Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft announced sales results for the year 2017. For the year, the company recorded a 5.7% increase in organic Group sales to EUR 7,055 million as against EUR 6,752 million the prior-year period based on a very good business development in 2017 and a significant sales acceleration in the fourth quarter above the last released guidance (4-5%).

For the year 2017, the company expects the EBIT margins for the Group and for the Consumer business segment to be slightly above previous year (previous year Group: 15%; previous year Consumer business segment: 14.8%); the EBIT margin for the tesa business segment is now expected to be significantly above previous year (previous year tesa: 16.2%). Due to the absence of one-time profits incurred in 2016 as well as losses from foreign exchange and from financial investments in 2017, the company expects the profit after tax margin to be around 10% (previous year: 10.8%).