The company will report its earnings for FY 2018 on 03/28/2019. Generally, the company reports earnings worse than estimates. In recent months, the 13 analysts from Thomson Reuters consensus have not revised their EPS estimates.

Annual earnings per share is expected at 2.25 EUR for 2018 (- 1.5% from 2017). A summary of annual publications and estimates is available below.

Annual results2015201620172018 (e)2019 (e)
Sales
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		630
626
0,59%		710
731
-2,8%		2 812
2 769
1,5%
3 665

3 902
Operating income (EBITDA)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		106
103
2,1%		120
120
0,15%		504
523
-3,7%
736

832
Operating profit (EBIT)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		69,2
78,9
-12%		67,9
70,6
-3,8%		440
465
-5,5%
584

681
Pre-Tax Profit (EBT)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		65,8
75,1
-12%		55,6
67,4
-18%		431
342
26%
583

680
Net income
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		46,1
52,6
-12%		26,4
46,4
-43%		465
349
33%
397

468
EPS
 €		Released
Forecast
Spread		0,82
0,95
-14%		0,48
0,84
-43%		2,28
2,73
-16%
2,25

2,65
Announcement Date03/23/201603/23/201703/22/2018