Daimler first in Europe for 2015 Ebit , Roche third

9 years ago - Published in Finance, Fundamental Analysis

In 2015 the German automotive group Daimler was ranked first among companies in Europe with the best operating results (EBIT), at EUR 13.2 billion (14.6 billion francs). Roche is in third place, followed by Nestlé. Novartis is eighth.

The silver medal goes to the Belgian-Brazilian group AB Inbev, with 12.8 billion euro. The swiss pharmaceutical giant full the podium with 12.7 billion. EBIT of Nestlé reached 11.4 billion euro, while the Novartis 8.3 billion. The turnover of large European companies fell by 4% between 2014 and 2015, while profits were 14% contracted.

Globally the situation is dominated by US companies. Apple was ranked first with an operating profit of 71.2 billion dollars (70.8 billion francs), followed by the investment company Berkshire Hathaway (38.2 billion) and the phone company Verizon (33.1 billion).