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Substantial growth in orders expected despite weakening global economy
Moderate revenue increase also anticipated
Managing and Supervisory Boards propose dividend increase to €3.50
New share buyback program of up to €3 billion over up to 36 months
€200 million additional in employee profit sharing
Siemens has met its guidance for fiscal 2015 as planned and announced an ambitious outlook for fiscal 2016. In fiscal 2015, orders climbed six percent to €82.3 billion. Revenue was also up six percent to €75.6 billion. Excluding currency translation and portfolio effects, orders and revenue were both down one percent, roughly at the prior-year level. The book-to-bill ratio was 1.09. The profit margin for the Industrial Business was 10.1 percent. Net income totaled €7.4 billion (fiscal 2014: €5.5 billion). At €8.84, basic earnings per share were 39 percent above the prior-year figure. For fiscal 2015, Siemens had anticipated revenue on an organic basis at the prior-year level and a book-to-bill ratio of over one. An increase in basic earnings per share of at least 15 percent above the prior-year value of €6.37 had been forecast. The profit margin for the Industrial Business had been expected to be 10 percent to 11 percent.
Guidance for fiscal 2015 met
Ambitious outlook for 2016
Substantial growth in orders expected despite weakening global economy
Moderate revenue increase also anticipated
Managing and Supervisory Boards propose dividend increase to €3.50
New share buyback program of up to €3 billion over up to 36 months
€200 million additional in employee profit sharing
Siemens has met its guidance for fiscal 2015 as planned and announced an ambitious outlook for fiscal 2016. In fiscal 2015, orders climbed six percent to €82.3 billion. Revenue was also up six percent to €75.6 billion. Excluding currency translation and portfolio effects, orders and revenue were both down one percent, roughly at the prior-year level. The book-to-bill ratio was 1.09. The profit margin for the Industrial Business was 10.1 percent. Net income totaled €7.4 billion (fiscal 2014: €5.5 billion). At €8.84, basic earnings per share were 39 percent above the prior-year figure. For fiscal 2015, Siemens had anticipated revenue on an organic basis at the prior-year level and a book-to-bill ratio of over one. An increase in basic earnings per share of at least 15 percent above the prior-year value of €6.37 had been forecast. The profit margin for the Industrial Business had been expected to be 10 percent to 11 percent.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world's largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is No. 1 in offshore wind turbine construction, a leading supplier of gas and steam turbines for power generation, a major provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2015, which ended on September 30, 2015, Siemens generated revenue of €75.6 billion and net income of €7.4 billion. At the end of September 2015, the company had around 348,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.