment


Order intake by region


16’500

Employees

Roughly 16'500 employees from all over the world work at Sulzer.

180

Production and service locations

Sulzer’s production and service network spreads across the globe.

CHF 3.7 billion

Sales in 2019

Sulzer generated sales of CHF 3.7 billion in 2019.

Data per share

CHF

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Net income attributable to a shareholder of Sulzer Ltd

4.52

3.56

2.44

1.73

2.17

Change from prior year

27%

46%

41%

–20%

–73%

Equity attributable to a shareholder of Sulzer Ltd

46.50

48.00

49.40

46.40

65.30

Ordinary dividend

4.00 1)

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

Special dividend

14.60

Payout ratio

88%

98%

143%

202%

161%

Average number of shares outstanding

34’026’442

31’934’459

34’084’133

34’102’610

34’035’862

1) Proposal to the Annual General Meeting.

Shareholder structure as of December 31, 2019

Number of shares

Number of shareholders

Shareholding

1–100

4’086

0.7%

101–1’000

4’685

4.3%

1’001–10’000

537

4.5%

10’001–100’000

117

9.9%

More than 100’000

16

58.2%

Total registered shareholders and shares (excluding treasury shares Sulzer Ltd)

9’441

77.5%