At a Glance

Five-year summary

In EUR mn (unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

Sales revenues from continuing operations1

 

24,308

26,194

39,463

62,298

35,555

Operating Result from continuing operations1

 

3,110

4,202

5,226

12,246

5,065

Profit before tax from continuing operations1

 

3,047

4,099

4,604

10,765

4,870

Taxes on income from continuing operations1

 

–1,834

–2,163

–2,687

–5,590

–2,066

Net income from continuing operations1

 

1,212

1,936

1,917

5,175

2,804

Net income attributable to stockholders of the parent

 

1,017

1,389

1,480

3,634

2,093

Clean CCS Operating Result2

 

4,607

5,141

6,024

11,175

5,961

Clean CCS net income2

 

2,649

2,814

3,421

5,807

3,710

Clean CCS net income attributable to stockholders of the parent1

 

1,941

2,090

2,593

4,394

2,866

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance sheet total

 

46,338

48,813

50,663

56,863

53,798

Equity

 

22,567

24,617

25,369

26,628

21,996

Net debt

 

3,633

3,225

2,120

2,207

5,962

Average capital employed

 

26,913

27,560

27,720

29,431

29,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from operating activities excl. net working capital effects

 

4,494

5,308

4,638

9,843

8,897

Cash flow from operating activities

 

5,215

5,456

5,709

7,758

7,017

Capital expenditure

 

3,798

4,101

3,965

4,201

2,691

Organic capital expenditure3

 

3,739

3,710

3,748

3,711

2,650

Free cash flow

 

2,461

2,304

2,682

5,792

5,196

Organic free cash flow4

 

1,499

1,986

2,272

4,891

4,536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return On Average Capital Employed (ROACE)

in %

6

7

7

17

10

Clean CCS ROACE2

in %

10

10

12

19

13

Return On Equity (ROE)

in %

7

8

7

20

13

Equity ratio

in %

49

50

50

47

41

Leverage ratio

in %

14

12

8

8

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

in EUR

3.11

4.25

4.53

11.12

6.40

Clean CCS EPS2

in EUR

5.94

6.39

7.93

13.44

8.77

Cash flow per share5

in EUR

15.95

16.69

17.46

23.73

21.47

Dividend Per Share (DPS)6

in EUR

4.40

4.75

5.05

5.05

2.30

Payout ratio6

in %

141

112

112

45

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polyolefin sales volumes

in mn t

6.48

6.27

5.69

5.66

5.93

Utilization rate steam crackers Europe

in %

82

84

80

74

90

Fuels and other sales volumes Europe

in mn t

16.4

16.2

16.3

15.5

16.3

Utilization rate refineries Europe

in %

87

85

73

88

86

Production cost

in USD/boe

10.64

9.98

9.67

8.20

6.67

Total hydrocarbon production

in kboe/d

305

340

364

392

486

Employees as of December 31

 

22,315

23,557

20,592

22,308

22,434

Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR)

in mn hours worked

1.38

1.33

1.38

1.23

0.96

Note: In March 2025, the Borealis Group, excluding Borouge investments, was reclassified to “held for sale” and in addition classified as “discontinued operations.” Since reclassification, the non-current assets are no longer depreciated or amortized and investments are no longer accounted for according to the equity method. If not mentioned otherwise, all indicators in the table above also include items classified as “held for sale” and “discontinued operations.”

1

Restated 2024 figures.

2

Adjusted for special items and CCS effects; further information can be found in Note 6 – Segment Reporting – of the Consolidated Financial Statements

3

Organic capital expenditure is defined as capital expenditure including capitalized exploration and appraisal expenditure excluding acquisitions and contingent considerations.

4

Organic free cash flow is cash flow from operating activities less cash flow from investing activities excluding disposals and material inorganic cash flow components (e.g., acquisitions)

5

Cash flow from operating activities, based on total weighted average outstanding shares

6

2025: as proposed by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board, subject to adoption by the Annual General Meeting 2026. Includes regular and additional dividend.

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