Key figures

CPH Group AG net sales1

1 remaining divisions

CPH Group AG EBITDA1

1 remaining divisions

CPH Group AG net sales by region1

1 remaining divisions

remaining divisions1, in CHF millions

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

Net sales

323.3

361.5

340.9

265.8

235.6

Growth rate

‑ 10.6 %

6.1 %

28.2 %

12.8 %

1.8 %

EBITDA

53.8

65.0

50.2

32.9

37.7

EBITDA margin

16.6 %

18.0 %

14.7 %

12.4 %

16.0 %

Operating result (EBIT)

39.2

51.9

37.1

21.4

26.6

EBIT margin

12.1 %

14.4 %

10.9 %

8.1 %

11.3 %

Net result

34.4

45.1

26.0

18.9

32.7

Return on equity (ROE)

16.2 %

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Chemistry

Net sales

117.3

124.2

110.3

95.1

73.3

EBITDA

22.8

22.1

19.1

20.5

9.5

EBITDA margin

19.5 %

17.8 %

17.4 %

21.5 %

12.9 %

Packaging

Net sales

206.0

237.3

230.6

170.7

162.3

EBITDA

33.3

42.9

31.4

11.9

27.8

EBITDA margin

16.1 %

18.1 %

13.6 %

7.0 %

17.1 %

Cash flow3

42.9

51.6

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Cash flow from operating activities

53.3

57.9

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Capital expenditures for fixed assets

20.4

17.9

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Free cash flow4

34.9

54.8

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Free cash flow margin4

10.8 %

15.2 %

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Total assets

332.6

327.9

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Shareholders' equity

209.4

216.8

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Equity ratio

63.0 %

66.1 %

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Net cash

12.7

34.7

n/a2

n/a2

n/a2

Capital employed

208.3

192.8

207.0

207.4

190.2

Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT)

32.2

42.8

29.6

18.0

21.6

Return on capital employed (ROCE)

16.1 %

21.4 %

14.3 %

9.1 %

11.8 %

Headcount (FTE)

959

841

809

746

731

1 excluding the spun-off Paper Division; derived from the consolidated financial statements for 2020-2024 and the accounting records of CPH Group AG

2 comparable value unavailable owing to spin-off of the Paper Division

3 before change in non-financial net working capital

4 before acquisition of subsidiaries

Share information

in CHF

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

Share price as at 31 December

73.40

85.00

78.00

61.00

72.60

Earnings per share

0.78

13.15

16.83

‑ 25.26

7.82

Price-earnings ratio as at 31 December

94.7

6.5

4.6

‑ 2.4

9.3

Dividend per share

2.003

4.00

4.50

1.30

1.80

Dividend yield

2.7 %

4.7 %

5.8 %

2.1 %

2.5 %

Market capitalization (in CHF millions)

440

510

468

366

436

Adjusted (without spun-off Paper Division)

Share price as at 31 December, remaining divisions

73.40

61.201

56.201

43.901

52.301

Earnings per share, remaining divisions2

5.74

7.50

4.31

3.13

5.41

Price-earnings ratio as at 31 December, remaining divisions2

12.8

8.2

13.0

14.0

9.7

1 adjusted for the indicative share of around 28 % of Perlen Industrieholding AG, determined on the basis of internal valuations

2 excluding the spun-off Paper Division; derived from the consolidated financial statements for 2020-2024 and the accounting records of CPH Group AG

3 Board of Directors’ proposal to the Annual General Meeting of 18 March 2025