Key Figures
| All figures are given in millions of € according to the IFRS, unless otherwise specified | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Order intake, sales revenue and earnings | |||||
| Order intake | 1,939.5 | 1,662.5 | 1,501.4 | 1,334.7 | 1,172.7 |
| Sales revenue | 1,827.0 | 1,566.0 | 1,404.6 | 1,300.3 | 1,114.8 |
| Underlying EBITDA1) | 495.8 | 405.0 | 353.2 | 325.4 | 263.2 |
| Underlying EBITDA1) as a % of sales revenue | 27.1 | 25.9 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 23.6 |
| Relevant net profit2) | 209.3 | 175.6 | 144.0 | 132.6 | 107.4 |
| Research and development costs | 95.6 | 78.2 | 68.8 | 59.4 | 52.5 |
| Financial data per share3) | |||||
| Earnings per share2) | |||||
per ordinary share (in €) | 3.06 | 2.56 | 2.10 | 1.93 | 1.59 |
per preference share (in €) | 3.07 | 2.57 | 2.11 | 1.94 | 1.60 |
| Dividends | |||||
per ordinary share (in €) | 0.705) | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.37 |
per preference share (in €) | 0.715) | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.38 |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Balance sheet total | 2,844.3 | 2,526.9 | 2,297.7 | 1,753.0 | 1,437.2 |
| Equity | 1,081.2 | 973.4 | 806.6 | 736.8 | 644.8 |
| Equity ratio (in %) | 38.0 | 38.5 | 35.1 | 42.0 | 44.9 |
| Financials | |||||
| Capital expenditures5) | 225.6 | 237.8 | 209.4 | 152.1 | 113.1 |
| Capital expenditures as a % of sales5) | 12.3 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 10.1 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 132.6 | 113.4 | 98.3 | 75.7 | 58.9 |
| Cash from operating activities | 377.2 | 244.5 | 206.5 | 170.4 | 124.4 |
| Net debt | 1,011.3 | 959.5 | 895.5 | 485.9 | 344.0 |
| Gearing (underlying) | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Total number of employees as of December 31 | 9,016 | 8,125 | 7,501 | 6,911 | 6,185 |
1) Underlying = excluding extraordinary items
2) After non-controlling interest, adjusted for extraordinary items and non-cash amortization, as well as based on the normalized financial result, including the corresponding tax effects for each of these items
3) 2015 adjusted for stock split; rounded values
4) Amounts suggested by the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board of Sartorius AG
5) Since 2019 and as a result of the change in IFRS 16 accounting principles, CAPEX has been based on cash flow instead of balance sheet computation; CAPEX restated for 2018: €233.2 million; CAPEX ratio restated for 2018: 14.9%