Annual Report 2024

Key Figure Comparison (non financial)

Key Figures
Employees
Years

Five-Year Summary

in CHF 1 000 (unless indicated otherwise)

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

Net sales

EMEA

389 731

375 920

367 902

375 556

322 285

Americas

433 976

373 813

368 261

291 387

253 875

Asia Pacific

120 153

109 053

110 737

98 400

85 067

Group

943 860

858 785

846 900

765 343

661 226

Growth in local currencies, in %

13.1%

7.2%

11.9%

16.6%

0.0%

Growth in CHF, in %

9.9%

1.4%

10.7%

15.7%

-4.5%

Income statement

Net sales

943 860

858 785

846 900

765 343

661 226

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)

217 583

188 312

189 033

178 395

139 337

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

181 126

152 466

152 363

145 363

108 065

Net income

146 722

136 845

122 698

115 504

86 641

EBIT margin, in %

19.2%

17.8%

18.0%

19.0%

16.3%

Return on equity (ROE), in %

26.4%

26.0%

23.8%

23.1%

17.4%

Return on invested capital (ROIC), in %

25.7%

26.6%

24.9%

26.0%

24.7%

Cash flow

Cash flow from operating activities

194 780

156 966

112 861

153 049

125 668

Cash flow from investing activities

-101 954

-21 084

-21 658

-107 505

-32 394

Free cash flow

92 827

135 882

91 202

45 544

93 274

Free cash flow (w/o term deposits)

132 827

110 882

56 202

105 544

93 274

Cash flow from financing activities

-107 818

-108 662

-112 309

-101 238

-98 614

Dividends paid

-104 541

-104 539

-104 531

-92 243

-92 241

Free cash flow, in % of net sales

9.8%

15.8%

10.8%

6.0%

14.1%

Free cash flow (w/o term deposits), in % of net sales

14.1%

12.9%

6.6%

13.8%

14.1%

Balance sheet

Total assets

763 685

661 989

671 983

642 671

583 458

Total liabilities

182 949

131 500

150 226

131 335

94 195

Total equity

580 736

530 489

521 757

511 336

489 263

Equity ratio, in %

76.0%

80.1%

77.6%

79.6%

83.9%

in CHF 1 000 (unless indicated otherwise)

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

Cash conversion cycle

Days sales outstanding (DSO), in days

56

55

55

53

53

Inventory period (DIO), in days

170

188

180

148

159

Employees

Female full-time equivalents, in total numbers

857

814

816

712

655

Male full-time equivalents, in total numbers

1 504

1 445

1 347

1 209

1 171

Net sales per full-time equivalents (yearly average)

412

387

414

412

363

Greenhouse Gas Emissions GHG (Scope 1 and 2)

Total GHG emissions in tCO2e1)

2 329

2 260

2 327

GHG intensity in kgCO2e per CHF 1 000 of Group net sales1)

2.47

2.63

2.75

1) With the extension of the reporting scope to all Production and Logistics/Customization sites in 2024, the previous year's figures have been restated accordingly. However, information is only available from 2022 on.

Alternative Performance Measures are described here.