Fresenius Helios
Fresenius Helios is one of the largest private hospital operators in Germany. The HELIOS Kliniken Group owns 60 hospitals, including five maximum care hospitals in Erfurt, Berlin-Buch, Wuppertal, Schwerin and Krefeld. HELIOS treats about 500,000 inpatients per year at its clinics and has a total of approximately 17,200 beds.
| in million € | 2007 | 2006 | Change in % |
| Sales | 1,841 | 1,673 | 10 |
| - of which contribution to consolidated sales | 16 % | 16 % |  |
| EBITDA | 220 | 189 | 16 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 65 | 56 | 16 |
| EBIT | 155 | 133 | 17 |
| Net interest | -53 | -47 | -13 |
| Net income | 64 | 59 | 8 |
| Operating cash flow | 202 | 141 | 43 |
| Debt | 1,136 | 1,032 | 10 |
| Total assets | 3,072 | 2,873 | 7 |
| Capital expenditure | 149 | 100 | 49 |
| Acquisitions | 174 | 114 | 53 |
| Research and development expenses | 1 | 1 | 0 % |
| Employees (per capita on balance sheet date) | 30,043 | 26,368 | 14 |
| Key figures | | | |
| - EBITDA margin | 12.0 % | 11.3 % | |
| - EBIT margin | 8.4 % | 7.9 % | |
| - ROOA | 5.6 % | 5.4 % | |