Solvay SA

Solvay SA

SOLB · BR · Basic Materials / Chemicals

24.74EUR+0.04 (+0.16%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close24.70
Open24.78
Day Range24.62 – 24.86
52-Week Range22.23 – 28.04
Volume320.02K
Market Cap2.55B
P/E (TTM)74.00
Forward P/E8.81
EPS0.33
Dividend Yield10.01%
Beta0.26
50-Day Avg24.83
200-Day Avg26.17

About

Solvay SA provides basic and performance chemicals worldwide. The company engages in the production of sodium carbonate or soda ash and its derivatives used by customers in glass for building, solar panels, glass containers, and packaging; in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles; and for detergents and chemicals, as well as sodium bicarbonate for food and animal feed, and flue gas treatment or healthcare applications. It also offers hydrogen peroxide for use in bleaching, decontamination, disinfection, and antiseptic applications in the pulp and paper, textile, water, and food industries; and as an intermediate to produce propylene oxide and caprolactam chemicals, as well as used in semiconductors, photovoltaic, urban mining, and battery sectors. In addition, the company provides precipitated silica, a component in applications in the tire, home and personal care, and feed and food industries; highly dispersible silica used in various tire parts; and oxygenated solvents and polyamides for use in paintings, hygiene, and home care applications, as well as for the production of phenol and derivatives used as intermediates to produce synthetic resins in foundries, construction, and abrasives. Further, it produces fluorine and rare-earth formulations for automotive, electronics, and various chemical and industrial applications. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Company Details

  • SectorBasic Materials
  • IndustryChemicals
  • CEOMr. Philippe Kehren
  • Employees8.40K
  • HeadquartersRue de Ransbeek, 310, Brussels, Belgium, 1120, Belgium
  • Websitehttps://www.solvay.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Philippe KehrenCEO, Chairman of Executive Committee & Director · b. 1971
  • Mr. Alexandre BlumChief Financial & Strategy Officer and Member of Executive Committee · b. 1973
  • Mr. Lanny DuvallCOO & Member of Executive Committee · b. 1968
  • Dr. Mark Van BijsterveldChief People Officer & Member of Executive Committee · b. 1969
  • Ms. Lisa Jane BrownGeneral Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Member of Executive Committee · b. 1978
  • Mr. Geoffroy d'OultremontHead of Investor Relations · b. 1970
  • Ms. An J. NuyttensPresident of Aroma Performance & Silica Businesses
  • Mr. Carlos SilveiraPresident of Peroxides GBU
  • Mr. Etienne GalanPresident of GBU Soda Ash & Derivatives
  • Mr. Jean-Charles DjelalianChief Sustainability Officer

