KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

KWS · XETRA · Basic Materials / Agricultural Inputs

65.30EUR-0.40 (-0.61%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close65.70
Open66.00
Day Range65.10 – 66.00
52-Week Range62.10 – 80.60
Volume9.14K
Market Cap2.21B
P/E (TTM)13.94
Forward P/E18.18
EPS4.80
Dividend Yield1.94%
Beta0.33
50-Day Avg71.32
200-Day Avg71.16

About

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA breeds, produces, and distributes seeds for agriculture. It operates through Sugarbeet, Corn, Cereals, and Vegetables segments. The Corn segment breeds, produces, and distributes seed for corn and sunflowers. The Sugarbeet segment engages in breeding, production, and distribution of sugarbeet seeds, as well as the development of diploid hybrid potatoes. The Cereals segment breeds, produces, and distributes seeds for rye, wheat, barley, and oilseed rape. This segment also offers other crops, including peas, catch crops, and oats. The Vegetables segment engages in the breeding, production, and distribution of seeds for spinach, beans, Swiss chard, red beet, and tomatoes. The company was formerly known as KWS SAAT SE and changed its name to KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA in July 2019. KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Einbeck, Germany.

Company Details

  • SectorBasic Materials
  • IndustryAgricultural Inputs
  • CEODr. Felix Büchting Ph.D.
  • Employees4.55K
  • HeadquartersGrimsehlstrasse 31, Einbeck, Germany, 37574, Germany
  • Websitehttps://www.kws.com

Leadership

  • Dr. Felix Büchting Ph.D.CEO & Member of Executive Board · b. 1974
  • Dr. Jorn AndreasCFO & Member of Executive Board · b. 1980
  • Mr. Nicolas WielandtMember of Executive Board · b. 1980
  • Mr. Sebastian TalgMember of the Executive Board · b. 1978
  • Peter VogtHead of Investor Relations

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: EUR2004-06-302005-06-302006-06-302007-06-302008-06-302009-06-302010-06-302011-06-302012-06-302013-06-302014-06-302015-06-302016-06-302017-06-302018-06-302019-06-302020-06-302021-06-302022-06-302023-06-302024-06-302025-06-302026-06-30
Total Revenue444.49M--537.93M599.09M717.16M754.15M855.38M986.30M1.15B1.18B986.01M1.04B1.08B1.07B1.11B1.28B1.31B1.54B1.50B1.68B1.68B1.63B
Growth (%)----+11.37%+19.71%+5.16%+13.42%+15.31%+16.32%+2.68%-16.30%+5.15%+3.71%-0.67%+4.24%+15.20%+2.16%+17.50%-2.55%+11.85%-0.09%-2.97%
Cost of Revenue211.36M-312.36M-327.63M263.97M305.42M381.05M406.14M433.37M521.34M607.39M614.53M453.50M480.86M493.92M446.06M458.53M549.90M570.69M694.31M589.89M622.42M619.20M631.00M
Gross Profit233.13M312.36M327.63M273.96M293.67M336.11M348.01M422.01M464.95M539.84M563.48M532.52M555.91M581.32M621.95M654.80M732.65M739.54M845.21M910.40M1.06B1.06B995.80M
Gross Margin52.45%--50.93%49.02%46.87%46.15%49.34%47.14%47.06%47.83%54.01%53.62%54.06%58.23%58.81%57.12%56.44%54.90%60.68%62.91%63.07%61.21%
Operating Expense186.91M256.03M280.97M210.09M223.55M262.76M265.58M305.37M324.10M389.18M425.05M419.10M443.15M454.75M486.83M524.09M598.41M602.51M690.15M715.28M753.74M809.80M756.80M
Operating Income46.22M56.33M46.66M63.87M70.11M73.36M82.43M116.64M140.85M150.67M138.43M113.42M112.76M126.57M135.11M130.72M134.24M137.03M155.06M195.11M301.95M247.63M239.00M
Operating Margin10.40%--11.87%11.70%10.23%10.93%13.64%14.28%13.13%11.75%11.50%10.88%11.77%12.65%11.74%10.47%10.46%10.07%13.01%17.99%14.77%14.69%
EBITDA68.09M70.83M63.53M77.02M96.12M101.19M104.47M145.82M171.49M192.34M181.40M188.41M190.08M180.95M182.46M198.72M225.83M254.38M252.50M283.15M417.96M350.52M343.10M
EBITDA Margin15.32%--14.32%16.05%14.11%13.85%17.05%17.39%16.77%15.40%19.11%18.33%16.83%17.08%17.85%17.61%19.41%16.40%18.87%24.91%20.91%21.09%
Net Income28.19M--38.17M54.55M50.10M51.46M72.92M91.64M87.89M77.12M82.71M85.26M97.55M99.52M104.13M95.33M110.61M107.76M126.99M130.83M236.35M158.40M
Net Income Margin6.34%--7.10%9.11%6.99%6.82%8.53%9.29%7.66%6.55%8.39%8.22%9.07%9.32%9.35%7.43%8.44%7.00%8.46%7.80%14.10%9.74%
R&D68.00M--75.20M80.58M89.46M97.51M113.54M126.57M140.81M148.82M174.63M182.36M190.33M197.70M205.56M236.10M252.23M286.42M299.79M325.56M348.95M342.06M
R&D as % of Total Revenue15.30%--13.98%13.45%12.47%12.93%13.27%12.83%12.27%12.63%17.71%17.59%17.70%18.51%18.46%18.41%19.25%18.60%19.98%19.40%20.81%21.03%
Interest Expense3.93M002.05M3.77M3.67M4.98M6.97M7.41M12.08M14.47M12.39M14.35M11.38M12.03M19.05M24.10M18.34M774.00K16.44M25.90M11.26M1.10M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.88%--0.38%0.63%0.51%0.66%0.82%0.75%1.05%1.23%1.26%1.38%1.06%1.13%1.71%1.88%1.40%0.05%1.10%1.54%0.67%0.07%

