Key financial figures

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FINANCIAL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

%

 

2015

 

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Ratio of cash flows from operating activities to current and noncurrent financial liabilities.

2

Including allocation of consolidation adjustments between the Automotive and Financial Services divisions.

3

Including the Chinese joint ventures. These companies are accounted for using the equity method.

4

Operating result plus net depreciation/amortization and impairment losses/reversals of impairment losses on property, plant and equipment, capitalized development costs, lease assets, goodwill and financial assets as reported in the cash flow statement.

5

For details, see Value-based management.

6

Ratio of property, plant and equipment to total assets.

7

Ratio of inventories to total assets.

8

Earnings before tax as a percentage of average equity.

Volkswagen Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin

 

15.9

 

18.0

 

18.1

 

18.2

 

17.6

Personnel expense ratio

 

17.0

 

16.7

 

16.1

 

15.3

 

15.0

Return on sales before tax

 

−0.6

 

7.3

 

6.3

 

13.2

 

11.9

Return on sales after tax

 

−0.6

 

5.5

 

4.6

 

11.4

 

9.9

Equity ratio

 

23.1

 

25.7

 

27.8

 

26.5

 

25.0

Dynamic gearing1 (years)

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automotive Division2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unit sales year-on-year3

 

−2.0

 

+5.0

 

+4.1

 

+11.8

 

+14.9

Change in sales revenue year-on-year

 

+3.6

 

+1.4

 

+1.3

 

+21.6

 

+26.0

Operating result as a percentage of sales revenue

 

−3.4

 

6.1

 

5.6

 

5.7

 

7.0

EBITDA (in € million)4

 

7,212

 

23,100

 

20,594

 

19,895

 

17,815

Return on investment (ROI)5

 

−0.2

 

14.9

 

14.5

 

16.6

 

17.7

Cash flows from operating activities as a percentage of sales revenue

 

12.9

 

12.2

 

11.8

 

9.4

 

12.0

Cash flows from investing activities as a percentage of sales revenue

 

8.1

 

8.7

 

9.3

 

9.5

 

11.3

Capex as a percentage of sales revenue

 

6.9

 

6.5

 

6.3

 

5.9

 

5.6

Ratio of noncurrent assets to total assets6

 

23.1

 

22.3

 

21.3

 

21.0

 

21.5

Ratio of current assets to total assets7

 

15.2

 

14.3

 

13.4

 

14.3

 

17.4

Inventory turnover

 

5.8

 

6.2

 

6.5

 

6.4

 

6.9

Equity ratio

 

32.6

 

36.9

 

39.8

 

37.9

 

35.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Services Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in total assets

 

13.9

 

15.1

 

3.9

 

19.5

 

22.5

Return on equity before tax8

 

12.2

 

12.5

 

14.3

 

13.1

 

14

Equity ratio

 

11.9

 

11.3

 

10.5

 

10.4

 

10.1