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Key financial data
Quarterly Statement Q1 2024
Sales and earnings
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| 2024 | 2023 | +/- | ||
| Sales | Million € | 17,553 | 19,991 | -12.2% |
| EBITDA before special items | Million € | 2,712 | 2,864 | -5.3% |
| EBITDA | Million € | 2,655 | 2,811 | -5.6% |
| EBITDA margin from special items | % | 15.4 | 14.3 | − |
| Depreciation and amortizationa | Million € | 965 | 944 | 2.3% |
| Income from operations (EBIT) | Million € | 1,689 | 1,867 | -9.5% |
| Special items | Million € | -64 | -65 | 0.4% |
| EBIT before special items | Million € | 1,754 | 1,931 | -9.2% |
| Income before income taxes | Million € | 1,772 | 1,930 | -8.2% |
| Income after taxes | Million € | 1,411 | 1,604 | -12.1% |
| Net income | Million € | 1,368 | 1,562 | -12.4% |
| Earnings per shareb | € | 1.53 | 1.75 | -12.4% |
| Adjusted earnings per shareb | € | 1.68 | 1.93 | -12.9% |
| Research and development expenses | Million € | 490 | 538 | –8.8% |
| Personnel expenses | Million € | 3,070 | 2,954 | 3.9% |
| Employees (March 31) | Million € | 111,855 | 111,399 | 0.4% |
| Assets (March 31) | Million € | 81,740 | 86,139 | -5.1% |
| Investments including acquisitionsc | Million € | 1,205 | 999 | 20.7% |
| Equity ratio (March 31) | % | 47.2 | 48.8 | − |
| Net debt (March 31) | Million € | 18,175 | 17,820 | 2.0% |
| Cash flows from operating activities | Million € | -513 | -1,016 | 49.4% |
| Free cash flow | Million € | -1,457 | -1,882 | 22.6% |
a Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (including impairments and reversals of impairments)
b Due to the share buyback program terminated in February 2023, the weighted average number of outstanding shares in the first quarter of 2024 was 892,522,164 and 893,002,335 in the first quarter of 2023.
c Additions to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
Due to rounding, individual figures may not add up to the totals shown and percentages may not correspond exactly to the figures shown.