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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

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

Order intake

 

3’414.1

 

3’747.2

 

3’531.5

 

3’155.7

 

2’797.5

Currency-adjusted growth order intake

 

–2.2%

 

8.2%

 

12.5%

 

11.8%

 

–2.0%

Order intake gross margin

 

34.0%

 

33.6%

 

33.3%

 

34.4%

 

34.0%

Order backlog

 

1’758.9

 

1’792.6

 

1’786.9

 

1’593.5

 

1’439.1

Sales

 

3’319.0

 

3’728.5

 

3’364.9

 

3’049.0

 

2’876.7

Operating income (EBIT)

 

150.6

 

241.0

 

183.8

 

136.5

 

115.3

Operational profit

 

297.6

 

371.3

 

322.5

 

255.4

 

238.9

Operational profitability

 

9.0%

 

10.0%

 

9.6%

 

8.4%

 

8.3%

Net income attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd

 

83.6

 

154.0

 

113.7

 

83.2

 

59.0

– in percentage of equity attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd (ROE)

 

6.0%

 

9.7%

 

7.0%

 

5.0%

 

3.7%

Reported EPS

 

2.46

 

4.52

 

3.56

 

2.44

 

1.73

Depreciation

 

–101.8

 

–102.6

 

–71.7

 

–71.7

 

–69.5

Amortization

 

–65.9

 

–64.5

 

–69.0

 

–53.8

 

–47.3

Impairments of tangible and intangible assets

 

–9.8

 

–4.4

 

–4.4

 

–15.4

 

–18.4

Research and development expenses

 

–84.1

 

–85.6

 

–86.4

 

–81.0

 

–71.4

Personnel expenses

 

–1’123.4

 

–1’191.1

 

–1’129.7

 

–1’078.2

 

–971.1

Capital expenditure (incl. lease assets)

 

–158.0

 

–142.1

 

–96.2

 

–81.2

 

–74.9

Free cash flow (FCF)

 

272.1

 

213.4

 

181.3

 

127.0

 

200.5

FCF conversion (free cash flow/net income)

 

3.12

 

1.35

 

1.56

 

1.46

 

3.34

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

 

15’054

 

16’506

 

15’572

 

14’732

 

14’005

Key figures from consolidated balance sheet

millions of CHF

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

Non-current assets

 

2’215.9

 

2’172.0

 

2’057.7

 

1’990.5

 

1’809.9

– thereof property, plant and equipment

 

545.3

 

544.4

 

527.0

 

531.6

 

511.0

Current assets

 

3’162.8

 

2’937.5

 

2’840.6

 

2’126.8

 

1’926.0

– thereof cash and cash equivalents

 

1’123.2

 

1’035.5

 

1’095.2

 

488.8

 

429.5

Total assets

 

5’378.7

 

5’109.5

 

4’898.3

 

4’117.3

 

3’735.9

Equity attributable to shareholders of Sulzer Ltd

 

1’404.3

 

1’580.7

 

1’629.9

 

1’680.1

 

1’581.2

Non-current liabilities

 

1’989.9

 

1’644.1

 

1’646.8

 

900.1

 

980.3

– thereof non-current borrowings

 

1’491.3

 

1’199.2

 

1’316.3

 

458.7

 

458.3

– thereof non-current lease liabilities

 

90.2

 

82.3

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

1’971.7

 

1’871.5

 

1’610.4

 

1’514.8

 

1’164.6

– thereof current borrowings

 

231.8

 

131.0

 

18.0

 

255.1

 

7.1

– thereof current lease liabilities

 

29.5

 

27.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net debt

 

414.5

 

346.9

 

239.0

 

225.0

 

35.9

Net debt/EBITDA ratio

 

1.26

 

0.84

 

0.73

 

0.81

 

0.14

Equity ratio 1)

 

26.1%

 

30.9%

 

33.3%

 

40.8%

 

42.3%

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