Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

Consolidated cash flow statement

€ million

 

Note

 

2025

 

2024

Profit after tax

 

 

 

2,615

 

2,786

Depreciation/amortization/impairment losses/reversals of impairment losses

 

 

 

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

 

16

 

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

 

23

 

-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

 

41

 

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)

 

35

 

2,740

 

2,517

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