2021 Sustainability report | 2020 performance

Business indicators

Business indicators

This section includes indicators and GRI Standard disclosures.

ST key figures I 102-7 I 201-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Net revenues (US$m)

6,973

8,347

9,664

9,556

10,219

Gross profit (US$m)

2,459

3,272

3,861

3,696

3,789

Gross profit as a percentage of sales (%)

35.3%

39.2%

40.0%

38.7%

37.1%

Net earnings (US$m)

165

802

1,287

1,032

1,106

Diluted earnings per share (US$)

0.19

0.89

1.41

1.14

1.20

Market share versus TAM (%) (Total Available Market)

2.06%

2.02%

2.06%

2.32%

2.32%
Operating income and cash flow (US$m) I 201-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Operating income

227

1,005

1,400

1,203

1,323

Net operating cash flow

316

308

533

497

627
Net revenues by location of order shipment(1) (%) I 102-6 I 102-7 I 201-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020(2)

Americas

15

13

13

14

11

Asia Pacific

58

61

61

62

69

EMEA

27

26

26

24

19

(1)

Net revenues by location of order shipment are classified by location of customer invoiced or reclassified by shipment destination in line with customer demand. For example, products ordered by US-based companies to be invoiced to Asia Pacific affiliates are classified as Asia Pacific revenues. Furthermore, the comparison among the different periods may be affected by shifts in shipment from one location to another, as requested by our customers.

(2)

The sums may not add up to 100% due to rounding of the figures.
ST sales by market channel(1) (%) I 102-6 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

OEM

67

66

65

70

73

Distribution

33

34

35

30

27

(1)

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) are the end-customers to which we provide direct marketing application engineering support, while Distribution customers refers to the distributors and representatives that we engage to sell our products around the world.
Dividends paid (US$m) I 201-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Dividends

251

214

216

214

168
Taxes (US$m) I 201-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Tax expense for the year

74

86

95

165

174
ST new patents filed SDG 9.5

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Patents filed

492

509

549

588

557
Research partnerships SDG 9.5

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Contracts with higher education institutions or research labs

228

234

160

138

143
On-time delivery

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Delivery date in line with customer request

100

85

88

105

79

Delivery date in line with ST commitment

100

89

92

103

90

Baseline 100 in 2016.
ST site certifications
ST is ISO 9001 certified company-wide

OHSAS 18001/
ISO 45001 Health & Safety

ISO 14001 Environ­ment

EMAS
Environment
performance
disclosure

ISO 50001 Energy

ISO 22301 Business Continuity

IATF 16949

Main manufacturing sites

Agrate

Ang Mo Kio

Bouskoura

Calamba

Catania

Crolles

Kirkop

Muar

Rousset

Shenzhen

Tours

Other sites

Castelletto

Geneva

Greater Noida

Grenoble

Le Mans

Loyang

Marcianise

Napoli

Rennes(1)

Toa Payoh

Total

19

17

13

11

18

20

(1)

Rennes Space & High-Reliability Products.
ECOPACK® lead-free labelling (%) I 417-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Non ECOPACK®

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

ECOPACK® 1: Compliant with the RoHS/ELV directives, second level interconnect lead-free(1)

7.8

6.7

6.8

6.3

4.2

ECOPACK® 2: as ECOPACK® 1, plus free of brominated, chlorinated and antimony oxide flame retardants

84.0

86.0

85.1

85.2

88.4

ECOPACK® 3: as ECOPACK® 2, plus free of halogens with no RoHS exemptions

7.9

7.1

8.0

8.3

7.3

(1)

With adapted reliability for soldering at higher temperature, as some exemptions are necessary mainly for the automotive market regarding the RoHS Directive.

ST inclusion in the main sustainability indices in 2020

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