Group Profi le 2019
Key figures at a glance
2018 2019 %
in € million
Sales 2,307.4 2,248.9 - 3
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) 430.6 415.8 - 3
EBITDA margin 18.7 % 18.5 %
Operating income (EBIT) 295.8 262.5 - 11
EBIT margin 12.8 % 11.7 %
Earnings before taxes (EBT) 264.1 231.3 - 12
EBT margin 11.4 % 10.3 %
Net income (EAT) 187.0 169.0 - 10
EAT margin 8.1 % 7.5 %
Research and development expenses 154.1 165.6 7
Capital expenditure on intangible assets and property, plant and equipment 187.0 157.2 - 16
Cash Flow from operating activities 296.2 386.3 30
Return on capital employed (ROCE) 9.4 % 8.8 %
ALTANA Value Added (AVA) 37.6 21.6 - 43
Dec. 31, 2018 Dec. 31, 2019 %
in € million
Total assets 3,221.9 3,343.3 4
Shareholders’ equity 2,344.6 2,479.4 6
Net debt (-) / Net financial assets (+) ¹ (95.6) (57.7) 40
Headcount ² 6,428 6,476 1
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.
2018 2019 %
WAI 1 (number of occupational accidents with lost work time of one day or more
per million working hours)
3.7 2.8 - 24
WAI 2 (number of occupational accidents with lost work time of more than three days
per million working hours)
2.7 2.1 - 22
WAI 3 (number of lost work days due to occupational accidents per million working hours) 36.5 34.8 - 5
CO² total (Scope 1 + Scope 2) ³ (t) 193,085 181,924 - 6
CO² specific (Scope 1 + Scope 2) ³ (kg CO² / € gross value added) 0.21 0.20 - 5
CO² specific (Scope 1 + Scope 2) ³ (kg CO² / kg finished goods) 0.34 0.35 3
³ Scope1: direct emissions; Scope 2: indirect emissions