On March 12, Audi announced the financial report of 2012. Audi revenue, operating profit, net profit and sales increased year-on-year last year, but operating profit increased less than 1%, far below the level of previous years.
In 2012, Audi's operating income was 48.771 billion Euros, an increase of 10.6% on the basis of 44.096 billion Euros in 2011. Operating profit increased 0.6% from 5.348 billion Euros to 5.38 billion Euros. Operating margin was 11.0%, lower than the 2011 of 12.1%. The global sales were 1,455,123 units, last year were 1,302,659 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%.
Pre-tax profits fell 1.4% to 5.956 billion Euros from 6.041 billion Euros. Pre-tax profit rate slipped to 12.2% from 13.7%. Capital rate of return was 30.9%, and 35.4% in 2012.
Last year, Audi’s distribution costs increased by 27.6% to 4.593 billion Euros from 3.599 billion Euros in 2011, Net financial income decreased by 16.8% to 576 million Euros from 692 million Euros year-on-year.
