On March 12, Audi released its results of 2012, Audi’s operating revenue, business profit, net profit and sales all grew year on year last year, but the growth rate of business profit was less than 1% year on year, much lower than the levels of the previous years.
In 2012, Audi’s operating revenue was Euro 48.771bn, up 10.6% year on year on the basis of Euro 44.096bn in 2011.
The business profit grew 0.6% year on year from Euro 5.348bn to Euro 5.38bn. The operating profit ratio was 11%, lower than 12.1% of 2011. The global sales were 1,455,123, up 11.7% year on year compared to 1,302,659 last year.
The earnings before tax declined 1.4% from Euro 6.041bn to Euro 5.956bn; the pre-tax profit rate decreased from 13.7% to 12.2%. The rate of return on capital was 30.9% while it was 35.4% in 2012.
Last year, Audi’s distribution cost grew 27.6% year on year to Euro 4.593bn from Euro 3.599bn in 2011. The net financial income was from Euro 692mn to Euro 576mn, down 16.8% year on year.
