The company will report its earnings for FY 2018 on 11/19/2018. Generally, the company reports earnings worse than estimates. In recent months, the 6 analysts from Thomson Reuters consensus have revised their EPS estimates downward.

Annual earnings per share is expected at 1.69 USD for 2018 (+ 1.1% from 2017). A summary of annual publications and estimates is available below.

Annual results2015201620172018 (e)2019 (e)
Sales
Million $
Released
Forecast
Spread
2 515
2 516
-0,02%
4 127
4 226
-2,3%
4 377
4 350
0,61%

6 500

7 407
Operating income (EBITDA)
Million $
Released
Forecast
Spread
159
152
4,3%
347
344
0,95%
364
366
-0,35%

511

644
Operating profit (EBIT)
Million $
Released
Forecast
Spread
124
117
6,0%
230
251
-8,4%
264
258
2,1%

434

549
Pre-Tax Profit (EBT)
 
Released
Forecast
Spread










Net income
Million $
Released
Forecast
Spread
62,3
66,2
-5,9%
89,9
93,1
-3,4%
101
115
-13%

127

206
EPS
 $
Released
Forecast
Spread
1,24
1,32
-6,0%
1,49
1,61
-7,4%
1,67
1,85
-9,9%

1,69

2,74
Announcement Date11/24/201511/21/201611/20/2017