€ million |
|
Note |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Profit after tax |
|
|
|
2,615 |
|
2,786 |
|
|
|
2,298 |
|
2,134 |
|
Changes in inventories |
|
|
|
-257 |
|
36 |
Changes in trade accounts receivable |
|
|
|
-166 |
|
79 |
Changes in trade accounts payable/refund liabilities |
|
|
|
73 |
|
-178 |
Changes in provisions |
|
|
|
124 |
|
62 |
Changes in other assets and liabilities |
|
|
|
-588 |
|
-309 |
Neutralization of gains/losses on disposal of fixed assets and other disposals |
|
|
|
-164 |
|
-2 |
Other non-cash income and expenses |
|
|
|
-4 |
|
-22 |
Operating Cash Flow |
|
|
3,932 |
|
4,586 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments for investments in intangible assets |
|
|
|
-373 |
|
-482 |
Proceeds from the disposal of intangible assets |
|
|
|
171 |
|
18 |
Payments for investments in property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
-1,585 |
|
-1,702 |
Proceeds from the disposal of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
25 |
|
27 |
Payments for investments in other assets |
|
|
|
-1,608 |
|
-2,251 |
Proceeds from the disposal of other assets |
|
|
|
1,608 |
|
2,107 |
Payments for acquisitions less acquired cash and cash equivalents (net) |
|
|
|
-2,915 |
|
-774 |
Proceeds from divestments |
|
|
|
415 |
|
7 |
Investing Cash Flow |
|
|
-4,261 |
|
-3,050 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend payments to shareholders of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
-284 |
|
-284 |
Dividend payments to non-controlling interests |
|
|
|
-10 |
|
-9 |
Profit withdrawal by E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
-755 |
|
-747 |
Proceeds from new borrowings of financial debt from E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
809 |
|
683 |
Repayment of financial debt to E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany, and E. Merck Beteiligungen KG, Darmstadt, Germany, a related party of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
-247 |
|
-453 |
Proceeds from new borrowings of other current and non-current financial debt |
|
|
|
9,052 |
|
2,113 |
Repayment of other current and non-current financial debt |
|
|
|
-7,937 |
|
-2,290 |
Financing Cash Flow |
|
|
628 |
|
-985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
299 |
|
551 |
Changes in cash and cash equivalents due to currency translation |
|
|
|
-77 |
|
-16 |
Cash and cash equivalents as of January 1 |
|
|
|
2,517 |
|
1,982 |
Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31 (Consolidated Balance Sheet) |
|
|
2,740 |
|
2,517 |