Annual Report 2023

Financial Key Performance Indicators

%

 

2023

 

20221

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volkswagen Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin

 

18.9

 

18.7

 

18.9

 

17.5

 

19.5

Personnel expense ratio

 

15.4

 

16.8

 

17.5

 

18.2

 

17.0

Operating return on sales

 

7.0

 

7.9

 

7.7

 

4.3

 

6.7

Return on sales before tax

 

7.2

 

7.9

 

8.0

 

5.2

 

7.3

Return on sales after tax

 

5.6

 

5.7

 

6.2

 

4.0

 

5.6

Equity ratio

 

31.6

 

31.6

 

27.6

 

25.9

 

25.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automotive Division2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unit sales year-on-year3

 

+10.4

 

−1.1

 

−6.3

 

−16.4

 

+0.5

Change in sales revenue year-on-year

 

+15.4

 

+12.7

 

+13.3

 

−14.3

 

+5.7

Operating return on sales

 

7.0

 

7.1

 

6.4

 

3.7

 

6.5

EBITDA (in € million)4

 

36,513

 

37,325

 

31,609

 

24,462

 

29,706

Return on investment (ROI)5

 

12.3

 

12.0

 

10.4

 

6.5

 

11.2

Cash flows from operating activities as a percentage of sales revenue

 

14.1

 

12.9

 

15.7

 

13.6

 

14.5

Cash flows from investing activities attributable to operating activities as a percentage of sales revenue

 

10.1

 

10.8

 

11.5

 

10.1

 

9.4

Net liquidity as a percentage of sales revenue

 

12.5

 

15.4

 

10.7

 

12.0

 

8.4

Ratio of capex to sales revenue in %

 

5.4

 

5.5

 

5.1

 

6.1

 

6.6

Research and development costs as a percentage of sales revenue

 

8.1

 

8.1

 

7.6

 

7.6

 

6.7

Investitionsquote im Konzernbereich Automobile

 

13.5

 

13.6

 

12.6

 

13.7

 

13.3

Cash Conversion Rate

 

57.0

 

29.2

 

65.1

 

95.4

 

78.8

Equity ratio

 

47.8

 

45.1

 

40.1

 

38.1

 

37.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Services Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in total assets

 

12.0

 

2.6

 

5.6

 

0.7

 

7.9

Return on equity before tax6

 

8.8

 

14.1

 

17.3

 

8.8

 

10.8

Equity ratio

 

14.8

 

16.1

 

14.5

 

13.2

 

12.8

1

The year 2022 was adjusted due to the new version of IFRS 17.

2

Including allocation of consolidation adjustments between the Automotive and Financial Services divisions.

3

Including the Chinese joint ventures.

4

Operating result plus net depreciation/amortization and impairment losses/reversals of impairment losses on property, plant and equipment, capitalized development costs, lease assets, goodwill and financial assets as reported in the cash flow statement.

5

For details, see the section entitled “Return on investment (ROI) and value contribution in the reporting period” in the chapter entitled “Results of Operations, Financial Position and Net Assets”.

6

Earnings before tax as a percentage of average equity.