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Five-year overview – operating performance
| (in CHF million) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Net revenue | 1 112.1 | 1 363.6 | 1 596.2 | 1 425.9 | 2 021.9 |
| Growth in % | 21.2 | 22.6 | 17. 1 | (10.7) | 41.8 |
| Gross profit | 840.5 | 1 019.2 | 1 200.5 | 1 029.8 | 1 540.0 |
| Margin in % | 75.6 | 74 .7 | 75.2 | 72.2 | 76.2 |
| Operating result before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) | 323.5 | 395.0 | 480.6 | 406.0 | 652.4 |
| Margin in % | 29.1 | 29.0 | 30.1 | 28.5 | 32.3 |
| Growth in % | 24.8 | 22.1 | 21.7 | (15.5) | 60.7 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 283.3 | 342.6 | 387.1 | 156.5 | 542.6 |
| Margin in % | 25.5 | 25.1 | 24.3 | 11.0 | 26.8 |
| Growth in % | 24.7 | 21.0 | 13.0 | (59.6) | 246.6 |
| Net profit | 282.2 | 27 7. 8 | 308.0 | 92.3 | 399.3 |
| Margin in % | 25.4 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 6.5 | 19.7 |
| Growth in % | 22.9 | (1.6) | 10.9 | (70.0) | 332.7 |
| Basic earnings per share (in CHF) | 18.04 | 17.24 | 19.33 | 5.75 | 24.90 |
| Value added / economic profit1 | 214.5 | 189.6 | 208.6 | (30.6) | 250.3 |
| Change in value added | 32.3 | (24.8) | 18.9 | (239.1) | 280.9 |
| Change in value added in % | 17.7 | (11.6) | 10.0 | (114.7) | 919.0 |
| as a % of net revenue | 19.3 | 13.9 | 13.1 | (2.1) | 12.4 |
| Number of employees (year-end) | 4 881 | 5 954 | 7 590 | 7 340 | 9 054 |
| Number of employees (average) | 4 305 | 5 580 | 6 837 | 7 409 | 8 256 |
| Sales per employee (average) in CHF 1 000 | 258 | 244 | 233 | 192 | 245 |
1 Figures as reported in the financial reports,
Five-year overview – financial performance
| (in CHF million) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 281.8 | 278.7 | 260.2 | 632.2 | 880.4 |
| Net Cash (Net Debt) | 23.2 | 16.8 | 20.2 | 116.2 | 376.1 |
| Net working capital (net of cash) | 187.7 | 233.0 | 265.6 | 168.0 | 124.0 |
| as a % of revenue | 16.9 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 11.8 | 6.1 |
| Inventories | 152.1 | 182.1 | 234.6 | 216.6 | 249.2 |
| Days of supplies | 174 | 165 | 175 | 160 | 166 |
| Trade receivables | 191.9 | 231.3 | 281.2 | 236.0 | 287.3 |
| Days of sales outstanding | 56 | 56 | 57 | 47 | 48 |
| Balance sheet total | 1 697.0 | 1 864.6 | 2 390.0 | 2 548.6 | 2 698.0 |
| Return on assets in % (ROA) | 20.3 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 3.9 | 14.3 |
| Equity | 1 077.0 | 1 204.3 | 1 367. 2 | 1 209.9 | 1 500.4 |
| Equity ratio in % | 63.5 | 64.6 | 57.2 | 47. 5 | 50.6 |
| Return on equity in % (ROE) | 33.0 | 24.4 | 24.0 | 7.7 | 28.8 |
| Capital employed | 908.0 | 1 011.6 | 1 455.0 | 1 190.3 | 1 174.6 |
| Return on capital employed in % (ROCE) | 40.9 | 35.7 | 28.4 | 11.9 | 43.7 |
| Cash generated from operating activities | 217.3 | 277.1 | 378.5 | 376.6 | 560.3 |
| as a % of revenue | 19.5 | 20.3 | 23.7 | 26.4 | 27.7 |
| Investments | (296.5) | (188.2) | (239.3) | (140.4) | (167.8) |
| as a % of net revenue | 26.7 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 9.8 | 8.3 |
| thereof capital expenditures | (74.4) | (109.7) | (149.9) | (82.1) | (121.0) |
| thereof business combinations related | (178.8) | (22.2) | (77. 1) | (55.1) | (39.7) |
| thereof investments in associates | (43.3) | (56.3) | (12.3) | (3.2) | (7.1) |
| Free cash flow | 144.7 | 169.4 | 229.6 | 295.2 | 440.6 |
| as a % of revenue | 13.0 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 20.7 | 21.8 |
| Dividend | 75.1 | 83.1 | 91.2 | 91.3 | 107.41 |
| Dividend per share (in CHF) | 4.75 | 5.25 | 5.75 | 5.75 | 6.751 |
| Pay-out ratio in % (core results) | 32.4 | 28.9 | 27.1 | 35.5 | 23.7 |
1 To be proposed to the shareholder's AGM in 2022