The company will report its earnings for FY 2018 on 02/13/2019. Generally, the company reports earnings worse than estimates. In recent months, the 5 analysts from Thomson Reuters consensus have revised their EPS estimates upward.

Annual earnings per share is expected at 2.74 EUR for 2018 (+ 56% from 2017). A summary of annual publications and estimates is available below.

Annual results2015201620172018 (e)2019 (e)
Sales
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		8 109
8 140
-0,38%		8 159
8 254
-1,1%		8 562
8 551
0,13%
9 158

9 614
Operating income (EBITDA)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		1 182
1 162
1,8%		1 236
1 223
1,1%		1 240
1 229
0,90%
1 533

1 615
Operating profit (EBIT)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		780
786
-0,76%		830
833
-0,36%		820
822
-0,27%
1 114

1 170
Pre-Tax Profit (EBT)
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		599
606
-1,2%		654
683
-4,3%		576
630
-8,6%
916

1 018
Net income
Million €		Released
Forecast
Spread		400
400
0,09%		444
473
-6,2%		417
439
-4,9%
639

675
EPS
 €		Released
Forecast
Spread		1,69
1,75
-3,5%		1,88
1,99
-5,4%		1,76
1,86
-5,2%
2,74

2,96
Announcement Date02/10/201602/08/201702/07/2018