Key figures

CPH Group net sales trends

CPH Group EBITDA trends

CPH Group net sales by division

CPH Group net sales by region

The CPH Group

in CHF thousand

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Net sales

524 657

533 543

469 767

434 835

420 046

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)

87 994

83 121

33 761

36 935

12 222

in % of net sales

16.8 

15.6 

7.2 

8.5 

2.9 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

56 600

51 633

2 901

5 891

– 21 818

in % of net sales

10.8 

9.7 

0.6 

1.4 

– 5.2 

Financial result

– 5 647

– 5 976

– 6 604

– 5 066

– 12 101

Earnings before taxes and extraordinary items

50 953

45 657

– 3 703

825

– 33 919

Net result for the year 1)

48 453

42 280

16 187

– 7 714

– 33 123

in % of net sales

9.2 

7.9 

3.4 

– 1.8 

– 7.9 

in % of equity

11.0 

10.4 

4.1 

– 2.0 

– 8.2 

in % of total capital

6.9 

5.3 

2.3 

– 1.1 

– 5.3 

Cash flow

79 943

68 961

14 467

28 271

7 183

Investments in tangible fixed assets (gross)

21 888

22 299

32 314

20 720

21 922

Free cash flow 2)

139 926

– 80 488

12 857

1 938

1 355

Adjusted free cash flow 3)

39 926

19 512

12 857

1 938

1 355

Balance sheet total 1)

702 658

800 469

697 552

672 427

623 955

Fixed assets

436 017

447 172

455 307

450 304

436 922

in % of balance sheet total

62.1 

55.9 

65.3 

67.0 

70.0 

Equity

441 289

407 144

396 245

380 782

402 706

in % of balance sheet total

62.8 

50.9 

56.8 

56.6 

64.5 

Net cash

– 29 502

– 56 890

– 73 071

– 82 099

– 80 175

Personnel at year-end

1 086

1 081

1 019

985

858

1) Including minorities

2) Change in consolidated accounting principles for 2019; figure for 2018 restated

3) Excluding (for 2018 and 2019) CHF 100 million fixed-term deposit of funds generated by bond issue of 12.10.2018, repaid 9.7.2019 

CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG

in CHF thousand

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Net result for the year

52 553

13 089

7 084

– 8 371

– 30 973

Equity

438 380

396 588

387 358

384 169

396 141

Per-share statistics

in CHF

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Share price

high

88.50

89.00

57.30

42.20

59.90

low

74.00

54.00

39.00

29.80

30.00

on 31 December

79.20

82.50

53.55

40.00

31.40

Equity per share 1)

73.56

67.87

66.06

63.49

67.12

Net result per share 1)

8.06

7.05

2.66

– 1.32

– 5.52

Cash flow per share 1)

13.33

11.50

2.41

4.71

1.20

Dividend per share 2)

0.00

1.80

0.65

0.65

0.60

1) Based on consolidated financial statements and excluding minorities

2) For 2019, Board’s recommendation: repayment (instead of dividend) of nominal value reduction of CHF 1.80 per share