Five-year summary

€ million

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Results

     

Revenue

1,920

1,697

1,584

1,540

1,594

Total income

2,068

1,840

1,723

1,680

1,729

Total operating expenses

-1,572

-1,535

-1,516

-1,341

-1,245

Operating profit

496

305

207

339

484

Profit after tax

334

203

282

235

323

      

Balance sheet

     

Net working capital

-117

-87

-145

-211

-172

Property, plant and equipment

7,072

6,793

6,529

5,899

6,218

Total assets

8,345

8,069

7,735

7,726

7,672

Equity

4,129

3,942

3,864

3,687

3,579

Total interest-bearing debt

1,796

1,784

1,564

1,668

1,775

Total financing

5,925

5,726

5,428

5,355

5,354

Investments in in non-current assets

732

652

685

577

572

      

Cash flows

     

Cash flow from operating activities

638

454

376

513

623

Cash flow from investing activities

-496

-549

-232

-492

-410

Cash flow from financing activities

-103

148

-185

-99

-201

Free cash flow

143

-95

144

21

213

      

Ratios

     

Non-current interest-bearing debt as % of total interest-bearing debt

82%

87%

95%

72%

91%

ROIC

4.6%

4.6%

3.5%

4.9%

6.3%

FFO/Net debt

32.2%

27.4%

26.6%

28.1%

34.0%

Interest cover

12.9

10.2

8.3

7.6

7.6

Solvency ratio

57.3%

56.7%

58.5%

55.7%

53.6%

      

Shares as at 31 December

     

Number of shares issued (thousand)

136,795

136,795

136,795

136,795

136,795

Total number of shares, including unissued shares (thousand)

136,795

136,795

136,975

136,795

136,795

      

Other

     

- Electricity

     

Active connections as at 31 December (x 1,000)

3,169

3,135

3,109

3,100

3,078

New connections (x 1,000)

40

36

37

31

26

Cables laid (km)

899

834

859

918

816

- Gas

     

Active connections as at 31 December (x 1,000)

2,533

2,520

2,510

2,671

2,658

New connections (x 1,000)

20

20

21

19

18

Mains laid (km)

141

132

151

159

136

- Volumes transported

     

Electricity (GWh)

29,858

29,960

29,990

29,882

29,936

Gas (million m3)

6,090

6,228

6,367

6,012

6,115

- Other

     

Number of disconnections (consumer and business market)

3,958

4,805

7,468

9,465

10,310

Facilitated supplier switches (x 1,000)

968

903

973

956

929

Annual electricity outage for Liander (minutes)

30.6

20.9

23.3

21.9

19.9

Average number of permanent staff (fte)

5,712

5,719

5,621

5,572

5,547