Highlights of the financial year 2016
Net sales
+6.4%
Organic, currency-adjusted net sales growth in 2016
Net sales development
2007 – 2016
2007 – 2016
(in CHF million)
EBIT, EBITDA, Net income,
Earnings per share (EPS)
2014 – 2016
Earnings per share (EPS)
2014 – 2016
(in CHF million)
(EPS: in CHF)
* Adjusted for acquisition, divestment and integration costs and income in connection with the Sanitec acquisition
Net income development
2007 – 2016
2007 – 2016
(in CHF million)
* Adjusted for acquisition, divestment and integration costs and income in connection with the Sanitec acquisition
Free cashflow
(in CHF)
563.9 million
16.5% above prior year
Adjusted operating cashflow margin
(EBITDA margin)
(EBITDA margin)
28.3%
1.6 percentage higher than prior year
Payout ratio
63.4%
of adjusted net sales
Adjusted earnings per share
(in CHF)
(in CHF)
15.85
19.8% above prior year
R&D expenditures
(in CHF)
72.3 million
+8.9 million versus prior year
Investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
(in CHF)
(in CHF)
139.1 million
-5.6% versus prior year
Currency effects in net sales
(in CHF)
+18 million
Currency effects in EBIT
(in CHF)
(in CHF)