Company

Economic value (value added)Decent Work and Economic Growth

€ million

 

 

 

2019/20

 

2020/21

 

Change in %

Key financial figures for continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like-for-like sales trend

 

%

 

−3.9

 

−0.4

 

Sales trend in local currency

 

%

 

−4.0

 

0.0

 

Sales (net)

 

 

 

25,632

 

24,765

 

−3.4

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

1,158

 

1,171

 

1.1

Transformation costs

 

 

 

47

 

65

 

39.3

Earnings contributions from real estate transactions

 

 

 

3

 

60

 

EBITDA

 

 

 

1,113

 

1,166

 

4.7

EBIT

 

 

 

257

 

197

 

−23.5

EBT (earnings before taxes)

 

 

 

−32

 

40

 

Profit or loss for the period1

 

 

 

−146

 

−56

 

61.8

Earnings per share (basic = diluted)

 

 

−0.40

 

−0.15

 

61.8

Dividend per ordinary share2

 

 

 

0.70

 

0.00

 

−100.0

Dividend per preference share2

 

 

 

0.70

 

0.00

 

−100.0

Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

646

 

1,237

 

91.5

Investments

 

 

 

627

 

764

 

21.8

Net debt

 

 

 

3,771

 

3,466

 

−8.1

Employees (annual average by headcount)

 

 

 

97,639

 

95,141

 

−2.6

1

Attributable to METRO shareholders.

2

The dividend per share relates to both continuing and discontinued operations.

Evaluation in relevant sustainability indices and rankings

Index/ranking

 

Rating/score

 

Scale

 

Publication date

Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World/Europe

 

77
Index member

 

0 to 100

 

11/2021

ISS ESG Corporate Rating

 

C+ Prime Status

 

D– to A+

 

04/2020

CDP Climate Change

 

A-

 

F to A

 

12/2021

CDP Water Security

 

B

 

F to A

 

12/2021

CDP Forest

 

B (palm oil, paper), B- (soy), C (cattle)

 

F to A

 

12/2021

FTSE4Good Global/Europe Index

 

Index member

 

-

 

07/2021

MSCI

 

AA

 

CCC to AAA

 

08/2021

Sustainalytics

 

Low risk (19.3) 35 out of 186 in Food Retailer Industry

 

0 - 40+

 

04/2021

GEI Bloomberg

 

Index member

 

-

 

01/2021

Explanation: As part of our stakeholder dialogue, we inform the capital market about our sustainability management activities. This means our sustainability performance is rated by independent third parties.

In financial year 2020/21, METRO was again listed in both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Europe and World.

As the CDP results were only published in December after the non-financial disclosure had been audited, the CDP rating results shown here differ from the status of the non-financial disclosure.