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: EUR2000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue8.86B8.72B7.92B7.56B7.88B8.56B9.40B9.57B9.49B8.48B7.11B8.11B12.83B10.37B10.63B11.05B11.40B10.89B11.30B11.23B9.71B11.44B16.07B6.02B5.13B4.75B
Growth (%)--1.56%-9.24%-4.57%+4.23%+8.70%+9.78%+1.84%-0.86%-10.59%-16.22%+14.07%+58.22%-19.20%+2.53%+3.94%+3.22%-4.50%+3.75%-0.64%-13.48%+17.72%+40.54%-62.52%-14.84%-7.49%
Cost of Revenue5.87B5.76B5.24B5.10B5.27B5.72B6.13B6.24B6.38B5.50B5.59B6.54B10.27B8.04B8.07B8.29B8.31B7.80B8.26B8.24B7.21B8.51B12.04B4.64B3.98B3.74B
Gross Profit--2.68B2.46B2.60B2.84B3.27B3.33B3.11B2.99B1.52B1.56B2.56B2.32B2.56B2.76B3.09B3.09B3.04B2.98B2.51B2.93B4.03B1.38B1.15B1.00B
Gross Margin--33.83%32.50%33.06%33.15%34.82%34.79%32.76%35.24%21.42%19.29%19.95%22.42%24.08%24.97%27.10%28.34%26.86%26.57%25.81%25.60%25.07%22.94%22.34%21.13%
Operating Expense--2.01B1.84B1.85B2.28B2.32B2.11B2.12B2.04B1.22B1.00B1.40B1.68B1.58B1.71B2.00B1.93B1.87B1.68B1.59B1.49B1.69B1.50B459.00M522.00M
Operating Income849.00M607.00M667.00M618.00M756.00M555.00M956.00M1.22B986.00M953.00M305.00M561.00M1.16B647.00M977.00M1.05B1.09B1.15B1.16B1.30B912.00M1.44B2.34B-115.00M687.00M481.00M
Operating Margin9.58%6.96%8.42%8.18%9.60%6.48%10.17%12.77%10.39%11.23%4.29%6.92%9.06%6.24%9.19%9.47%9.55%10.59%10.28%11.58%9.39%12.59%14.59%-1.91%13.39%10.13%
EBITDA--1.22B1.05B1.21B1.02B1.48B1.78B1.03B1.27B821.00M1.03B1.98B1.53B1.28B1.87B1.56B1.90B1.92B1.15B1.75B1.95B1.96B526.00M760.00M797.00M
EBITDA Margin--15.42%13.85%15.30%11.90%15.73%18.61%10.91%15.01%11.55%12.75%15.44%14.73%12.03%16.89%13.64%17.45%17.00%10.25%18.06%17.04%12.17%8.73%14.81%16.79%
Net Income444.00M398.00M494.00M430.00M541.00M816.00M817.00M828.00M449.00M553.00M1.82B297.00M584.00M270.00M80.00M406.00M621.00M1.06B858.00M-79.00M-1.09B948.00M1.91B2.09B223.00M30.00M
Net Income Margin5.01%4.56%6.24%5.69%6.87%9.53%8.69%8.65%4.73%6.52%25.64%3.66%4.55%2.60%0.75%3.67%5.45%9.74%7.59%-0.70%-11.24%8.29%11.85%34.74%4.35%0.63%
R&D360.00M341.00M399.00M404.00M413.00M472.00M563.00M556.00M564.00M555.00M181.00M156.00M261.00M237.00M247.00M277.00M305.00M290.00M297.00M323.00M300.00M325.00M357.00M47.00M34.00M14.00M
R&D as % of Total Revenue4.06%3.91%5.04%5.35%5.24%5.51%5.99%5.81%5.94%6.54%2.55%1.92%2.03%2.29%2.32%2.51%2.67%2.66%2.63%2.88%3.09%2.84%2.22%0.78%0.66%0.29%
Interest Expense0088.00M85.00M119.00M120.00M28.00M23.00M26.00M9.00M146.00M159.00M362.00M277.00M314.00M177.00M306.00M269.00M208.00M249.00M191.00M107.00M118.00M71.00M108.00M99.00M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%1.11%1.12%1.51%1.40%0.30%0.24%0.27%0.11%2.05%1.96%2.82%2.67%2.95%1.60%2.68%2.47%1.84%2.22%1.97%0.94%0.73%1.18%2.11%2.09%

Balance Sheet

Currency: EUR2000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets9.18B11.00B9.46B9.69B10.04B11.24B11.10B11.18B12.26B12.55B14.01B19.44B18.33B18.43B17.89B25.33B24.14B21.45B22.00B21.31B16.79B20.05B20.66B7.02B6.69B6.15B
Total Liabilities5.22B7.08B5.90B6.16B6.25B7.32B6.64B6.72B7.52B7.39B7.17B12.78B11.73B10.98B11.12B15.66B14.19B11.70B11.37B11.68B9.49B11.20B10.00B5.72B5.29B5.07B
Total Equity3.71B2.98B1.81B1.80B1.97B3.63B3.97B4.30B4.15B4.75B6.42B6.16B6.15B7.07B6.56B9.42B9.71B9.64B10.51B9.51B7.20B8.74B10.60B1.26B1.34B1.02B
Cash171.00M138.00M439.00M1.21B1.41B449.00M433.00M575.00M883.00M1.49B2.00B1.94B1.77B1.93B1.25B2.03B969.00M992.00M1.10B809.00M1.00B941.00M932.00M584.00M539.00M536.00M
Total Debt--1.76B2.33B2.20B2.13B1.69B1.88B2.48B2.82B2.80B4.17B3.65B3.51B2.34B6.52B5.37B4.20B3.80B4.51B3.51B3.35B2.96B2.19B2.14B2.17B
Net Debt--1.32B1.12B794.00M1.68B1.26B1.31B1.60B1.33B799.00M2.23B1.88B1.58B1.09B4.49B4.40B3.21B2.69B3.70B2.51B2.40B2.02B1.61B1.60B1.63B

