EBIT
Operating profit figures
The presentation of income development describes the changes in the key items on the statement of income, adjusted for special items.
In the year under review, exchange rate effects caused an overall immaterial decrease in income and expenses. Effects resulting from changes in the scope of consolidation were also not significant. The effects are presented in the above table and are not discussed any further below.
The Covid-19 pandemic adversely affected the economic development of DB Group in 2020 to a significant extent. As a result, the operating profit figures showed a significant decline, primarily driven by the integrated rail system. In the integrated rail system countermeasures could only compensate for a smaller part of the effects caused by performance-related declines in revenues, additional personnel expenses (capacity expansion and wage increases), as well as improvements in quality and digitalization. The development of DB Arriva was also significantly weaker, primarily due to Covid-19. The increase in the operating profit at DB Schenker had a positive impact, mainly driven by the development in air freight.
| Extraordinary result (€ million) | 2020 | thereof affecting EBIT | 2019 | thereof affecting EBIT | |
DB Long-Distance | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
DB Regional | – 4 | –4 | 0 | 0 | |
DB Cargo | – 13 | –13 | – 12 | –12 | |
DB Netze Track | – 142 | –141 | – 77 | –75 | |
DB Netze Stations | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
DB Netze Energy | – 72 | –72 | – | – | |
| Other/consolidation integrated rail system | – 193 | –193 | – 109 | –109 | |
| Integrated rail system | – 420 | –419 | – 195 | –193 | |
DB Arriva | – 1.380 | –1.380 | – 182 | –182 | |
DB Schenker | 0 | 0 | – 2 | –2 | |
| Consolidation other | 0 | 0 | – 14 | –14 | |
DB Group | – 1.800 | –1.799 | – 393 | –391 | |
Transition to the adjusted statement of income
- Special issues are eliminated in the adjusted statement of income. The transition to the adjusted statement is a two-step process: firstly, standard reclassifications are carried out, then the figures are adjusted for individual special items.
Operating profit development of the business units
| EBIT adjusted by business units (€ million) | 2020 | 2019 | Change | ||
absolute | % | ||||
DB Long-Distance | – 1,681 | 485 | – 2,166 | – | |
DB Regional | – 451 | 408 | – 859 | – | |
DB Cargo | – 728 | – 308 | – 420 | + 136 | |
DB Netze Track | 409 | 807 | – 398 | – 49.3 | |
DB Netze Stations | 24 | 210 | – 186 | – 88.6 | |
DB Netze Energy | 5 | 43 | – 38 | – 88.4 | |
| Other/consolidation integrated rail system | – 753 | – 622 | – 131 | + 21.1 | |
| Integrated rail system | – 3,175 | 1,023 | – 4,198 | – | |
DB Arriva | – 431 | 289 | – 720 | – | |
DB Schenker | 711 | 538 | + 173 | + 32.2 | |
| Consolidation other | – 8 | – 13 | + 5 | – 38.5 | |
DB Group | – 2,903 | 1,837 | – 4,740 | – | |