Highlights of the financial year 2019
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Net sales
+3.4%
Currency-adjusted net sales growth in 2019
Net sales development
2010–2019
2010–2019
(in CHF million)
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EBIT, EBITDA, Net income,
Earnings per share (EPS)
2017–2019
Earnings per share (EPS)
2017–2019
(in CHF million)(EPS: in CHF)
* Adjusted for costs in connection with the Sanitec acquisition and integration (EBITDA 2018 not adjusted)
Net income development
2010–2019
2010–2019
(in CHF million)
* Adjusted for costs in connection with the Sanitec acquisition and integration
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Free cashflow
(in CHF)
644 million
+10.7% versus prior year
Operating cashflow margin
(EBITDA margin)
(EBITDA margin)
29.3%
+110 basis points versus prior year
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R&D expenditures
(in CHF)
77 million
2.5% of net sales
Investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
(in CHF)
(in CHF)
167 million
+3.1% versus prior year
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Currency effects in net sales
(in CHF)
-102 million
Currency effects in EBIT
(in CHF)
(in CHF)