Highlights of the financial year 2020

Net sales


+1.3%
Currency-adjusted net sales growth in 2020
Net sales development
2011–2020
(in CHF million)
EBIT, EBITDA, Net income,
Earnings per share (EPS)
2018–2020
(in CHF million)(EPS: in CHF)
* Adjusted for costs in connection with the Sanitec acquisition and integration (EBITDA 2018 not adjusted)
Net income development
2011–2020
(in CHF million)
* Adjusted for costs in connection with the Sanitec acquisition and integration

Free cashflow
(in CHF)


717 million
+11.4% versus prior year
Operating cashflow margin
(EBITDA margin)

31.0%

+170 basis points higher than prior year

Payout ratio

63.8%
The payout ratio is in the upper range of the target corridor of 50 to 70%
Earnings per share
(in CHF)

17.95

-0.1% versus prior year

R&D expenditures
(in CHF)


75 million
2.5% of net sales
Investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
(in CHF)

150 million

-10.2% versus prior year

Currency effects in net sales
(in CHF)


-136 million
Currency effects in EBIT
(in CHF)

-43 million

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