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30 Years Sustain­able Develop­ment

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Throughout our company’s long history, we’ve developed innovative products and manufacturing processes that save resources and cut waste.

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Quarterly Statement Q1 2022
05-May-2022 Press Release

Henkel delivers significant organic sales growth in the first quarter

  • Group sales increase organically by +7.1 percent to around 5.3 billion euros; nominal +6.1 percent:
    • Adhesive Technologies generates double-digit organic sales growth of +10.7 percent; nominal +11.6 percent
    • Beauty Care with slightly negative organic sales development of -1.2 percent; nominal -3.5 percent, due to implementation of planned portfolio measures
    • Laundry & Home Care records very strong organic sales growth of +4.9 percent; nominal +2.2 percent
  • Emerging markets with double-digit sales growth, mature markets with strong growth
  • Merger of Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care business units into integrated multi-category platform Henkel Consumer Brands:
    • Strengthening growth momentum and margin profile in the consumer business
    • Significant synergies: around 500 million euros gross savings targeted in the mid term
    • First phase of measures to be implemented by the end of 2023: around 250 million euros annualized net savings expected, around 2,000 jobs affected worldwide
    • Portfolio measures for businesses with total annual sales of up to 1 billion euros under review
  • Outlook for fiscal 2022 updated on April 29
  • Clear commitment to mid- to long-term financial ambition
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Teaser Annual Report 2020
23-Feb-2022 Press Release

Henkel publishes annual results for 2021 and takes Purposeful Growth agenda to next level

  • Good business performance in 2021 in challenging market environment:
    • Group sales reach 20.1 billion euros, +7.8 percent organic growth
    • Operating profit* increases to 2.7 billion euros, +4.2 percent
    • EBIT margin* on prior-year level: 13.4 percent
    • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: 4.56 euros, +9.2 percent adjusted for currency effects
    • Good free cash flow of 1.5 billion euros, net financial position significantly improved
  • Proposed dividend on prior-year level: 1.85 euros per preferred share
  • Outlook 2022 and mid- to long-term financial ambition unchanged
  • Consistent implementation of agenda for Purposeful Growth since 2020
  • Key measures to take strategic growth agenda to next level:
    • Integration process of Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care to one multi-category platform with around 10 billion euros sales started
    • Further portfolio optimization planned in the consumer goods business
    • Share buyback program with a volume of up to 1 billion euros started
    • Venture Fund II with a total volume of 150 million euros
    • New sustainability strategy and ambitions
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Henkel Consumer Brands
28-Jan-2022 Press Release

Henkel plans to merge Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care to create new “Consumer Brands” business unit

  • Creating one multi-category platform for growth with around 10 billion euros sales
  • Continued optimization of consumer portfolio: clear focus on core brands and businesses with attractive growth and margin potential and a stronger basis for M&A across consumer space
  • Significant synergies and efficiency gains expected through the combination
  • Launch of share buyback program of up to 1 billion euros: leverage strong balance sheet and cashflow, optimize the capital structure and signal strong confidence in the future potential for profitable growth
  • Preliminary results for 2021 published: Organic sales growth ‏(OSG) of +7.8 percent, EBIT margin* of 13.4 percent and earnings per preferred share* ‏(EPS) growth of +9.2 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates)
  • Outlook for 2022: OSG: 2 to 4 percent, EBIT margin*: 11.5 to 13.5 percent, EPS* development: -15 to +5 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates), reflecting high level of market uncertainty and volatility
  • New mid- to long-term financial ambition for Henkel: OSG of 3 to 4 percent, EBIT margin* of around 16 percent and mid- to high-single-digit percentage EPS* growth ‏(at constant exchange rates, incl. M&A)
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Henkel logo on a rooftop in Duesseldorf.
29-Apr-2022 Press Release

Henkel achieves significant organic sales growth in the first quarter and updates full-year guidance for 2022

  • Group sales increase organically by +7.1 percent to around 5.3 billion euros
    • Adhesive Technologies: double-digit organic growth of +10.7 percent
    • Beauty Care: slight organic decline of -1.2 percent
    • Laundry & Home Care: very strong organic growth of +4.9 percent
  • Updated outlook for fiscal 2022 – extraordinarily strong rising costs for direct materials & logistics and significant effects from the exit of business activities in Russia and Belarus expected
    • Organic sales growth: +3.5 to +5.5 percent
    • Adjusted return on sales ‏(EBIT margin)*: between 9.0 and 11.0 percent
    • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* at constant exchange rates: decline in the range from -35 to -15 percent
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