Cash Flow

Currency: EUR2000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow917.00M1.44B848.00M870.00M970.00M969.00M1.14B852.00M1.28B1.18B697.00M794.00M1.46B1.28B1.62B1.39B1.79B1.60B1.72B1.81B1.24B1.50B2.01B1.91B615.00M595.00M
Investing Cash Flow--510.00M369.00M-310.00M-692.00M-358.00M-445.00M-1.20B-486.00M3.98B-3.68B-520.00M-1.73B-650.00M-6.11B-807.00M70.00M-784.00M-880.00M711.00M-470.00M-831.00M-1.79B-282.00M-201.00M
Financing Cash Flow162.00M985.00M489.00M291.00M-445.00M-1.26B-780.00M-250.00M239.00M-105.00M-4.18B2.88B-1.08B672.00M-1.69B5.47B-1.95B-1.68B-811.00M-1.23B-1.69B-1.10B-1.19B-455.00M-364.00M-380.00M
Capital Expenditure812.00M2.63B625.00M494.00M431.00M505.00M581.00M433.00M747.00M456.00M366.00M602.00M785.00M810.00M987.00M1.04B981.00M822.00M833.00M857.00M535.00M636.00M909.00M1.06B285.00M191.00M
Free Cash Flow--848.00M870.00M539.00M464.00M557.00M419.00M530.00M728.00M331.00M192.00M672.00M468.00M634.00M351.00M807.00M782.00M887.00M958.00M707.00M863.00M1.10B847.00M330.00M404.00M
Dividends Paid190.00M204.00M219.00M235.00M224.00M217.00M227.00M243.00M240.00M257.00M248.00M266.00M278.00M343.00M291.00M323.00M386.00M396.00M411.00M426.00M419.00M431.00M417.00M424.00M256.00M254.00M
FCF to OCF--100.00%100.00%55.57%47.88%48.95%49.18%41.50%61.49%47.49%24.18%46.12%36.62%39.11%25.29%45.13%48.75%51.57%52.78%56.92%57.57%54.69%44.32%53.66%67.90%
Dividend Paid to FCF--25.83%27.01%41.56%46.77%40.75%58.00%45.28%35.30%74.92%138.54%41.37%73.29%45.90%92.02%47.83%50.64%46.34%44.47%59.26%49.94%38.01%50.06%77.58%62.87%

