In millions of CHF
| |
2008 |
2007 |
| Sales |
109 908 |
107 552 |
| EBIT Group (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, restructuring and impairments) |
15 676 |
15 024 |
| as % of sales |
14.3% |
14.0% |
| EBIT Food & Beverages (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, restructuring and impairments) |
13 103 |
12 589 |
| as % of sales |
12.8% |
12.6% |
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| Net profit (Profit for the period attributable to shareholders of the parent) |
18 039 |
10 649 |
| as % of sales |
16.4% |
9.9% |
| as % of average equity |
34.9% |
20.7% |
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| Capital expenditure |
4 869 |
4 971 |
| as % of sales |
4.4% |
4.6% |
| Equity before proposed appropriation of profit of Nestlé S.A. |
50 774 |
52 627 |
| Market Capitalisation, end December |
150 409 |
195 661 |
| Operating cash flow |
10 763 |
13 439 |
| Free cash flow (a) |
5 033 |
8 231 |
| Net debt |
14 596 |
21 174 |
| Ratio of net debt to equity (gearing) |
28.7% |
40.2% |
Per share data in CHF
| |
2008 |
2007 |
| Earnings per share |
4.87 |
2.78 |
| Underlying(b) |
2.82 |
2.80 |
| Equity before proposed appropriation of profit of Nestlé |
13.713 |
13.75 |
| Dividend as proposed by the Board of Directors of Nestlé |
1.40 |
1.22 |
| Factories (Number at year end) |
456 |
480 |
(a) Operating cash flow less capital expenditure, disposals of tangible assets, purchase and disposal of intangible assets, movement with associates as well as minority interests.
(b) Profit for the period attributable to shareholders of the parent from continuing operations before impairments, restructuring costs, results on disposals and significant one-off items. The tax impact from the adjusted items is also adjusted for.