The company will report its earnings for FY 2018 on 02/28/2019. Generally, the company reports earnings in line with the consensus. In recent months, the 8 analysts from Thomson Reuters consensus have revised their EPS estimates downward.

Annual earnings per share is expected at 0.41 EUR for 2018 (- 44.5% from 2017). A summary of annual publications and estimates is available below.

Annual results2015201620172018 (e)2019 (e)
Sales
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		1 945
1 943
0,11%		2 120
2 120
-0,01%		2 282
2 282
0,01%
2 900

3 192
Operating income (EBITDA)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		208
203
2,4%		245
236
3,5%		255
264
-3,1%
369

448
Operating profit (EBIT)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		186
172
8,0%		220
205
7,3%		203
229
-11%
262

350
Pre-Tax Profit (EBT)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		144
151
-4,9%		175
178
-1,6%		174
205
-15%
168

258
Net income
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		100
104
-3,7%		122
126
-3,1%		131
136
-4,0%
99,6

181
EPS
 €		Released
Forecast
Spread		0,52
0,53
-2,1%		0,64
0,63
0,96%		0,73
0,70
4,2%
0,41

0,69
Announcement Date03/10/201603/09/201702/28/2018