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Engagement with enthusiastic target group

"Through its partnership with EFG, DHL has become a brand that inspires gaming fans like none other," said Rodrigo Samwell, Chief Commercial Officer, ESL FACEIT Group. "We see thousands of fans chanting 'DHL' at our live events, and the love the esports community shows to DHL is nothing short of extraordinary. That support is a testament to the fact that EFG's and DHL's joint long-term strategy resonates with the most important people: our fans."

DHL is also building engagement with this enthusiastic target group through mobile gaming, including with its own products such as the EffiBOT Game, which is being relaunched this year and can be downloaded from the most important app stores. In this jump-and-run game, players collect packages in DHL environments, for example in a warehouse or at an airport. In the previous year, DHL achieved a milestone of 100,000 downloads and 2 million game plays.

Gross capital expenditure (capex) amounted to EUR 633 million in the second quarter (Q2 2023: EUR 708 million). Given global economic parameters, DHL Group continues to concentrate on safeguarding earnings and cash flow and focuses its capital expenditure on its structural growth drivers omnishoring, e-commerce, sustainability, and digitalization. Free cash flow was EUR 344 million (Q2 2023: EUR 450 million; Q2 2019: EUR -547 million). 

DHL Group generated consolidated net profit after non-controlling interests of EUR 744 million in the second quarter of 2024 (Q2 2023: EUR 978 million). Basic earnings per share were EUR 0.64 in the same period, compared with EUR 0.82 in the second quarter of 2023. The Management Board resolution of May 2, 2024 reduced the issued capital by EUR 39 million by retiring 39,059,409 treasury shares. The issued capital now comprises 1,200,000,000 no-par value registered shares (ordinary shares).