Kesko's Financial targets and achievements
Our strong balance sheet enables both investments in strategic growth endeavours as well as good dividend payments. Between 2015 and 2018, we invested more than €1.7 billion in our business operations, financing the investments with €1.0 billion divestments of non-strategic business operations and real estate.
Organic investments were at their highest in 2017, and are planned to come down to an annual level of €200-250 million. Investments in store sites will decrease, while investments in digitalisation will increase. In future acquisitions, we will aim for economies of scale and improved competitiveness, especially in the building and technical trade division.
Kesko’s new financial targets
The new medium-term financial targets for profitability, as approved by the Board of Directors of Kesko Corporation, are a comparable operating margin of 5.0% and a comparable return on capital employed of 11.0%. The profitability targets take into account the impacts of IFRS 16 Leases. In terms of financial position, as before the Group uses interest-bearing net debt/EBITDA and targets a maximum level of 2.5, excluding the impact of IFRS 16.
|
Indicator |
Target |
Level achieved in 2018 |
|
Comparable operating margin, % |
5.0% |
4.1% |
|
Comparable return on capital employed, % |
11.0% |
9.8% |
|
Interest-bearing net debt/EBITDA, excluding the impact of IFRS 16 |
at maximum 2.5 |
0.4 |
At the start of the year, Kesko Group adopted the new standard IFRS 16 Leases, which took effect on 1 January 2019. The change increases the Group’s comparable operating profit and capital employed, and decreases return on capital employed. The impacts of the adoption of IFRS 16 Leases on Kesko’s figures for 2018 were communicated in detail in a stock exchange release issued on 25 March 2019.
The new financial targets were communicated in a stock exchange release on 25 April 2019.
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