Group Profi le 2017
Key figures at a glance
2016 2017 %
in € million
Sales 2,075.3 2,247.0 8
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) 453.0 470.0 4
EBITDA margin 21.8 % 20.9 %
Operating income (EBIT) 328.7 335.9 2
EBIT margin 15.8 % 14.9 %
Earnings before taxes (EBT) 299.8 306.0 2
EBT margin 14.4 % 13.6 %
Net income (EAT) 210.1 234.6 12
EAT margin 10.1 % 10.4 %
Research and development expenses 129.3 142.5 10
Capital expenditure on intangible assets and property, plant and equipment 122.1 188.0 54
Cash Flow from operating activities 376.7 302.3 - 20
Return on capital employed (ROCE) 11.6 % 11.3 %
ALTANA Value Added (AVA) 83.3 84.0 1
Dec. 31, 2016 Dec. 31, 2017 %
in € million
Total assets 3,053.9 3,147.7 3
Shareholders’ equity 2,082.2 2,214.2 6
Net debt (-) / Net financial assets (+) ¹ 25.7 (78.0) –
Headcount ² 5,967 6,186 4
¹ Comprises cash and cash equivalents, current financial assets, marketable securities, loans granted, debt, and employee benefit obligations.
² When in the following the term “headcount” or “employees” is used, it refers to all staff members, male, female, or otherwise.
Due to rounding, this Corporate Report may contain minor differences between single values, and sums or percentages.
2016 2017 %
WAI 1 (number of occupational accidents with lost work time of one day or more
per million working hours)
3.94 4.01 2
WAI 2 (number of occupational accidents with lost work time of more than three days
per million working hours)
2.52 3.06 21
WAI 3 (number of lost work days due to occupational accidents per million working hours) 38.21 54.58 43
CO² total (Scope 1 + Scope 2) ³ (t) 202,234 187,548 - 7
CO² specific (Scope 1 + Scope 2) ³ (kg / €) 0.24 0.21 - 13
³ Scope1: direct emissions; Scope 2: indirect emissions