Key Figures

2008 has been another successful year for Hertel. Following our business strategy defined in 2007, we were able to grow our number of services, expand geographically and serve more clients. Our revenues grew to €783.8 million, with an EBITDA of €49.8 million. An excellent performance which we are very proud of.
(x €1,000) 2008 2007 2006 2005
Operating Revenues
Net turnover 783,830 677,609 525,937 396,621
Cash flow 34,154 37,673 22,184 19,046
Operational result (EBITDA) 49,813 52,091 29,903 24,588
Operating profit (EBIT) 29,536 37,114 17,462 15,324
Group result after taxation 15,305 23,726 10,212 9,889
Net profit 13,877 22,697 9,985 9,889
Fixed Assets
Depreciation 20,277 15,007 12,200 9,157
Investments 68,416 33,333 22,336 12,863
Equity
Equity per 1/1 before dividend 66,164 49,377 38,456 28,267
Dividend paid 0 3,733 681 681
Equity per 31/12 before dividend 74,055 66,164 49,377 38,456
Average capital invested 144,477 115,744 90,127 64,228
Balance sheet total 315,854 245,153 206,837 145,597
Key Indicators
EBITDA / net turnover 6.4% 7.7% 5.7% 6.2%
Net profit / net turnover 1.8% 3.3% 1.9% 2.5%
EBITDA / average capital invested 34.5% 45.0% 33.2% 38.3%
Net profit / eq. after div. per 1/1 21.0% 49.7% 26.4% 35.8%
Solvency 23.4% 27.0% 23.9% 26.4%