Group key financial indicators
Monitoring our performance
These are the key indicators that help us to monitor our progress
towards our goals and measure our financial success. We include
them to help give readers a better understanding of our company’s
overall performance.
Overview
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Financials
Investors
Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016
Underlying income from continuing operations
1,230
950
7.2%
Underlying income from continuing operations
Change in
outlook
2016
0.81
Operating income
Underlying EBITDA
Underlying operating income
Income from continuing operations
Net income
Operating income
Underlying EBITDA
Underlying operating income
Income from continuing operations
Net income
1.17
48%
2015
1.04
1.11
49%
Results IFRS
Net sales
Pro forma results
Net sales
6.6%
(10.3) %
(10.4) %
5.4%
3.9%
5.2%
Shareholders
Net income per common share (basic)
Pro forma underlying income from continuing
operations per share1
Dividend payout ratio2
Dividend per common share
Total shareholder return
5.4%
(1)%
9.6%
(35.6)% pt
2015
million
38,203
1,318
2,454
1,461
849
851
2015
million
60,881
1,899
3,862
2,155
1,202
1,203
1,410
Change
versus
prior year
30.1%
20.2%
32.8%
30.0%
(2.2)%
(2.5)%
29.5%
0.52
41.1%
2016
million
62,331
1,974
4,063
2,298
1,078
1,078
1,486
Other information
Net debt
Free cash flow (combined)3
Capital expenditures included in cash flow
statement (excluding acquisitions) (combined)3
Credit rating/outlook Standard Poor’s
Credit rating/outlook Moody’s
2015
million
1,148
1,705
2016
million
49,695
1,584
3,259
1,899
830
830
Change
versus
prior year
24%
2016
million
3,244
1,377
Change versus
prior year
(22.1)%
Change versus
prior year
182.6%
(19.2)%
0.57
5.5%
1 For more information on underlying pro forma income from continuing operations, see Group financial review in this section.
2 Dividend payout ratio for 2016 is based on underlying income from continuing operations (on a pro forma basis). In 2015 this
was based on a payout ratio of adjusted income from continuing operations.
3 Free cash flow and capital expenditure including the Delhaize Group for a full year.
Certain key performance indicators contain non-GAAP measures. The definitions of these
non-GAAP measures are described on page 70 of this Annual Report.
1,694 1,580
BBB stable BBB stable
Baa2 positive Baa2 stable
