Financial Definitions
Debt/equity ratio: Net debt divided by total equity.
Earnings per share: Profit for the period, attributable to equity holders of the parent divided by the average number of shares outstanding.
Earnings per share after dilution: Profit for the period, attributable to equity holders of the parent divided by the average number of shares outstanding plus the average number of shares added through the conversion of outstanding debentures and warrants.
Equity/assets ratio: Total equity divided by total assets
Free cash flow: Operating cash flow and cash flow from financial items and tax and the effect of restructuring measures on cash flow.
Free cash flow per share: Free cash flow divided by the average number of shares outstanding.
Net debt: Interest-bearing liabilities less interest-bearing assets and cash and cash equivalents.
P/E ratio: Market price divided by earnings per share.
Return on shareholders’ equity: Profit for the period, attributable to equity holders of the parent as a percentage of average shareholders’ equity, excluding minority interests.
Yield: Dividend as a percentage of the market price.
Average number of employees: Average number of employees during the year based on hours worked. Does not include insourced staff.
Capital employed: Total assets less interest-bearing financial assets and cash and cash equivalents and noninterest-bearing operating liabilities (including pension liabilities) and excluding tax assets and tax liabilities.
Earnings per share: Profit for the period, attributable to equity holders of the parent company, excluding items affecting comparability net after tax, divided by the average number of shares outstanding.
EBIT: Operating profit according to the income statement, excluding items affecting comparability.
EBITDA: Operating profit excluding depreciation and amortization of PPE and intangible assets, and items affecting comparability.
EBITDA/Net financial items: EBITDA divided by net financial items (financial income less financial expenses).
EBITDA margin: EBITDA excluding profit from participation in associated companies as a percentage of net sales.
Net debt/EBITDA: Net debt divided by EBITDA.
Number of employees at year-end: Including insourced staff and temporary employees.
Operating cash flow: EBITDA excluding undistributed participation in the earnings of associated companies, investments and changes in working capital but excluding cash flow pertaining to restructuring
Operating cash flow/EBIT: Operating cash flow as a percentage of operating profit, excluding items affecting comparability
Operating cash flow per share: Operating cash flow divided by the average number of shares outstanding.
Operating margin (ROS – Return On Sales):
– Operating profit excluding participation in the earnings of associated companies and items affecting comparability as a percentage of net sales
– Operating profit excluding participation in the earnings of associated companies but including items affecting comparability as a percentage of net sales.
Rate of capital turnover: Net sales as a percentage of average capital employed.
Return on capital employed (ROCE): EBIT divided by the average capital employed.
Return on shareholders’ equity: Profit for the period, attributable to equity holders of the parent, excluding items affecting comparability, net after tax, divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding minority interests
Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the UK.
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