Earnings

Report DateApr 30, 2003Jul 31, 2003Oct 31, 2003Mar 26, 2004Apr 29, 2004Jul 30, 2004Oct 29, 2004Apr 29, 2005Jul 29, 2005Oct 28, 2005Feb 16, 2006May 9, 2006Jul 28, 2006Oct 27, 2006Feb 15, 2007May 8, 2007Jul 27, 2007Oct 26, 2007Feb 15, 2008May 13, 2008Jul 31, 2008Oct 30, 2008Feb 19, 2009May 12, 2009Jul 30, 2009Oct 29, 2009Feb 18, 2010May 11, 2010Jul 29, 2010Oct 28, 2010Feb 17, 2011May 9, 2011Jul 28, 2011Oct 27, 2011Feb 16, 2012May 7, 2012Jul 27, 2012Oct 25, 2012Feb 14, 2013May 13, 2013Jul 31, 2013Oct 25, 2013Feb 26, 2014May 6, 2014Jul 31, 2014Nov 13, 2014Feb 26, 2015May 6, 2015Jul 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015Feb 25, 2016May 3, 2016Jul 29, 2016Nov 8, 2016Feb 24, 2017May 3, 2017Aug 1, 2017Nov 8, 2017Feb 28, 2018May 3, 2018Jul 31, 2018Nov 8, 2018Feb 27, 2019May 7, 2019Jul 31, 2019Nov 7, 2019Feb 26, 2020May 6, 2020Jul 29, 2020Nov 5, 2020Feb 24, 2021May 5, 2021Jul 29, 2021Oct 28, 2021Feb 23, 2022May 4, 2022Jul 28, 2022Nov 3, 2022Feb 23, 2023May 4, 2023Aug 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023Mar 13, 2024May 7, 2024Jul 31, 2024Nov 6, 2024Mar 11, 2025May 8, 2025Jul 30, 2025Nov 4, 2025Feb 24, 2026May 6, 2026Jul 28, 2026Nov 4, 2026Mar 4, 2027
EPS Estimate-----0.911.341.551.481.741.741.792.302.001.592.402.432.171.772.332.051.861.030.810.811.401.310.950.880.970.720.841.371.211.051.222.081.691.531.331.441.380.811.351.751.541.211.481.791.871.351.542.062.351.661.932.031.940.781.862.402.411.172.352.212.532.051.660.831.200.931.752.122.041.422.443.093.832.513.233.362.800.970.770.990.790.900.910.800.570.390.590.410.450.27
EPS Actual1.011.041.031.211.231.342.302.401.572.271.972.602.832.592.072.632.482.002.372.372.040.490.731.151.312.292.790.941.361.490.771.171.771.101.631.392.932.011.161.031.471.411.281.281.721.542.341.891.431.441.341.852.162.391.762.172.902.201.391.992.632.251.562.002.292.371.362.281.061.710.952.332.662.642.413.564.524.903.774.424.063.230.301.011.050.990.960.930.920.830.130.730.600.32-
Surprise-----47.25%71.64%54.84%6.08%30.46%13.22%45.25%23.04%29.50%30.19%9.58%2.06%-7.83%33.90%1.72%-0.49%-73.66%-29.13%41.98%61.73%63.57%112.98%-1.05%54.55%53.61%6.94%39.29%29.20%-9.09%55.24%13.93%40.87%18.93%-24.18%-22.56%2.08%2.17%58.02%-5.19%-1.71%0.00%93.39%27.70%-20.11%-22.99%-0.74%20.13%4.85%1.70%6.02%12.44%42.86%13.40%78.21%6.99%9.58%-6.64%33.33%-14.89%3.62%-6.32%-33.66%37.35%27.71%42.50%2.15%33.14%25.47%29.41%69.72%45.90%46.28%27.94%50.20%36.84%20.83%15.36%-69.07%30.86%6.06%25.32%7.06%2.20%15.00%45.61%-66.67%23.73%46.34%-28.89%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap2.55B
Enterprise Value4.37B
Trailing P/E74.00
Forward P/E8.81
PEG Ratio0.29
Price / Sales0.57
Price / Book2.09
EPS0.33
Book Value11.61
Revenue (TTM)4.51B
Gross Profit (TTM)899.00M
EBITDA476.00M
Profit Margin0.80%
Operating Margin6.41%
Return on Equity3.30%
Return on Assets2.88%
Shares Outstanding104.48M
Shares Float66.71M
Beta0.26
Dividend Yield10.01%
Dividend Rate2.43
Payout Ratio136.52%

Dividends

20262×
1.46May 18, 20260.97Jan 19, 2026
20252×
1.46May 19, 20250.97Jan 20, 2025
20242×
0.81Jun 3, 20241.62Jan 15, 2024
20232×
2.51May 15, 20231.54Jan 16, 2023
20222×
2.35May 16, 20221.50Jan 13, 2022
20212×
2.25May 17, 20211.50Jan 14, 2021
20202×
2.25May 18, 20201.50Jan 16, 2020
20192×
2.31May 21, 20191.44Jan 15, 2019
20182×
2.22May 21, 20181.38Jan 16, 2018
20172×
2.13May 12, 20171.32Jan 16, 2017
20162×
1.94May 13, 20161.36Jan 19, 2016
20152×
1.94May 15, 20151.25Jan 20, 2015

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