Daimler AG - Facts & Figures

The company’s founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. 125 years later, in anniversary year 2011, Daimler AG is one of the world’s most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides its customers with a full range of automotive financial services including financing, leasing, insurance and fleet management.

As an automotive pioneer, Daimler continues to shape the future of mobility. The Group applies innovative and green technologies to produce safe and superior vehicles which fascinate and delight its customers. With the development of alternative drive systems, Daimler is the only vehicle producer investing in all three technologies of hybrid drive, electric motors and fuel cells, with the goal of achieving emission-free mobility in the long term. This is just one example of how Daimler willingly accepts the challenge of meeting its responsibility towards society and the environment.

Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. In addition to Mercedes-Benz, the world’s most valuable automotive brand, Daimler’s brand portfolio includes smart, Maybach, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, Fuso, Setra, Orion and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In the year 2010, the Daimler Group sold 1.9 million vehicles and employed a workforce of more than 260,000 people; revenue totaled €97.8 billion and EBIT amounted to €7.3 billion.

 

Daimler Group Key Figures	2010
	Amounts in millions of euros
Revenue	97,761
Western Europe	38,478
thereof Germany	19,281
NAFTA	23,582
thereof United States	20,216
Asia	19,659
thereof China	9,094
Other markets	16,042
Employees (December 31)	260,100
Investment in property, plant and equipment	3,653
Research and development expenditure	4,849
thereof capitalized	1,373
Cash provided by / used for operating activities	8,544
EBIT	7,274
Value added (including discontinued operations)	2,773
Net profit/loss	4,674
Net profit/loss from continuing operations	4,674
Earnings/loss per share (in €)	4.28
Earings/loss per share, continuing operations (in €)	4.28
Total dividend	1,971
Dividend per share (in €)	1.85