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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| 25.2 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 41.4 | 36.7 | 113.4 | 73.4 | 58.0 | 62.7 | 29.7 | 35.1 | 33.9 | 32.8 | 36.5 | 25.4 | 29.3 | 37.9 | 48.9 | 52.4 | 64.0 | 60.4 | 249.0 | 229.2 | 105.2 | 62.1 | 31.6 | – | 515.1 | 184.8 | 113.9 | 28.7 | 27.3 | 25.6 | 23.0 | 20.2 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 22.5 | 22.0 | 21.7 | |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |
| 13.9 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 39.7 | 32.3 | 28.0 | 30.4 | 17.8 | 20.9 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 22.0 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 23.4 | 28.4 | 30.2 | 35.2 | 33.4 | 72.4 | 61.5 | 41.9 | 30.2 | 19.2 | 28.2 | 30.7 | 24.2 | 22.7 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.9 | |
| 44.5 | 24.2 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 25.7 | 30.5 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 19.1 | 20.9 | 33.6 | 38.8 | 28.6 | 26.8 | 37.3 | 37.3 | 31.7 | 41.3 | 33.0 | 39.5 | 40.2 | 44.8 | 32.7 | 50.1 | – | – | – | 133.2 | 19.9 | 22.0 | 23.7 | 27.0 | 22.9 | 26.1 | 23.9 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 19.2 | |
| 2.2% | 4.1% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 8.8% | 7.0% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 6.2% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 3.1% | 2.0% | -3.8% | -1.7% | -0.9% | 0.8% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 4.8% | 5.2% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44.5% | 45.6% | 46.0% | 46.0% | 45.6% | 45.1% | 45.1% | 45.0% | 45.0% | 45.1% | 45.2% | 45.4% | 45.5% | 45.4% | 45.4% | 45.2% | 44.8% | 43.8% | 43.2% | 43.2% | 43.3% | 44.2% | 44.1% | 43.9% | 44.0% | 44.1% | 44.7% | 45.6% | 46.7% | 47.7% | 48.1% | 48.2% | 47.9% | 47.6% | 47.3% | 46.8% | 46.5% | 46.5% | 46.8% | 47.6% | |
| 13.8% | 14.8% | 13.9% | 10.9% | 10.4% | 3.6% | 5.5% | 7.8% | 7.6% | 12.8% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 13.6% | 13.3% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% | 10.4% | 9.5% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 3.5% | 5.6% | 15.7% | 8.5% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 12.9% | 20.6% | 20.7% | 20.7% | 21.5% | 21.3% | 20.4% | 20.2% | 21.4% | 22.0% | 23.3% | |
| 7.5% | 8.0% | 8.3% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 2.2% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 9.1% | 8.5% | 8.9% | 9.4% | 9.7% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 8.9% | 8.6% | 7.6% | 6.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3.1% | 4.6% | 11.8% | -0.4% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 14.8% | 15.0% | 15.2% | 15.8% | 15.8% | 15.2% | 15.0% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 16.1% | |
| 4.3% | 9.5% | 19.5% | 21.9% | 23.7% | 17.3% | 10.0% | 9.4% | 14.7% | 16.9% | 15.6% | 14.4% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 9.8% | 12.1% | 10.6% | 11.7% | 14.2% | 11.8% | 12.6% | 10.7% | 9.2% | 7.3% | 8.8% | 7.4% | -12.4% | -6.9% | -3.4% | 2.8% | 21.3% | 18.6% | 16.4% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 13.8% | 15.2% | 15.8% | 16.1% | 18.2% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.6% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 12.6% | 13.6% | 4.3% | 6.9% | 10.2% | 10.0% | 19.4% | 17.3% | 17.6% | 18.4% | 18.8% | 22.0% | 20.7% | 18.0% | 14.3% | 13.9% | 12.1% | 11.5% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 5.4% | 8.2% | 19.4% | -0.8% | 1.6% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 26.8% | 26.3% | 25.0% | 24.9% | 24.1% | 22.1% | 21.5% | 20.4% | 21.4% | 22.4% | |
| 6.2% | 6.8% | 7.5% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 7.8% | 9.1% | 8.7% | 7.8% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 4.2% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 7.6% | -0.3% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 2.7% | 12.3% | 12.1% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 11.3% | 12.1% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 365 | 277 | 191 | 154 | 360 | 340 | 343 | 314 | 272 | 221 | 270 | 287 | 264 | 196 | 249 | 198 | 209 | 146 | 175 | 160 | 495 | 466 | 452 | 489 | 445 | 408 | 731 | 667 | 578 | 455 | 446 | 439 | 400 | 343 | 331 | 532 | 459 | 416 | 433 | 400 | |
| 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
| 39.5% | 41.5% | 46.0% | 44.2% | 38.7% | 35.8% | 37.8% | 38.4% | 40.0% | 39.8% | 39.7% | 40.3% | 41.7% | 41.7% | 41.2% | 42.3% | 43.1% | 43.7% | 41.9% | 42.8% | 36.5% | 34.8% | 35.6% | 34.8% | 35.3% | 38.9% | 35.3% | 37.8% | 39.6% | 44.6% | 45.7% | 46.1% | 48.9% | 51.8% | 53.2% | 49.1% | 51.0% | 53.5% | 52.9% | 53.9% | |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.31 | 2.41 | 2.45 | 1.96 | 2.17 | 0.68 | 1.13 | 1.66 | 1.70 | 3.17 | 2.94 | 3.11 | 3.33 | 3.47 | 3.99 | 3.91 | 3.54 | 3.05 | 2.86 | 2.59 | 2.41 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 1.15 | 1.76 | 4.56 | -0.16 | 0.34 | 0.85 | 1.48 | 6.75 | 6.88 | 6.92 | 7.22 | 7.25 | 7.04 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 7.45 | 8.05 | |
| 30.62 | 30.08 | 29.44 | 29.11 | 29.63 | 31.43 | 32.41 | 33.61 | 34.39 | 34.73 | 34.75 | 34.95 | 35.47 | 35.61 | 36.01 | 35.26 | 34.01 | 34.28 | 33.37 | 34.05 | 34.95 | 35.69 | 35.99 | 36.87 | 38.04 | 38.79 | 40.68 | 42.39 | 43.99 | 45.21 | 45.57 | 45.97 | 45.67 | 45.78 | 45.98 | 46.44 | 47.35 | 47.77 | 49.17 | 49.92 | |
| 14.80 | 14.68 | 14.98 | 15.51 | 15.94 | 15.82 | 16.53 | 16.29 | 16.90 | 16.35 | 16.97 | 17.65 | 18.09 | 18.44 | 18.11 | 18.92 | 19.68 | 21.33 | 20.67 | 21.32 | 20.90 | 21.27 | 21.78 | 21.26 | 21.44 | 23.45 | 19.62 | 21.09 | 22.02 | 24.45 | 25.15 | 26.14 | 27.73 | 28.95 | 30.13 | 31.83 | 33.09 | 34.83 | 34.77 | 35.95 | |
| 1.30 | 2.86 | 5.73 | 6.38 | 7.02 | 5.43 | 3.24 | 3.16 | 5.04 | 5.88 | 5.43 | 5.04 | 3.25 | 3.26 | 3.53 | 4.27 | 3.59 | 4.01 | 4.73 | 4.01 | 4.41 | 3.82 | 3.30 | 2.70 | 3.34 | 2.88 | -5.03 | -2.94 | -1.49 | 1.27 | 9.71 | 8.55 | 7.49 | 6.13 | 6.42 | 6.42 | 7.19 | 7.53 | 7.94 | 9.09 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 24, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.