Selected Financial Data

(Dollars in millions, except per share data) 2004 2003 2002 20011) 2001 1)2) 2000 2000 2)
Sales and Income
Net sales $6,144 $5,301 $4,443 $3,991 $4,116
Operating income 513 427 323 182 $233 340 $389
Income before income taxes 485 397 279 125 176 291 340
Net income 326 268 176 53 105 169 218

 

Financial Position

Current assets excluding cash 1,962 1,822 1,518 1,350 1,312
Property, plant and equipment 1,160 1,052 917 845   867
Intangible assets (primarily goodwill) 1,709 1,710 1,690 1,685 1,739
Non-interest bearing liabilities 1,678 1,493 1,290 1,058 1,111
Capital employed 3,236 3,187 2,924 2,917 2,919
Net debt 599 785 864 1,023 1,009
Shareholders’ equity 2,636 2,402 2,060 1,894 1,910
Total assets 5,354 4,931 4,356 4,086 4,134
Long-term debt 667 846 843 1,037 737

 

Per share data

Earnings per share (US$) 3) 3.46 2.81 1.79 .54 1.07 1.67 2.16
Equity per share (US$) 28.66 25.31 21.39 19.32 19.49
Cash dividends declared per share (US$) .75 .54 .44 .44 .44

Number of shares outstanding (million) 4)

 

92.0

 

94.9

 

96.3

 

98.0

 

97.8

 

Ratios
Gross margin (%) 19.9 18.9 18.1 16.6 16.6 19.1
Operating margin (%) 8.4 8.1 7.3 4.5 5.8 8.2 9.5
Pretax margin (%) 7.9 7.5 6.3 3.1 4.4 7.1 8.3
Return on capital employed (%) 16 14 11 6 8 12 14
Return on shareholders’ equity (%) 13 12 9 3 6 9 11
Equity ratio (%) 49 49 47 46 46
Net debt to capitalization (%) 18 24 29 35 34
Days receivables outstanding 73 77 78 79 76

Days inventory outstanding

 

31

 

31

 

31

 

32

 

31

 

Other data
Airbag sales 5) 4,028 3,608 3,160 2,817 2,934
Seat belt sales 6) 2,116 1,693 1,283 1,174 1,182
Net cash provided by operating activities 680 529 509 266 266
Capital expenditures 324 258 228 248 235
Net cash used in investing activities (303) (275) (240) (270) (428)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (261) (273) (257) 10 131
Number of employees, December 31 34,500 32,100 30,100 28,300 28,000


1) In 2001, Unusual items reduced gross profit by $46.1 million, income before taxes by $65.3 million, net income by $46.8 million and earnings per share by $.48 (see Note 10 for further details.)
2) Adjusted for the effect of the accounting principle FAS-142.
3) The differences between basic and dilutive per share amounts do not exceed one cent for any year (see "Number of Shares".)
4) At year end, net of treasury shares.
5) Incl. Steering Wheels, Electronics, Inflators and Initiators.
6) Incl. Seats components.