- Henkel with significant sales growth and robust earnings performance in challenging market environment with unprecedented input cost increases for raw materials and logistics
- Group sales reached 22.4 billion euros, driven by strong pricing across all business units
- Stringent capital allocation: stable dividend and execution on share buyback program
- Consistent progress along all strategic pillars of Purposeful Growth Agenda
- New business unit Consumer Brands: Implementation well on track – next milestones defined
Investor Fact Sheet
in million euros | 2021 | 2022 | +/- |
Sales | 20,066 | 22,397 | 11.6% |
Adjusted1 operating profit (adjusted EBIT) | 2,686 | 2,319 | -13.7% |
Adjusted1 return on sales (adjusted EBIT margin) | 13.4% | 10.4% | -3.0pp |
Adjusted1 earnings per preferred share (adjusted EPS) in euros | 4.56 | 3.90 | -14,5% |
Dividend per preferred share in euros | 1.85 | 1.852 | – |
| pp = percentage points 1 Adjusted for one-time expenses and income, and for restructuring expenses. 2 Proposal to shareholders for the Annual General Meeting on April 24, 2023. | |||
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) adjusted for exceptional items in the form of one-time expenses and income, and for restructuring expenses.
Financial Glossary SchließenAbbreviation for Earnings Before Interest and Taxes. Standard profit metric that enables the earning power of the operating business activities of a company to be assessed independently of its financial structure, facilitating comparability between entities where these are financed by varying levels of debt capital.
Financial Glossary Schließen
Sales and EBIT development
Sales 2022
Adhesive Technologies
Key facts 2022
- Organic sales growth of 13.2% with double-digit pricing
- Growth across all business areas, with double-digit growth rates in Automotive & Metals and Packaging & Consumer Goods
- Adjusted1 EBIT margin of 13.6%
- Innovation rate ~25%
| Key financials | |||
|---|---|---|---|
in million euros | 2021 | 2022 | +/- |
Sales | 9,641 | 11,242 | 16.6% |
Proportion of Henkel sales | 48% | 50% | - |
| Adjusted1 operating profit (adjusted EBIT) | 1,561 | 1,530 | -2.0% |
| Adjusted1 return on sales (adjusted EBIT margin) | 16.2% | 13.6% | -2.6pp |
pp = percentage points | |||
Beauty Care
Key facts 2022
- Organic sales development of -0.5% – strong pricing, volumes mainly impacted by portfolio measures
- Consumer overall below prior year, Professional with very strong organic growth
- Adjusted1 EBIT margin of 7.8%
- Innovation rate ~50%
| Key financials | |||
|---|---|---|---|
in million euros | 2021 | 2022 | +/- |
Sales | 3,678 | 3,775 | 2.6% |
Proportion of Henkel sales | 18% | 17% | - |
| Adjusted1 operating profit (adjusted EBIT) | 351 | 296 | -15.7% |
Adjusted1 return on sales (adjusted EBIT margin) | 9.5% | 7.8% | -1.7pp |
pp = percentage points | |||
Laundry & Home Care
Key facts 2022
- Organic sales growth of 6.3% with double-digit pricing
- Laundry Care with significant organic sales growth, Home Care with positive growth
- Adjusted1 EBIT margin of 8.6%
- Innovation rate ~50%
| Key financials | |||
|---|---|---|---|
in million euros | 2021 | 2022 | +/- |
Sales | 6,605 | 7,152 | 8.3% |
Proportion of Henkel sales | 33% | 32% | - |
| Adjusted1 operating profit (adjusted EBIT) | 904 | 614 | -32.0% |
| Adjusted1 return on sales (adjusted EBIT margin) | 13.7% | 8.6% | -5.1pp |
pp = percentage points | |||
Shareholder Structure
61.82 percent of our ordinary shares (as of April 4, 2022) are held by members of the Henkel family share-pooling agreement. In addition, Henkel holds 2,913,528 ordinary shares (as of Dec. 31, 2022) as treasury stock. Compared to the ordinary shares, our preferred shares are the significantly more liquid class of Henkel stock. Apart from the 12,954,521 treasury shares (as of Dec. 31, 2022) they are entirely in free float. A large majority is owned by institutional investors whose portfolios are usually broadly distributed internationally. Due to the ongoing share buyback program, the number of treasury shares held by the company increases continuously. Detailed and latest information on the ongoing share buyback program is available here.
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Note: Figures commercially rounded; addition may result in deviations from the totals indicated.
