Results of Operations, Financial Position, and Net Assets of the Covestro Group

Key data Covestro Group

Key data Covestro Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th quarter 2019

 

4th quarter 2020

 

Change

 

2019

 

2020

 

Change

 

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

%

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

%

Core volume growth1

 

+3.8%

 

+1.7%

 

 

 

+2.0%

 

–5.6%

 

 

Sales

 

2,864

 

3,007

 

+5.0

 

12,412

 

10,706

 

–13.7

Change in sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume

 

–0.7%

 

+4.7%

 

 

 

+0.8%

 

–5.1%

 

 

Price

 

–13.3%

 

+5.4%

 

 

 

–17.3%

 

–5.7%

 

 

Currency

 

+1.5%

 

–4.0%

 

 

 

+1.9%

 

–1.6%

 

 

Portfolio

 

0.0%

 

–1.1%

 

 

 

–0.5%

 

–1.3%

 

 

Sales by region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMLA

 

1,179

 

1,288

 

+9.2

 

5,289

 

4,600

 

–13.0

NAFTA

 

719

 

654

 

–9.0

 

3,141

 

2,554

 

–18.7

APAC

 

966

 

1,065

 

+10.2

 

3,982

 

3,552

 

–10.8

EBITDA

 

278

 

637

 

>100

 

1,604

 

1,472

 

–8.2

Depreciation and amortization

 

185

 

205

 

+10.8

 

752

 

776

 

+3.2

EBIT

 

93

 

432

 

>300

 

852

 

696

 

–18.3

Financial result

 

(26)

 

(13)

 

–50.0

 

(91)

 

(91)

 

0.0

Net income

 

37

 

312

 

>700

 

552

 

459

 

–16.8

Operating cash flows

 

637

 

635

 

–0.3

 

1,383

 

1,234

 

–10.8

Cash outflows for additions to property, plant, equipment and intangible assets

 

307

 

241

 

–21.5

 

910

 

704

 

–22.6

Free operating cash flow

 

330

 

394

 

+19.4

 

473

 

530

 

+12.1

Net financial debt2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

989

 

356

 

–64.0

ROCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+8.4%

 

+7.0%

 

 

1

Reference values calculated on the basis of the definition of the core business effective March 31, 2020.

2

As of December 31, 2020, compared with December 31, 2019.