Key data

Key data1

 

20192

2018

People

 
 

Workforce at 31 December (headcount)

22,174

20,977

Female:male ratio3

28:72

28:72

Total employee benefit costs (in € million)

1,811

1,753

Frequency Index of Recordable Injuries (per 100 DSM employees and contractor employees)

0.28

0.33

Employee Engagement Index (in %)

74

76

 
 
 

Planet

 
 

Primary energy use (in PJ)

21.2

20.8

Energy Efficiency Improvement (in %, year on year)

2.3

1.4

Greenhouse gas emissions, market-based (scope 1 + 2, in CO2 equivalents, x million tons)

1.17

1.23

Greenhouse gas scope 1 + 2 cumulative absolute reduction (in %, baseline 2016)

25

18

Water consumption (x million m3)

23

22

 
 
 

Brighter Living Solutions (as % of running business)

63

624

 
 
 

Profit (in € million)

 
 

Net sales

9,010

9,267 / 8,8524

Adjusted EBITDA5

1,684

1,822 / 1,5324

EBITDA

1,586

1,754

Adjusted operating profit (EBIT)5

1,075

1,345 / 1,0554

Operating profit (EBIT)

954

1,245

Net profit

764

1,079

 
 
 

Adjusted net operating free cash flow5

801

810 / 5454

Capital expenditure, cash based

609

646

Dividend for DSM shareholders (based on profit appropriation)

4256

412

Net debt

1,144

113

Shareholders' equity

7,731

7,782

Total assets

13,443

13,641

Capital employed

9,311

8,181

Market capitalization at 31 December7

21,063

12,961

 
 
 

Per ordinary share in €

 
 

Net earnings

4.27

6.10

Dividend

2.406

2.30

 
 
 

Financial ratios (%)

 
 

Sales to high-growth economies / net sales

43

434

Innovation sales / net sales

21

194

Adjusted EBITDA margin5

18.7

19.7 / 17.34

Average working capital / annualized net sales

21.2

18.74

ROCE5

12.0

16.8 / 13.34

Gearing (net debt / equity plus net debt)

12.7

1.4

Equity / total assets

58.3

57.3

Cash provided by operating activities / Adjusted EBITDA5

82.2

76.3

  1. For definitions, see 'Explanation of some concepts and ratios'.
  2. Including the impact of IFRS 16, see table Impact of IFRS 16.
  3. For the indexes based on age, nationalities, gender, inflow and outflow, the companies that are not integrated into the HR systems (approx. 6% of the total workforce) are not taken into account.
  4. Excluding temporary vitamin effect in 2018 of €415 million sales and €290 million (Adjusted) EBITDA, for further information see table Temporary vitamin effect 2018.
  5. In presenting and discussing DSM's financial position, operating results and cash flows, DSM (like many other publicly listed companies) uses certain Alternative performance measures (APMs) not defined by IFRS and referred to as 'Adjusted'. These APMs are used because they are an important measure of DSM's business development and DSM's management performance. A full reconciliation of IFRS performance measures to the APMs is given in the 'Alternative performance measures'.
  6. Subject to approval by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
  7. Source: Bloomberg.