Company profile

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses through its two business units, thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on almost 150 years of success. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. The DAX-40 company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Henkel employs around 47,000 people worldwide, around 83 percent of whom work outside of Germany. As a recognized leader in sustainability, Henkel holds top positions in many international ratings and rankings.

In the fiscal year 2024, the company reported sales of 21.6 billion euros and an operating profit of 3.1 billion euros ‏(adjusted for one-time gains/charges and restructuring charges).

Two globally operating business units

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Corporate Culture

Our company purpose expresses what unites us all at Henkel: Pioneers at heart for the good of generations. We are a diverse team of around 47,000 colleagues worldwide, striving to enrich and improve life every day through our products, services, and solutions. Our Purpose is built from our roots and carries a long-standing legacy of innovation, responsibility, and sustainability into the future. Our shared values and Leadership Commitments guide our decisions and actions every day.

Strategic Framework

At Henkel, we shape our future guided by a long-term strategic framework based on our purpose and our values.

This framework will help us to win the 20s for Henkel with a clear focus on purposeful growth. This means creating superior customer and consumer value to outgrow our markets, reinforcing our leadership in sustainability and enabling our employees to grow, professionally and personally, through their work at Henkel. 

The main elements of our strategic framework are a winning portfolio, competitive edge in the areas of innovation, sustainability and digital as well as future-ready operating models, underpinned by a strong foundation of a collaborative culture and empowered people.

For more information on the strategic framework go to https://www.henkel.com/company/strategy

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Teaser Annual Report
Mar 11, 2025
Very good annual results 2024 demonstrate successful implementation of Purposeful Growth Agenda
  • Strong business performance in fiscal 2024
    • Sales: 21.6 billion euros, good organic growth of 2.6 percent
    • Operating profit ‏(EBIT)*: 3.1 billion euros, very significant increase of 20.9 percent
    • EBIT margin*: 14.3 percent, outstanding improvement by 240 basis points
    • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* significantly higher: 5.36 euros, +25.1 percent at constant exchange rates
    • Strong free cash flow of 2.4 billion euros
  • Dividend increase in the double-digit percentage range proposed: 2.04 euros per preferred share ‏(+10.3 percent)
  • New share buyback of up to 1 billion euros decided
  • Implementation of Purposeful Growth Agenda further progressed
    • Consumer Brands: Integration faster than planned, portfolio measures finalized, full savings to be realized already by end of 2025
    • Adhesive Technologies: New set-up implemented in 2023 is paying off
    • Ambitious climate protection targets: net-zero roadmap defined
  • Outlook for fiscal 2025: Poised for further top- and bottom line growth – with slow start into the year and acceleration in the course of the year
    • Organic sales growth: 1.5 to 3.5 percent
    • EBIT margin*: 14.0 to 15.5 percent
    • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: Increase in the low to high single-digit percentage range ‏(at constant exchange rates)
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Henkel logo on a rooftop in Duesseldorf.
Mar 11, 2025 - Press Release
2024 Annual Report & Sustainability Report

Henkel published its 2024 Annual & Sustainability Reports on March 11, 2025. 

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Henkel logo on a rooftop in Duesseldorf.
Feb 7, 2025 - Press Release
Henkel to divest Retailer Brands business in North America
  • Strengthening focus on innovative branded consumer business
  • Divestment of non-core business with limited future strategic fit
  • Concluding announced portfolio optimization as part of Consumer Brands integration
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Contact

Wulf Klüppelholz - Head of Media Relations - Corporate Communications
Wulf Klüppelholz Henkel Corporate Media Relations Headquarters, Düsseldorf/Germany +49-211-797-1875 press@henkel.com Download Business Card Add to my collection

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