- Organic sales growth: to 2.5 to 4.5 percent
- Return on sales (EBIT margin)*: to 11.0 to 12.5 percent
- Earnings per preferred share (EPS)*: increase in the range of +5 to +20 percent at constant exchange rates
Henkel raises sales and earnings guidance for 2023
- Group sales grows organically by 4.9 percent in the first half of the year to around 10.9 billion euros (nominal 0.1 percent) – very strong growth in both business units
- Operating profit (EBIT)* rises significantly to 1,254 million euros (+7.6 percent)
- EBIT margin* with strong increase to 11.5 percent (+80 basis points)
- Implementation of strategic growth agenda consistently driven forward
- Sales and earnings guidance for fiscal year 2023 raised:
“We achieved very strong growth in both business units. At the same time, we succeeded in significantly improving our earnings despite the continuing headwinds from high material and logistic prices. Following the strong performance in the first half of the year, we are confident for the remainder of the year and have significantly raised our full-year guidance for sales and earnings,” said Henkel CEO Carsten Knobel.
