Key financial data

BASF Report 2020

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Million €		2020	2019	+/–
Sales^a	million €	59,149	59,316	–0.3%
EBITDA before special items^a	million €	7,435	8,324	–10.7%
EBITDA^a	million €	6,494	8,185	–20.7%
EBIT before special items^a	million €	3,560	4,643	–23.3%
EBIT^a	million €	–191	4,201	.
Net income	million €	–1,060	8,421	.
ROCE^a	%	1.7	7.7	–
Earnings per share	€	–1.15	9.17	.
Total assets	million €	80,292	86,950	–7.7%
Investments including acquisitions^b	million €	4,869	4,097	18.8%

Employees at year-end		110,302	117,628	–6.2%
Personnel expenses	million €	10,576	10,924	–3.2%
Research and development expenses^a	million €	2,086	2,158	–3.3%
Greenhouse gas emissions^c	million metric tons of CO₂ equivalents	20.8	20.1	3.5 %
Energy efficiency in production processes	kilograms of sales product/MWh	540	598	–9.7%
Accelerator sales	million €	16,740	15,017	11.5%
Number of on-site sustainability audits of raw material suppliers		50	81	–38.3%

^a Restated figures; for more information, see the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

^bAdditions to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment

^c Excluding sale of energy to third parties

Chemicals	Million €
	2020	2019
Sales	8,071	9,532
EBIT before special items	445	791

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Materials	Million €
	2020	2019
Sales	10,736	11,466
EBIT before special items	835	1,003

Industrial Solutions	Million €
	2020	2019
Sales	7,644	8,389
EBIT before special items	822	820

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Surface Technologies	Million €
	2020	2019
Sales	16,659	13,142
EBIT before special items	484	722

Nutrition & Care	Million €
	2020	2019
Sales	6,019	6,075
EBIT before special items	773	793

Agricultural Solutions	Million €
	2020	2019
Sales	7,660	7,814
EBIT before special items	970	1,095

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Last Update February 26, 2021