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Key financial data
BASF Report 2025
Key Figuresa
| 2025 |
2024 |
+/- | ||
| Sales | million € | 59,657 | 61,444 | -2.9% |
| EBITDA before special items | million € | 6,554 | 7,240 | -9.5% |
| EBITDA | million € | 5,618 | 6,211 | -9.5% |
| EBITDA margin from special items | % | 11.0% | 11.8% | . |
| Depreciation and amortizationb | million € | 3,984 | 4,400 | -9.5% |
| Income from operations (EBIT) | million € | 1,634 | 1,810 | -9.7% |
| Special items in EBIT | million € | -1,253 | -1,713 | 26.8% |
| EBIT before special items | million € | 2,887 | 3,523 | -18.1% |
| Income before income taxes | million € | 2,447 | 1,861 | 31.5% |
| Income after taxes from continuing operations | million € | 1,540 | 1,288 | 19.6% |
| Income after taxes from discontinued operations | million € | 185 | 165 | 12.2% |
| Income after taxes | million € | 1,726 | 1,453 | 18.8% |
| Net income | million € | 1,619 | 1,298 | 24.7% |
| Earnings per share | € | 1.82 | 1.45 | 25.1% |
|
of which from continuing operations |
€ | 1.63 | 1.29 | 27.0% |
| Adjusted earnings per share | € | 2.24 | 3.51 | -36.6% |
|
of which from continuing operations |
€ | 1.89 | 3.09 | -38.8% |
| Research and development expenses | million € | 1,995 | 1,969 | 1.3% |
| Personnel expenses | million € | 12,299 | 11,241 | 9.4% |
| Employees (December 31) | million € | 108,251 | 111,822 | -3.2% |
| Assets (December 31) | million € | 76,174 | 80,415 | -5.3% |
| Investments including acquisitionsc | million € | 4,787 | 6,826 | -29.9% |
| Equity ratio (December 31) | % | 45.1% | 45.9% | . |
| Net debt (December 31) | million € | 18,329 | 18,781 | -2.4% |
| Cash flows from operating activities | million € | 5,610 | 6,946 | -19.2% |
| Free cash flow | million € | 1,342 | 748 | 79.5% |
a Owing to the planned divestiture of BASF's automotive OEM coatings, automotive refinish coatings and surface treatment businesses to Carlyle, the affected activities have been classified as discontinued operations in accordance with IFRS 5 retrospectively as of January 1, 2025. The earnings figures listed until income before income taxes for 2024 have been restated. Items of the balance sheet and statement of cash flows are not affected.
b Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (including impairments and reversals of impairments)
c Additions to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
Due to rounding, individual figures may not add up to the totals shown and percentages may not correspond exactly to the figures shown.