GEA GROUP AG Cash flow from operating activities 717.8 483.2 48.6 Cash flow from investing activities -92.2 -141.0 34.6 Free cash flow 625.6 342.2 82.8 Net assets Net working capital (reporting date) 366.8 682.0 -46.2 as % of revenue (LTM) 7.9 14.0 - Capital employed (reporting date) 1,642.0 2,141.1 -23.3 Equity 1,921.4 2,090.1 -8.1 Equity ratio in % 33.8 36.6 - Leverage^2 -0.9 x -0.1 x - Net liquidity (+)/Net debt (-) 402.3 28.4 > 100 GEA Shares Earnings per share (EUR) 0.54 -0.95 - Earnings per share before restructuring measures (EUR) 1.03 0.98 5.1 Market capitalization (EUR billion; reporting date) 5.3 5.3 -0.7 Employees (FTE; reporting date) 18,232 18,490 -1.4 Total workforce (FTE; reporting date) 19,268 20,075 -4.0 1) Capital employed excluding goodwill from the acquisition of the former GEA AG by former Metallgesellschaft AG in 1999 (average of the last 4 quarters). 2) Total net debt/cons. EBITDA based on frozen GAAP (covenant concept).
Corporate Media and Press: Marc Pönitz Peter-Müller-Strasse 12, 40468 Düsseldorf, Germany Phone +49 (0)211 9136-1500 marc.poenitz@gea.com
About GEA GEA is one of the world's largest systems suppliers for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. The international industrial technology group specializes in machinery and plants as well as advanced process technology, components and comprehensive services. With more than 18,000 employees, the group generated revenue of more than EUR 4.6 billion in fiscal year 2020. A major focus is on continuously enhancing the sustainability and efficiency of customers' production processes. GEA plants, processes and components help achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions, plastic use and food waste in production worldwide. In this way, GEA makes a decisive contribution toward a sustainable future, fully in line with its corporate philosophy of "engineering for a better world."
GEA is listed in the German MDAX and the STOXX^(R) Europe 600 Index, and is also among the companies comprising the DAX 50 ESG and MSCI Global Sustainability Indices.
More information can be found online at gea.com.
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Language: English
Company: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
Peter-Müller-Straße 12
40468 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)211 9136-0
Fax: +49 (0)211 9136-31087
E-mail: ir@gea.com
Internet: www.gea.com
ISIN: DE0006602006
WKN: 660200
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg, Munich; Regulated Unofficial
Market in Hanover, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID: 1172864
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