Merck: In order to gain a valid impression of the companies' operating performance, boersengefluester.de (BGFL) has summarised the key figures in table form. Where individual figures are still estimates, they are taken from BGFL.
| The most important financial data at a glance | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025e | |
| Sales1 | 15.024,00 | 15.327,00 | 14.836,00 | 16.152,00 | 17.534,00 | 19.687,00 | 22.232,00 | 20.993,00 | 21.156,00 | 22.400,00 |
| EBITDA1,2 | 4.415,00 | 4.282,00 | 3.528,00 | 4.066,00 | 4.923,00 | 5.946,00 | 6.504,00 | 5.489,00 | 5.779,00 | 6.200,00 |
| EBITDA-Margin3 | 29,39 | 27,94 | 23,78 | 25,17 | 28,08 | 30,20 | 29,26 | 26,15 | 27,32 | 27,68 |
| EBIT1,4 | 2.481,00 | 2.525,00 | 1.727,00 | 2.120,00 | 2.985,00 | 4.179,00 | 4.474,00 | 3.609,00 | 3.645,00 | 4.000,00 |
| EBIT-Margin5 | 16,51 | 16,47 | 11,64 | 13,13 | 17,02 | 21,23 | 20,12 | 17,19 | 17,23 | 17,86 |
| Net Profit (Loss)1 | 1.633,00 | 2.610,00 | 3.396,00 | 1.324,00 | 1.994,00 | 3.065,00 | 3.339,00 | 2.834,00 | 2.786,00 | 3.075,00 |
| Net-Margin6 | 10,87 | 17,03 | 22,89 | 8,20 | 11,37 | 15,57 | 15,02 | 13,50 | 13,17 | 13,73 |
| Cashflow1,7 | 2.518,00 | 2.696,00 | 2.219,00 | 2.856,00 | 3.477,00 | 4.616,00 | 4.259,00 | 3.784,00 | 4.586,00 | 4.730,00 |
| Earnings per share8 | 3,75 | 5,99 | 7,76 | 3,04 | 4,57 | 7,03 | 7,65 | 6,49 | 6,39 | 7,05 |
| Dividend per share8 | 1,20 | 1,25 | 1,25 | 1,30 | 1,40 | 1,85 | 2,20 | 2,20 | 2,20 | 2,40 |
1 in Mio. Euro; 2 EBITDA = Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation; 3 EBITDA in relation to sales; 4 EBIT = Earnings before interest and taxes; 5 EBIT in relation to sales; 6 Net profit (-loss) in relation to sales; 7 Cashflow from operations; 8 in Euro; Source: boersengefluester.de
Auditor: Deloitte
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