Summary of key figures

All numbers presented in this appendix are the reported numbers in the respective Annual Reports of 2017 till 2021, unless restated in a later year. Revenues have been represented for adjusted segment reporting and the impact of the discontinued operations in Italy and Germany in 2018.

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PostNL Key figures in million, unless indicated otherwise
2017 - 2021

 

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Financial performance

     

Revenue

     

Parcels

1,382

1,555

1,672

2,052

2,361

Mail in the Netherlands

1,783

1,678

1,606

1,708

1,683

PostNL

2,725

2,772

2,844

3,255

3,466

      

Normalised EBIT

     

Parcels

not reported

121

120

209

230

Mail in the Netherlands

not reported

130

52

96

160

PostNL Other

not reported

(45)

(37)

(55)

(81)

PostNL

not reported

206

135

250

308

      

Normalised EBIT margin

     

Parcels

not reported

7.8%

7.2%

10.2%

9.7%

Mail in the Netherlands

not reported

7.7%

3.2%

5.6%

9.5%

PostNL

not reported

7.4%

4.7%

7.7%

8.9%

      

Profit for the year

148

33

4

216

258

Earnings per share (in cents)

33.0

7.1

0.8

43.8

50.9

Profit from continuing operations

179

127

72

213

228

Normalised comprehensive income

not reported

182

83

200

285

Free cash flow

not reported

(21)

107

186

288

      

Adjusted net debt

not reported

(614)

(736)

(407)

(203)

Consolidated equity

34

46

(21)

211

426

      

Month-end coverage ratio main pension fund

115.8%

112.1%

113.4%

111.1%

126.2%

12-months avg coverage ratio main pension fund

113.4%

116.0%

110.6%

104.4%

121.4%

      

Operational performance

     

Parcels

     

Parcel volume (in millions of items)

207

251

283

337

384

Parcel volume growth

17.2%

21.5%

12.4%

19.2%

13.8%

Delivery quality

99%

98%

98%

99%

98%

      

Mail in the Netherlands

     

Addressed mail volume (in million items)

1,994

1,781

1,742

2,054

2,048

Addressed mail volume growth/(decline)

(9.9%)

(10.7%)

(2.2%)

17.9%

(0.3%)

Adjusted addressed mail volume (in million items)1

  

2,271

2,054

2,048

Adjusted addressed mail volume decline1

  

(9.7%)

(9.6%)

(0.3%)

Delivery quality (2021 preliminary)

95%

95%

94%

94%

94%

      

Non-financial performance

     

Share of highly satisfied customers

41%

30%

27%

37%

34%

Share of engaged employees

not comparable

not comparable

76%

84%

84%

CO2 efficiency (in grammes per km)

226

231

245

249

203

Share of emission-free delivery of mail and parcels in the last-mile

not reported

17%

19%

20%

20%

  • 1 2019 pro forma, including full year of Sandd volumes