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24/03/2023
Givaudan
Investor fact sheet
Enjoy the essence of life, with flavours and fragrances that delight
Givaudan captures the essence of the moment, bringing you taste and scent experiences to be enjoyed throughout the day.
We maintain our leadership position – approximately 25% of our industry’s global market share – by challenging ourselves daily, inspiring our partnerships across the globe and serving our customers with heart and soul.
Touching people’s lives ten times per day
Together with our customers in the food, beverage, consumer goods and fragrance industries, we create products that delight consumers the world over. From your favourite drink to your daily meal, from prestige perfumes to laundry care, Givaudan is there, inviting you to engage your senses, every day, enjoying moments of delight.
Passion and performance through time
With a heritage that stretches back over 250 years, Givaudan has a long history of innovating scents and tastes. Creativity is at the heart of our operations, and the power to surprise is brought about by having a renowned collection of experts, passionate flavourists and perfumers under one roof.
Committed to innovation and sustainable growth
At the forefront of innovation, with 10% of annual turnover invested in research, we explore and uncover new and exciting ingredients and technologies to add to our vast palettes and portfolios.
We are committed to be the innovation partner of choice in offering customers superior and sustainable solutions. As a company that uses many natural ingredients, we operate a sustainable business model that creates value for the many stakeholders we work with, partnering in our efforts to help make a real difference.
Discover our world, one that looks to enliven the planet with innovative flavours and fragrances, bringing joy in the moment as you engage your senses, savouring a flavour or re-living a memory in a beautiful scent.
Share Graph
| Currency | CHF |
| Previous Close | 2,944.00 |
| Change (%) | -0.17 |
| Volume | 24,835 |
| Number of Shares | 123,375,149 |
| Market Cap (mln) | 27,184 |
| Key figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the year ended 31 December, in millions of Swiss francs, except for employees | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| Sales and results | |||||||
| Group sales | 7,117 | 6,684 | 6,322 | 6,203 | 5,527 | ||
| Taste & Wellbeing | 3,861 | 3,593 | 3,398 | 3,404 | 3,002 | ||
| Fragrances & Beauty | 3,256 | 3,091 | 2,924 | 2,799 | 2,525 | ||
| Like-for-like sales growth1 | 5.3% | 7.1% | 4.0% | 5.8% | 5.6% | ||
| Gross profit | 2,762 | 2,855 | 2,659 | 2,530 | 2,329 | ||
| as % of sales | 38.8% | 42.7% | 42.1% | 40.8% | 42.1% | ||
| EBITDA2 | 1,476 | 1,482 | 1,397 | 1,275 | 1,145 | ||
| as % of sales | 20.7% | 22.2% | 22.1% | 20.6% | 20.7% | ||
| Operating income | 1,112 | 1,089 | 996 | 920 | 883 | ||
| as % of sales | 15.6% | 16.3% | 15.8% | 14.8% | 16.0% | ||
| Net income | 856 | 821 | 743 | 702 | 663 | ||
| as % of sales | 12.0% | 12.3% | 11.8% | 11.3% | 12.0% | ||
| Balance sheet and cash flows | |||||||
| Operating cash flow | 948 | 1,288 | 1,189 | 1,136 | 916 | ||
| as % of sales | 13.3% | 19.3% | 18.8% | 18.3% | 16.6% | ||
| Free cash flow | 479 | 843 | 811 | 787 | 703 | ||
| as % of sales | 6.7% | 12.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% | 12.7% | ||
| Leverage ratio | 51% | 51% | 50% | 47% | 41% | ||
| Share | |||||||
| Cash dividend3 (CHF) | 67 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 60 | ||
| Earnings per share – basic (CHF) | 92.83 | 89.03 | 80.59 | 76.17 | 71.92 | ||
| Employees | |||||||
| Number of employees as at 31 December (FTE) | 16,676 | 16,842 | 15,852 | 14,969 | 13,598 | ||
1. Like-for-like excludes the impact of currency, acquisitions and disposals.
2. EBITDA defined as Earnings Before Interest (and other financial income (expense), net), Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation corresponds to operating income before depreciation, amortisation and impairment of long-lived assets.
3. 2022 dividend subject to shareholder approval at the AGM on 23 March 2023.