Profit or loss for the period and earnings per share
Profit for the period in financial year 2013/14 totalled €182 million, an increase of €124 million over the previous year’s result (2012/13: €58 million). Net of non-controlling interests, profit for the period attributable to the shareholders of METRO AG totalled €127 million (2012/13: €–35 million). This represents a significant improvement of €162 million.
Profit for the period included special items totalling €491 million (2012/13: €522 million). As a result, profit for the period adjusted for these special items stood at €673 million (2012/13: €580 million).
In financial year 2013/14, METRO GROUP improved its earnings per share to €0.39 (2012/13): €–0.11). The calculation for the reporting period continued to be based on a weighted number of 326,787,529 shares. Profit for the period attributable to the shareholders of METRO AG of €127 million was distributed according to this number of shares. There was no dilution from so-called potential shares in financial year 2013/14 or in the previous year.
Earnings per share before special items totalled €1.84 (2012/13: €1.47). This result forms the basis for the dividend recommendation.
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12M 2013/14 |
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Profit or loss for the period |
€ million |
−71 |
58 |
182 |
124 |
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Profit or loss for the period attributable to non-controlling interests |
€ million |
0 |
93 |
55 |
−38 |
−41.2 |
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Profit or loss for the period attributable to shareholders of METRO AG |
€ million |
−71 |
−35 |
127 |
162 |
– |
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Earnings per share (basic = diluted)1 |
€ |
−0.22 |
−0.11 |
0.39 |
0.50 |
– |
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Earnings per share before special items1 |
€ |
0.03 |
1.47 |
1.84 |
0.37 |
24.7 |
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