Financials
Our customer growth and our cost efficiency resulted in solid growth across our key financial figures in the reporting year (revenue, adjusted EBITDA AL, free cash flow AL, etc.). We are focusing on the one hand on maximizing our capital gains to reinvest in sustainable growth and generate further momentum for our flywheel, and on the other on increasing our shareholder remuneration. This is reflected in the EUR 2.0 billion we invested in share buy-backs in the reporting year. For 2026, we are again planning share buy-backs of up to EUR 2 billion. The buy-back commenced on January 5, 2026 and will be carried out in several tranches up to the end of 2026.
For further information on the development of our financial figures, please refer to the section “Development of business in the Group.” Our finance planning for the period through 2027 can be found in the section “Finance strategy,” and our outlook for 2026 and 2027 in the section “Forecast.”