At a glance
| H1 | Change | ||||
Selected key figures | 2019 | 2018 | absolute | % | |
| KEY FINANCIAL FIGURES (€ MILLION) | |||||
| Revenues adjusted | 22,013 | 21,548 | + 465 | + 2.2 | |
| Revenues comparable | 21,926 | 21,548 | + 378 | + 1.8 | |
| Profit before taxes on income | 277 | 560 | – 283 | – 50.5 | |
| Net profit (after taxes) | 205 | 562 | – 357 | – 63.5 | |
| EBITDA adjusted | 2,534 | 2,304 | + 230 | + 10.0 | |
| EBIT adjusted | 757 | 974 | – 217 | – 22.3 | |
| Equity1) as of Jun 30/Dec 31 | 12,804 | 13,592 | – 788 | – 5.8 | |
| Net financial debt1) as of Jun 30/Dec 31 | 25,409 | 19,549 | + 5,860 | + 30.0 | |
| Balance sheet total1) as of Jun 30/Dec 31 | 63,790 | 58,527 | + 5,263 | + 9.0 | |
| Capital employed1) as of Jun 30/Dec 31 | 42,114 | 36,657 | + 5,457 | + 14.9 | |
| Return on capital employed (ROCE) 1) (%) | 3.6 | 5.4 | – | – | |
| Redemption coverage1) (%) | 13.8 | 16.9 | – | – | |
| Gross capital expenditures 1) | 4,825 | 4,217 | + 608 | + 14,4 | |
| Net capital expenditures 1) | 2,350 | 1,925 | + 425 | + 22.1 | |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 1,386 | 1,294 | + 92 | + 7.1 | |
| Free cash flow | –655 | –329 | – 326 | + 99.1 | |
| KEY PERFORMANCE FIGURES | |||||
| Passengers2) (million) | 2,456 | 2,332 | + 124 | + 5.3 | |
| RAIL PASSENGER TRANSPORT | |||||
| Punctuality DB passenger transport (rail) in Germany ( %) | 94.3 | 94.0 | – | – | |
| Punctuality DB Long-Distance ( %) | 77.2 | 77.4 | – | – | |
| Passengers (million) | 1,293 | 1,287 | + 6 | + 0,5 | |
| thereof in Germany | 1,049 | 1,031 | + 18 | + 1,7 | |
| thereof DB Long-Distance | 71.8 | 70.9 | + 0.9 | + 1.3 | |
| Volume sold (million pkm) | 47,250 | 47,575 | – 325 | – 0.7 | |
| Volume produced (million train-path km) | 381,4 | 388.6 | – 7.2 | – 1.9 | |
| RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT | |||||
| Freight carried (million t) | 122.4 | 129.4 | – 7.0 | – 5.4 | |
| Volume sold (million tkm) | 43,738 | 44,534 | – 796 | – 6.7 | |
| TRACK INFRASTRUCTURE | |||||
Punctuality (rail) in Germany 3) (%) | 93.6 | 93.3 | – | – | |
| Punctuality DB Group (rail) in Germany ( %) | 94.2 | 93.9 | – | – | |
| Train kilometers on track infrastructure (million train-path km) | 543.0 | 540.0 | + 3.0 | + 0.6 | |
| thereof non-Group railways | 179.9 | 172.2 | + 7.7 | + 4.5 | |
| Share of non-Group railways ( %) | 33.1 | 31.9 | – | – | |
| Station stops (million) | 77.7 | 76.7 | + 1.0 | + 1.3 | |
| thereof non-Group railways | 19.5 | 18.3 | + 1.2 | + 6.6 | |
| BUS TRANSPORT | |||||
| Passengers2) (million) | 1,163 | 1,034 | + 188 | + 11.3 | |
| Volume sold4) (million pkm) | 3,368 | 3,516 | – 148 | – 4.2 | |
| Volume produced (million bus km) | 795.5 | 802.8 | – 7.3 | – 0.9 | |
| FREIGHT FORWARDING AND LOGISTICS | |||||
| Shioments in land transport (thousand) | 53,860 | 52,522 | + 1,338 | + 2.5 | |
| Air freight volume (expoert) (thousand) | 578.9 | 649.4 | – 70.5 | + 10.9 | |
| Ocean freight volume (export) (thousand TEU) | 1,115 | 1,087 | + 28 | + 2.6 | |
| ADDITIONAL KEY FIGURES | |||||
| Order book for passenger transport as of Jun 30/Dec 31 (€ billion) | 90.5 | 91.0 | – 0.5 | – 0.5 | |
| Moody’s/S&P Global ratings | Aa1/AA– | Aa1/AA– | – | – | |
| Employees as of Jun 30 (FTE) | 321,765 | 316,919 | + 4,846 | + 1.5 | |
1) Limited comparability with the value of H1 2018/ as of December 31, 2018 due to IFRS 16 effects.
2) Value of H 1 2018 adjusted.
3) Non-Group and DB Group train operating companies.
4) Excluding DB Arriva.