Annual Report 2023

Covestro Group Key Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

2023

 

Change

Sales

 

€17,968 million

 

€14,377 million

 

–20.0%

Change in sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume

 

–5.0%

 

–6.8%

 

 

Price

 

10.1%

 

–11.0%

 

 

Currency

 

5.9%

 

–2.2%

 

 

Portfolio

 

2.0%

 

0.0%

 

 

Sales by region

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMLA1

 

€7,600 million

 

€5,941 million

 

–21.8%

NA2

 

€4,639 million

 

€3,735 million

 

–19.5%

APAC3

 

€5,729 million

 

€4,701 million

 

–17.9%

EBITDA4

 

€1,617 million

 

€1,080 million

 

–33.2%

Changes in EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume

 

–10.0%

 

–23.7%

 

 

Price

 

51.8%

 

–122.5%

 

 

Raw material price

 

–95.3%

 

96.8%

 

 

Currency

 

4.7%

 

–4.7%

 

 

Other5

 

1.2%

 

20.9%

 

 

EBIT6

 

€267 million

 

€186 million

 

–30.3%

Financial result

 

(€137 million)

 

(€113 million)

 

–17.5%

Net income7

 

(€272 million)

 

(€198 million)

 

–27.2%

Earnings per share8

 

(€1.42)

 

(€1.05)

 

–26.1%

Cash flows from operating activities9

 

€970 million

 

€997 million

 

2.8%

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

 

€832 million

 

€765 million

 

–8.1%

Free operating cash flow10

 

€138 million

 

€232 million

 

68.1%

Net financial debt11, 12

 

€2,434 million

 

€2,487 million

 

2.2%

Return on capital employed (ROCE)13

 

2.0%

 

1.5%

 

 

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)14

 

7.0%

 

7.6%

 

 

ROCE above WACC13, 14

 

–5.0% points

 

–6.1% points

 

 

Employees12, 15

 

17,985 FTE

 

17,520 FTE

 

–2.6%

Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 equivalents)16

 

4.7 million metric tons

 

4.9 million metric tons

 

4.3%

1

EMLA: Europe, Middle East, Latin America (excluding Mexico), Africa region.

2

NA: North America region (Canada, Mexico, United States).

3

APAC: Asia and Pacific region.

4

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA): EBIT plus depreciation, amortization, and impairment losses; less impairment loss reversals on property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.

5

Other changes in EBITDA.

6

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT): income after income taxes plus financial result and income taxes.

7

Net income: income after income taxes attributable to the shareholders of Covestro AG.

8

Earnings per share: according to IAS 33 (Earnings per Share), net income divided by the weighted average number of outstanding no-par value voting shares of Covestro AG. The calculation for fiscal 2023 was based on 189,262,192 no-par shares (previous year: 190,933,438 no-par shares).

9

Cash flows from operating activities according to IAS 7 (Statement of Cash Flows).

10

Free operating cash flow (FOCF): cash flows from operating activities less cash outflows for additions to property, plant, equipment and intangible assets.

11

Excluding provisions for pensions and other post-employment benefits.

12

As of December 31 in each case.

13

Return on capital employed (ROCE): ratio of EBIT after imputed income taxes to capital employed. Imputed income taxes are calculated by multiplying an imputed tax rate of 25% by EBIT.

14

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC): weighted average cost of capital reflecting the expected return on the company’s equity and debt capital.

15

Employees calculated as full-time equivalents (FTEs).

16

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2, GHG Protocol) at main production sites (responsible for more than 95% of our energy usage).

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