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2021 Half-Year Financial Report
12-Aug-2021  

Henkel delivers very strong performance in the first half year – double-digit growth in organic sales and earnings

  • Group sales show organic growth of +11.3 percent to around 10 billion euros ‏(nominal +4.7 percent), driven by all business units and regions
  • Operating profit* rises to 1,430 million euros, +20.1%
  • EBIT margin* increased to 14.4%, +1.9 percentage points
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* grow by+22.4% to 2.40 euros, +30.1% at constant exchange rates
  • Good progress in all areas of purposeful growth agenda
  • Outlook for fiscal year 2021 updated: higher sales growth with unchanged earnings guidance
    • Organic sales growth: +6.0 to +8.0 percent ‏(previously: +4.0 to +6.0 percent)
    • EBIT margin*: 13.5 to 14.5 percent ‏(previously: 14.0 to 15.0 percent)
    • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS) *: Increase in the high single-digit to mid-teens percentage range at constant exchange rates ‏(unchanged)
Teaser Annual Report 2020
04-Mar-2021  

Henkel delivers overall robust performance in fiscal 2020 despite substantial impact from COVID-19 pandemic

  • Balanced portfolio, strong innovations, financial strength, and dedicated team as key enablers for robust business performance in a global crisis
  • 2020 results at upper end of full-year guidance:
    • Group sales reach 19.3 billion euros, organic: -0.7 percent
    • EBIT margin* at 13.4 percent, -260 basis points, corresponding to an operating profit* of 2.6 billion euros
    • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: 4.26 euros, -17.9 percent at constant exchange rates
  • Very strong free cash flow of 2.3 billion euros, net financial position significantly improved
  • Proposed dividend on prior-year level: 1.85 euros per preferred share
  • Implementation of agenda for purposeful growth on track, clear roadmap for further execution in 2021 and beyond
  • Outlook for 2021:
    • Organic sales growth: 2.0 to 5.0 percent
    • EBIT margin*: 13.5 to 14.5 percent
    • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: an increase between 5.0 to 15.0 percent at constant exchange rates
Pritt bottles on a production line
This article is part of our Sustainable Shelf series, originally published on theguardian.com
This article is part of our Sustainable Shelf series, originally published on theguardian.com
16-Dec-2020  

Potato power: how waste spuds are keeping the nation’s wallpaper in place

A guest article by Sam Noble, a Berlin-based freelance journalist, writing for The Guardian
Illustration: Bee Johnson for The Guardian
This article is part of our Sustainable Shelf series, originally published on theguardian.com
This article is part of our Sustainable Shelf series, originally published on theguardian.com
16-Dec-2020  

Plastic recycling: could a circular economy be the way to a sustainable future?

A guest article by Sarah LaBrecque, a freelance journalist, writing for The Guardian
Illustration: Bee Johnson for The Guardian
This article is part of our Sustainable Shelf series, originally published on theguardian.com
This article is part of our Sustainable Shelf series, originally published on theguardian.com
16-Dec-2020  

The future of packaging: can a shift in product design end the plastic waste crisis?

A guest article by Sarah LaBrecque, a freelance journalist, writing for The Guardian