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

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Net sales

496 693

445 189

524 657

533 543

469 767

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

25 718

55 151

87 994

83 121

33 761

in % of net sales

5.2 

12.4 

16.8 

15.6 

7.2 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) before impairment

– 2 667

24 663

56 600

51 633

2 901

in % of net sales

– 0.5 

5.5 

10.8 

9.7 

0.6 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

– 152 667

24 663

56 600

51 633

2 901

in % of net sales

– 30.7 

5.5 

10.8 

9.7 

0.6 

Financial result

– 3 859

– 4 652

– 5 647

– 5 976

– 6 604

Earnings before taxes and extraordinary items

– 156 526

20 011

50 953

45 657

– 3 703

Net result for the year 1)

– 151 410

46 963

48 453

42 280

16 187

in % of net sales

– 30.5 

10.5 

9.2 

7.9 

3.4 

in % of equity

– 48.8 

10.0 

11.0 

10.4 

4.1 

in % of total capital

– 27.0 

6.7 

6.9 

5.3 

2.3 

Cash flow

16 659

45 841

79 943

68 961

14 467

Investments in tangible fixed assets (gross)

22 965

17 507

21 888

22 299

32 314

Free cash flow

– 3 380

39 683

139 926

– 80 488

12 857

Adjusted free cash flow 2)

– 3 380

39 683

39 926

19 512

12 857

Balance sheet total 1)

560 398

704 233

702 658

800 469

697 552

Fixed assets

270 695

432 893

436 017

447 172

455 307

in % of balance sheet total

48.3 

61.5 

62.1 

55.9 

65.3 

Equity 1)

310 494

471 867

441 289

407 144

396 245

in % of balance sheet total

55.4 

67.0 

62.8 

50.9 

56.8 

Net cash

– 14 631

– 1 549

– 29 502

– 56 890

– 73 071

Personnel at year-end

1 104

1 098

1 086

1 081

1 019

1) Including minorities

2) 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

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Net result for the year

– 46 579

14 335

52 553

13 089

7 084

Equity

384 439

441 907

438 380

396 588

387 358

Per-share statistics

in CHF

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Share price

high

75.40

80.80

88.50

89.00

57.30

low

58.20

57.00

74.00

54.00

39.00

on 31 December

61.00

72.60

79.20

82.50

53.55

Equity per share 1)

51.52

78.46

73.56

67.87

66.06

Net result per share 1)

– 25.26

7.82

8.06

7.05

2.66

Cash flow per share 1)

2.78

7.64

13.33

11.50

2.41

Distribution per share 2)

1.30

1.80

1.80

1.80

0.65

1) Based on consolidated financial statements and excluding minorities

2) For 2021: recommendation