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Financial facts.

Financial objectives

An operating margin of at least 8 per cent
An equity/assets ratio over 30 per cent
A share dividend from a long-term perspective of at least one-third of profit after tax

Key figures five-year summary

Key figures	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Sales (mSEK)	2,725.4	1,656.6	1,755.9	1,762.4	1,842.2
Organic growth (%)	4.8	-2.8	4.8	0.4	2.2
Operating margin (%)	3.8	3.5	5.3	5.4	6.5
Return on shareholders’ equity (%)	11.6	6.7	12.0	13.4	16.9
Return on capital employed (%)	12.7	13.4	21.9	14.1	21.4
Equity/asset ratio (%)	48.4	45.2	44.5	61.2	60.6
Debt/equity ratio (mutliple)	–	0.2	0.2	–	–
Number of employees at end of year	2,990	1,979	2,044	2,076	2,119

2015-2016 figures refer to continuing operations after the divestment of Business Area Engineering Services Germany.

Definitions

Capital employed	The balance sheet total minus non interest-bearing provisions and liabilities.
Cash flow per share	Cash flow from current activities divided by the weighted average number of outstanding shares over the year adjusted for the dilution effect on potential shares.
Debt/equity ratio	Net debt divided by shareholders’ equity.
EPS before dilution	Profit/loss after tax attributable to the parent company’s owners divided by the average number of outstanding ordinary shares excluding shares held as own shares by the parent company.
EPS after dilution	Profit/loss after tax attributable to the parent company’s owners divided by the average number of outstanding shares adjusted for the dilution effect of potential shares.
Equity/assets ratio	Shareholders’ equity as a percentage of the balance sheet total.
Net debt	Interest-bearing provisions and liabilities with deductions for cash equivalents and interest-bearing receivables.
Organic growth	Year-on-year increase in income adjusted for currency effects, acquisitions and divestments.
Operating margin	Operating profit as a percentage of operating income.
Operating margin before depreciation	Operating profit before depreciation as a percentage of operating income.
Profit margin	Profit before tax as a percentage of operating income.
Return on shareholders’ equity	Profit for the period after tax divided by the average shareholders’ equity.
Return on capital employed	Profit before tax plus financial costs divided by the average capital employed.
Shareholders equity per share after dilution	Shareholders’ equity divided by the number of shares at end of the year adjusted for the dilution effect on potential shares.
Shareholders equity per share before dilution	Shareholders’ equity divided by the number of shares at end of the year excluding shares held as own shares by the parent company.

Analysts

Following financial institutions regularly monitor Semcon:

Stock broker	Analyst
Danske Bank	Fredrik Lithell	fredrik.lithell@danskebank.se