Overview last five years

Here you can find information about our mid and long-term Group development based on earnings and key financial figures for the last five financial years and about the most relevant information on the number of clients and connections.

Financial data

Deutsche Telekom AG has been reporting according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) since 2005. The financial figures from 2004 and previous years were based on the German GAAP

billions of €		Change compared to prior year (%)	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Net revenue		2,5	74,9	73,1	69,2	62,7	60,1	58,2	58,7	62,4
Of which: domestic	%	(0.9)	32,8	33,7	36,2	39,9	42,2	44,3	44,9	43,7
Of which: international	%	0,9	67,2	66,3	63,8	60,1	57,8	55,7	55,1	56,3
Profit (loss) from operations (EBIT)		2,4	9,4	9,2	7,0	7,2	4,9	(4.0)	5,6	5,5
Net profit (loss)		29,4	3,5	2,7	3,3	2,9	0,9	(5.4)	0,5	1,7
Net profit (loss) (adjusted for special factors)		46,8	6,0	4,1	4,1	2,4	2,8	2,5	2,9	3,4
EBITDA		6,3	24,0	22,5	18,4	17,8	15,8	18,0	20,0	17,3
EBITDA (adjusted for special factors)		3,8	22,2	21,4	19,9	17,6	17,4	18,0	18,7	19,5
EBITDA margin (adjusted for special factors)	%	0,4	29,7	29,3	28,8	28,0	28,9	30,9	31,8	31,2

		Change compared to prior year (%)	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
ROCE %	%	0,1	5,8	5,7	4,8	5,5	3,8	(2.4)	3,8	3,5

billions of €		Change compared to prior year (%)	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Total assets		(4.8)	141,3	148,5	143,9	129,4	118,1	107,9	122,5	127,8
Shareholders’ equity		9,3	42,5	38,8	38,2	34,1	32,1	30,5	40,0	43,0
Equity ratio	%	3,8	30,0	26,2	26,5	26,3	27,1	28,3	32,7	33,7
Net debt		1,7	50,8	50,0	47,6	42,5	39,1	36,9	40,1	42,3
Relative debt (Net debt/EBITDA (adjusted for special factors))		n. a.	2,3	2,3	2,4	2,4	2,2	2,1	2,1	2,2

billions of €	Change compared to prior year (%)	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Net cash from operating activities	10,7	17,2	15,5	15,0	13,4	13,0	13,6	16,2	14,7
Cash capex	(42.9)	(19.5)	(13.6)	(14.6)	(11.8)	(11.1)	(8.4)	(8.4)	(9.9)
Free cash flow (before dividend payments, spectrum investment)	11,3	5,5	4,9	4,5	4,1	4,6	6,2	6,4	6,5
Net cash used in investing activities	(23.6)	(16.8)	(13.6)	(15.0)	(10.8)	(9.9)	(6.7)	(9.3)	(10.7)
Net cash (used in) from financing activities	n.a.	(4.6)	(1.3)	(0.9)	(3.4)	1,0	(6.6)	(6.0)	(6.4)

		Change compared to prior year (%)	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
(full-time equivalents, without trainees)	thousands	(1.9)	216	221	226	228	230	232	240	252
Revenue per employee	thousands of €	4,5	346,2	331,4	305,9	274,5	261,8	250,4	244,0	247,2

		Change compared to prior year (%)	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Earnings per share (basic and diluted)	€	27,6	0,74	0,58	0,71	0,65	0,21	(1.24)	0,13	0,39
Dividend per share	€	8,3	0,65	0,60	0,55	0,50	0,50	0,70	0,70	0,70
Total dividend	billions of €	10,3	3,1	2,8	2,5	2,3	2,2	3,0	3,0	3,0
Total number of ordinary shares at the reporting date	millions	1,8	4.761	4.677	4.607	4.536	4.451	4.321	4.321	4.321

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Non-financial performance indicators

	Change compared to prior year (%)	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Mobile customers	2,1	168,4	165,0	156,4	150,5	142,5	127,8	125,1	124,6
Fixed-network lines	(2.1)	27,9	28,5	29,0	29,8	30,8	32,1	34,7	36,0
Broadband lines	2,7	19,0	18,5	17,8	17,4	17,1	16,9	16,9	16,4