Henkel delivers strong organic sales growth

In the first half of 2024, Henkel recorded good organic sales growth and a very strong increase in earnings in a persistently challenging economic environment.

• Group sales grow organically by 2.9 percent in the first half of the year to around 10.8 billion euros (nominal -1.0 percent) – growth in both business units
• Operating profit (EBIT)*: very strong increase to 1,610 million euros (+28.4 percent)
• EBIT margin* also improves very strongly to 14.9 percent (+340 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share (EPS)* increase by around a third to 2.78 euros, +32.9 percent at constant exchange rates
• Very good free cash flow of around 800 million euros

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