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FINANCIAL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

%

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

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 Shanghai-Volkswagen Automotive Company Ltd. and FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Company Ltd. vehicle-production investments. These companies are accounted for using the equity method.

4

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

5

For details, see Value-based management.

6

2008 adjusted.

7

Ratio of property, plant and equipment to total assets.

8

Ratio of inventories to total assets.

9

Profit before tax as a percentage of average equity.

Volkswagen Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin

 

18.2

 

17.6

 

16.9

 

12.9

 

15.1

Personnel expense ratio

 

15.3

 

15.0

 

15.0

 

15.2

 

13.9

Return on sales before tax

 

13.2

 

11.9

 

7.1

 

1.2

 

5.8

Return on sales after tax

 

11.4

 

9.9

 

5.7

 

0.9

 

4.1

Equity ratio

 

26.4

 

25.0

 

24.4

 

21.1

 

22.3

Dynamic gearing1 (years)

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.2

 

0.2

Automotive Division2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unit sales3

 

+11.8

 

+14.9

 

+15.4

 

+0.6

 

+1.3

Change in sales revenue

 

+21.6

 

+26.0

 

+21.2

 

–9.3

 

+3.9

Operating profit as a percentage of sales revenue

 

5.7

 

7.0

 

5.5

 

1.4

 

5.3

EBITDA (in € million)4

 

19,906

 

17,815

 

13,940

 

8,005

 

12,108

Return on investment after tax5

 

16.6

 

17.7

 

13.5

 

3.8

 

10.9

Cash flows from operating activities as a percentage of sales revenue6

 

9.4

 

12.0

 

12.3

 

13.8

 

8.6

Cash flows from investing activities as a percentage of sales revenue6

 

9.5

 

11.3

 

8.1

 

11.0

 

11.2

Investments in property, plant and equipment as a percentage of sales revenue

 

5.9

 

5.6

 

5.0

 

6.2

 

6.6

Ratio of noncurrent assets to total assets7

 

21.0

 

21.5

 

22.8

 

24.9

 

26.2

Ratio of current assets to total assets8

 

14.3

 

17.4

 

14.7

 

13.8

 

19.2

Inventory turnover

 

6.4

 

6.9

 

7.4

 

6.0

 

6.3

Equity ratio

 

37.8

 

35.9

 

35.5

 

30.2

 

32.6

Financial Services Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in total assets

 

19.5

 

22.5

 

9.2

 

1.6

 

15.4

Return on equity before tax9

 

13.1

 

14.0

 

12.9

 

7.9

 

12.1

Equity ratio

 

10.4

 

10.1

 

10.4

 

10.2

 

10.6

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