Investor Relations

First-hand information for our shareholders and the capital market.

Evaluation

Development of ALSO share vs SPI

Earnings and Financials

Consolidated income statement (in Mio.EUR)

	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Netsales Theof Supply Thereof Solutions Thereof Service	11 898.4 8 423.3 2 975.7 499.4	10 692.7 7 533.5 2 732.7 426.5	9 175.7 7 199.6 1 623.5 352.6	8 890.7 6 963.8 1 602.4 324.5	7 984.1 6 231.6 1 512.9 239.6
Gross profit	639.4	601.2	542.7	544.3	506.0
EBITDA	227.5	196.7	152.7	157.3	146.0
EBIT	185.3	157.9	136.7	141.0	128.5
Profit before taxes (EBT)	167.7	134.8	117.3	124.2	113.9
Net profit Group	130.0	100.3	81.2	92.5	83.2

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (in Mio.EUR)

	12.31.2020	12.31.2019	12.31.2018	12.31.2017	12.31.2016
Cash and cash equivalents	483.2	349.5	240.4	235.6	55.5
Other current assets	1 992.4	2 058.7	1 875.0	1 662.7	1 579.7
Non-current assets	406.5	415.4	266.9	260.2	259.9
TOTAL ASSETS	2 882.1	2 823.6	2 382.3	2 158.5	1 895.1
Current liabilities	1 688.4	1 643.0	1 395.3	1 179.3	1 100.4
Non-current liabilities	372.4	448.3	311.3	355.9	229.5
Equity	821.3	732.3	675.7	623.3	565.2
TOTAL LIABILITIES	2 882.1	2 823.6	2 382.3	2 158.5	1 895.1
Equity ratio	28.5%	25.9%	28.4%	28.9%	29.8%

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (in Mio.EUR)

	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Free cash flow	226.6	239.5	57.9	67.3	70.5
Cash flow before changes working capital	163.2	139.2	104.1	97.7	100.1
Investments in property, plant and equipment	6.8	7.6	10.2	11.0	6.8

Key Figures

	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Gross margin in % of net sales	5.4%	5.6%	5.9%	6.1%	6.3%
Net profit Group in % of net sales	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	21.0%	15.5%	11.8%	13.5%	13.0%
Net financial debt/EBITDA	– 0.17	0.75	1.07	1.10	1.14
Average headcount during the year ¹⁾	4 081	3 952	3 708	3 790	3 524
EBITDA per employee in EUR 1 000	55.7	49.8	41.2	41.5	41.4

^{1) Basis: full-time equivalent positions excluding temporary employees}

	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Number of registered shares, nominal value CHF 1.00 per share	12 848 962	12 848 962	12 848 962	12 848 962	12 848 962	12 848 962
Dividend per registered share (CHF)	3.75 ²⁾	3.25	3.00	2.75	2.25	1.90
Earnings per share EPS (CHF)	10.86	8.68	7.31	8.03	7.09	5.26
Equity per registered share (CHF)	69.05	61.86	59.26	56.77	47.24	41.56
Market capitalization at December 31 (Mio. CHF)	3 250.8	2 099.5	1 431.4	1721.8	1155.1	884.0
Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)	23.3	18.8	15.2	16.7	12.7	13.1

Shareholders

51 % Special Distribution Holding GmbH Controlling shareholder: Walter P.J. Droege through Droege Group AG

49 % Freefloat

51 % Special Distribution Holding GmbH Controlling shareholder: Walter P.J. Droege through Droege Group AG

Droege Group AG

Anchor Shareholder since the beginning of ALSO

Special Distribution Holding GmbH, with headquarters in Düsseldorf (Germany), is a subsidiary of Droege Group AG. Droege Group is an independent investment and advisory company and a specialist for tailor-made transformation programs aiming to enhance corporate value.

Droege Group acts as an equity investor in medium-sized companies and spin-offs in "special situations". The company combines its family business structure and capital strength into a family-equity business model. As an industry holding Droege Group develops a diversified portfolio along megatrends of society.

Reports

Investor Relations

Evaluation

Earnings and Financials

Shareholders

Droege Group AG

Anchor Shareholder since the beginning of ALSO

Reports

ALSO Annual Report 2020

ALSO Interim Report 2020

ALSO AnnualReport 2019

ALSO InterimReport 2019

Investor Presentations

Financial calendar

Publication Half-Year Report 2021

Annual General Meeting

Contact

Alexandre Müller

ALSO Analyst Coverage

Michael Foeth

Reto Huber

Daniel König

Andreas Wolf

Knut Woller

ALSO
Annual Report
2020

ALSO Interim
Report 2020

ALSO Annual
Report 2019

ALSO Interim
Report 2019