Key Financials

in Mio. € (in €)202520241,220232202222021
Business development
Order intake354.3 423.7420.5411.0337.0
Order book as of December 31266.8 428.9452.5335.4193.9
Sales503.2 446.7304.3260.0263.4
Gross profit179.4 176.8103.9100.694.2
Gross profit margin35.7% 39.6%34.1%38.7%35.8%
Cost of sales323.8 269.8200.4159.3169.2
Research and development costs47.0 40.031.328.722.1
EBITDA77.7 82.434.737.429.6
EBITDA margin15.4% 18.4%11.4%14.4%11.2%
EBIT65.975.127.831.522.6
EBIT margin13.1%16.8%9.1%12.1%8.6%
Earnings after taxes (continuing operations)49.552.117.323.316.0
Earnings per share, basic (in EUR) continuing operations32.412.720.91 1.22 0.86 
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Equity315.5283.1176.6177.7156.9
Equity ratio62.2% 56.6%47.8%50.3%56.2%
ROCE21.3%36.8%17.5%23.6%14.0%
Balance sheet total507.4499.8369.7353.2279.2
Net Cash49.1122.932.841.333.8
Free cash flow (continuing operations)−26.0 95.47.917.014.7
Further Key Figures
Investments23.27.64.64.19.6
Investment ratio4.6%1.7%1.5%1.6%3.6%
Depreciation11.87.86.95.97.1
Employees as of December 31 (FTE) 1,4971,4981,2071,0911,178
      
1 Figures adjusted; see Section D of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
2 Without MicroOptics segment
3 Adjusted for the contribution of SUSS MicroOptics S.A.