Key financial data

Kuehne+Nagel Group key data

CHF million 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Turnover 43,034 36,699 23,812 25,295 24,825 22,220 19,985
Net turnover 39,398 32,801 20,382 21,094 20,774 18,594 16,525
Gross profit
In per cent of net turnover
11,109
28.2
9,896
30.2
7,475
36.7
7,981
37.8
7,709
37.1
7,023
37.8
6,550
39.6
EBITDA 1
In per cent of net turnover 1
4,532
11.5
3,679
11.2
1,920
9.4
1,829
8.7
1,209
5.8
1,150
6.2
1,110
6.7
EBIT
In per cent of net turnover
In per cent of gross profit (conversion rate)
3,763
9.6
33.9
2,946
9.0
29.8
1,070
5.2
14.3
1,061
5.0
13.3
987
4.8
12.8
937
5.0
13.3
918
5.6
14.0
EBT
In per cent of net turnover
3,808
9.7
2,945
9.0
1,059
5.2
1,047
5.0
994
4.8
955
5.1
935
5.7
Earnings for the year
In per cent of net turnover
2,810
7.1
2,155
6.6
789
3.9
800
3.8
772
3.7
740
4.0
720
4.4
Earnings for the year (Kuehne+Nagel share)
In per cent of net turnover
2,644
6.7
2,032
6.2
788
3.9
798
3.8
770
3.7
737
4.0
718
4.3
Depreciation of fixed and right-of-use assets, amortisation and impairment of assets 1
In per cent of net turnover 1
769

2.0
733

2.2
850

4.2
768

3.6
222

1.1
213

1.1
192

1.2
Operational cash flow 1
In per cent of net turnover 1
4,523
11.5
3,688
11.2
1,904
9.3
1,746
8.3
1,156
5.6
1,148
6.2
1,062
6.4
Capital expenditures for fixed assets
In per cent of operational cash flow
239
5.3
197
5.3
177
9.3
320
18.3
315
27.2
225
19.6
239
22.5
Total assets 1 14,751 14,650 9,851 9,825 7,878 7,457 6,331
Non-current assets 1 4,793 4,969 3,815 4,621 2,793 2,445 2,209
Equity
In per cent of total assets 1
4,147
28.1
3,211
21.9
2,413
24.5
2,322
23.6
2,324
29.5
2,327
31.2
2,165
34.2
Total employees at year-end 80,334 78,087 78,249 83,161 81,900 75,876 70,038
FTEs of employees at year-end 75,194 73,516 72,021 78,448 77,416 71,263 65,718
FTEs at year-end including temporary staff 95,079 93,288 93,238 99,113 99,072 92,372 85,887
Personnel expenses
In per cent of net turnover
5,144
13.1
4,922
15.0
4,443
21.8
4,877
23.1
4,736
22.8
4,243
22.8
3,957
23.9
Gross profit in CHF 1,000 per FTE 117 106 80 81 78 76 76
Personnel expenses in CHF 1,000 per FTE 54 53 48 49 48 46 46
Basic earnings per share (nominal CHF 1) in CHF            
Basic earnings per share 22.15 16.92 6.59 6.67 6.43 6.16 5.99
Dividend proposed/distributed in the following year
In per cent of basic earnings per share
14.00
63.2
10.00
59.1
4.50
68.3
4.00
60.0
6.00
93.3
5.75
93.3
5.50
91.8
Development of share price            
SIX Swiss Exchange (high/low in CHF) 297/199 361/197 206/121 164/126 181/123 181/133 144/124
Average trading volume per day 179,212 168,174 318,423 267,260 217,865 206,266 190,820
  1. Figures prior to 2019 have not been restated for the impact of IFRS 16 Leases.