The company will report its earnings for FY 2018 on 03/14/2019. Generally, the company reports earnings worse than estimates. In recent months, the 7 analysts from Thomson Reuters consensus have revised their EPS estimates downward.

Annual earnings per share is expected at 2.27 EUR for 2018 (- 7.2% from 2017). A summary of annual publications and estimates is available below.

Annual results2015201620172018 (e)2019 (e)
Sales
Million €
Released
Forecast
Spread
2 402
2 409
-0,28%
2 031
2 027
0,15%
1 939
1 923
0,83%

1 975

1 973
Operating income (EBITDA)
Million €
Released
Forecast
Spread
303
295
2,7%
277
283
-2,0%
295
285
3,4%

294

300
Operating profit (EBIT)
Million €
Released
Forecast
Spread
198
203
-2,7%
202
203
-0,38%
208
209
-0,53%

211

211
Pre-Tax Profit (EBT)
Million €
Released
Forecast
Spread
91,0
202
-55%
202
201
0,40%
221
209
5,4%

208

207
Net income
Million €
Released
Forecast
Spread
71,4
154
-54%
153
153
-0,22%
165
157
5,2%

155

155
EPS
 €
Released
Forecast
Spread
1,06
2,29
-54%
2,26
2,29
-1,5%
2,45
2,33
5,1%

2,27

2,31
Announcement Date03/10/201603/09/201702/21/2018