MARKETS / BALCAO / ABLZF
BALCAO · SWITCHGEAR & SWITCHBOARD APPARATUS · LARGE CAP

ABB Ltd. ABLZF

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2023 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2023
$32.2B
▲ 9.5% vs FY2022
EPS · FY23
$2.01
Dividend / sh · FY23
Payout · FY23
45%
ROE · FY23
29.2%
Net margin · FY23
11.9%
Dividend coverage
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Result
USD 32.2B
Revenue, FY2023 · full 17-year series below
Revenue Net income
20406032.23.82007201020132016201920222023
20406032.23.82014201720202023

12 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 2.01
Diluted EPS, FY2023
EPS
1232.012007201020132016201920222023
1232.012014201720202023

The company pays no cash dividend.

Profitability
29.2%
Return on equity, FY2023
ROE
1020304029.2%2007201020132016201920222023
1020304029.2%2014201720202023
Operating margin15.1%
Net margin11.9%
Return on assets9.5%

Each USD of equity produced 29 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 3.0B
returned in FY2023 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 1.7B
Net buybacksUSD 1.3B
Share of profit77.7%
Consecutive raises

USD 1.7B in dividends and USD 1.3B in buybacks — 78% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+3.1% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+7.2%
+3.1%
−2.6%
−0.5%
Net income
−9.8%
+10.7%
+2.8%
+1.4%
EPS, diluted
−6.1%
+14.5%
+5.2%
+2.6%
Returned to shareholders
−14.7%
+8.6%
+5.9%
+11.6%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
Shares outstanding, FY2023
Change, 5 years
Change, 10 years

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
USD 40.9B
total assets, end of FY2023
Total assetsUSD 40.9B
EquityUSD 13.4B
CashUSD 3.9B
Gross debtUSD 7.8B
Net debtUSD 3.9B
Current ratio1.18×

Net debt stands at 29% of equity.

History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
32.2
29.4
28.9
26.1
28.0
27.7
25.2
24.9
35.5
39.8
41.8
39.3
38.0
31.6
31.8
34.9
29.2
Operating income $B
4.9
3.3
5.7
1.6
1.9
2.2
2.2
1.9
3.0
4.2
4.4
4.1
4.7
3.8
4.1
4.6
4.0
EBITDA $B
5.7
4.2
6.6
2.5
2.9
3.1
3.1
2.8
4.2
5.5
5.7
5.2
5.7
4.5
4.8
5.2
4.6
Income tax $B
0.9
0.8
1.1
0.5
0.8
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.8
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.1
0.6
Net income $B
3.8
2.6
4.7
5.2
1.5
2.3
2.4
2.0
2.1
2.7
2.9
2.8
3.3
2.7
3.1
3.1
3.6
EPS, diluted $
2.01
1.30
2.25
2.43
0.67
1.02
1.03
0.88
0.87
1.13
1.21
1.18
1.38
1.12
1.27
1.36
1.57
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
45
65
37
33
110
75
69
·
66
68
57
58
47
·
·
·
·
ROE %
29.2
18.3
29.7
35.6
11.1
16.0
16.8
14.6
13.4
15.6
16.3
17.2
21.6
19.1
25.1
27.9
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Shares out B
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·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
66 of 66
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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