Financial position
Raute uses key ratios and alternative performance measures (APM's) to describe the income, operational financial result, capital structure, return on equity, financial position and cash flows.
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
| Net sales, EUR thousand | 142 212 | 114 994 | 151 297 | 180 993 | 148 064 | 113 130 |
| Change in net sales, % | 23.7 | -24.0 | -16.4 | 22.2 | 30.9 | -11.1 |
| Exported portion of net sales, EUR thousand | 130 548 | 108 267 | 133 535 | 153 180 | 122 249 | 88 612 |
| % of net sales | 91.8 | 94.2 | 88.3 | 84.6 | 82.6 | 78.3 |
| Operating profit, EUR thousand | -2 244 | -2 770 | 8 454 | 14 922 | 11 171 | 8 558 |
| % of net sales | -1.6 | -2.4 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| Profit before tax, EUR thousand | -1 772 | -2 455 | 9 253 | 14 912 | 11 120 | 8 220 |
| % of net sales | -1.2 | -2.1 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| Profit for the financial year, EUR thousand | -1 775 | -1 819 | 7 687 | 11 836 | 8 979 | 6 684 |
| % of net sales | -1.2 | -1.6 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| Return on investment (ROI), % | -2.7 | -2.7 | 18.1 | 34.6 | 29.5 | 25.3 |
| Return on equity (ROE), % | -4.8 | -4.1 | 16.0 | 27.6 | 24.4 | 20.9 |
| Balance sheet total, EUR thousand | 110 676 | 85 428 | 90 651 | 96 382 | 87 006 | 69 767 |
| Interest-bearing net liabilities, EUR thousand | -12 244 | -3 863 | -13 923 | -12 295 | -29 311 | -20 633 |
| % of net sales | -8.6 | -3.4 | -9.2 | -6.8 | -19.8 | -18.2 |
| Non-interest-bearing liabilities, EUR thousand | 64 065 | 37 740 | 32 635 | 48 793 | 45 428 | 31 760 |
| Equity ratio, % | 44.3 | 58.8 | 62.9 | 61.7 | 64.3 | 60.4 |
| Gearing, % | -35.9 | -9.6 | -28.1 | -26.4 | -74.4 | -60.3 |
| Gross capital expenditure, EUR thousand | 6 297 | 4 258 | 2 956 | 4 384 | 6 962 | 3 224 |
| & of net sales | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 2.8 |
| Research and development costs, EUR thousand | 4 919 | 4 260 | 4 419 | 3 735 | 3 237 | 2 863 |
| % of net sales | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Order book, EUR million | 158 | 94 | 88 | 95 | 110 | 106 |
| Order intake, EUR million | 203 | 119 | 148 | 167 | 155 | 162 |
| Personnel at Dec. 31 | 802 | 751 | 778 | 772 | 704 | 643 |
| Personnel, effective, on average | 780 | 743 | 761 | 725 | 660 | 631 |
| Personnel, on average | 788 | 760 | 784 | 748 | 682 | 642 |
| Dividend, EUR thousand | 3 411* | 3 411 | 6 182 | 5 968 | 5 320 | 4 220 |
| *Board's propoosal to the Annual General Meeting to be held on March 31, 2022 | ||||||
The calculation of the key figures and the alternative performance measures has been presented in here. | ||||||