Balance Sheet

Currency: EUR2004-06-302005-06-302006-06-302007-06-302008-06-302009-06-302010-06-302011-06-302012-06-302013-06-302014-06-302015-06-302016-06-302017-06-302018-06-302019-06-302020-06-302021-06-302022-06-302023-06-302024-06-302025-06-302026-06-30
Total Assets-572.44M577.02M609.80M671.10M755.95M857.38M901.96M1.09B1.21B1.26B1.36B1.44B1.50B1.52B2.11B2.24B2.38B2.65B2.75B2.96B2.68B2.86B
Total Liabilities-266.96M257.68M263.75M273.08M321.47M364.43M371.70M489.22M545.80M625.05M616.82M668.67M658.23M635.90M1.15B1.24B1.32B1.41B1.46B1.56B1.07B1.13B
Total Equity-305.47M319.34M346.05M377.11M417.17M474.18M509.25M578.59M635.36M629.71M731.05M765.53M834.46M878.97M960.85M994.36M1.05B1.25B1.29B1.40B1.60B1.73B
Cash-52.85M55.62M68.06M94.97M111.52M100.59M110.28M142.57M101.52M78.26M41.21M133.22M181.91M174.30M139.81M91.47M222.75M203.66M173.00M222.36M373.99M394.40M
Total Debt----2.63M8.62M32.29M33.63M75.15M125.73M155.96M213.95M251.46M239.68M229.30M656.13M666.71M746.73M774.73M785.13M658.79M483.53M456.79M
Net Debt--52.85M-55.62M-68.06M-92.34M-102.90M-68.31M-76.65M-67.42M24.21M77.70M172.74M118.24M57.76M55.00M516.31M575.24M519.46M566.33M612.14M436.43M109.55M62.39M

Cash Flow

Currency: EUR2005-06-302006-06-302007-06-302008-06-302009-06-302010-06-302011-06-302012-06-302013-06-302014-06-302015-06-302016-06-302017-06-302018-06-302019-06-302020-06-302021-06-302022-06-302023-06-302024-06-302025-06-302026-06-30
Operating Cash Flow11.08M53.41M51.13M74.58M81.96M27.38M101.21M104.16M84.58M61.02M48.12M125.86M122.35M98.06M72.85M136.16M168.32M100.32M144.65M134.10M226.54M175.48M
Investing Cash Flow-30.14M-20.10M-26.74M-18.07M-59.41M-55.38M-52.35M-56.58M-88.94M-75.42M-123.76M-92.17M-64.76M-68.07M-95.23M-499.86M-84.16M-90.87M-100.14M-103.39M166.83M-60.53M
Financing Cash Flow8.82M-26.45M-11.07M-11.59M-9.62M11.22M-10.24M-19.08M27.22M-31.52M48.40M21.39M-29.60M-25.28M404.50M-82.48M34.93M-28.43M-59.34M24.75M-236.85M-94.20M
Capital Expenditure00029.14M60.86M55.37M38.40M48.56M67.89M76.89M94.11M97.71M71.16M68.41M97.17M114.43M80.91M94.15M109.52M136.06M108.12M93.44M
Free Cash Flow11.08M53.41M51.13M45.44M21.10M-27.99M62.82M55.60M16.69M-15.88M-45.99M28.15M51.20M29.65M-24.32M21.73M87.41M6.17M35.14M10.88M118.42M82.04M
Dividends Paid--1.68M9.67M11.81M12.45M13.09M15.66M19.14M66.92M19.80M47.22M19.86M21.12M21.12M22.11M23.10M26.40M26.40M29.70M33.00M41.25M
FCF to OCF100.00%100.00%100.00%60.92%25.74%-102.23%62.06%53.38%19.73%-26.02%-95.58%22.37%41.84%30.24%-33.39%15.96%51.93%6.15%24.29%8.11%52.27%46.75%
Dividend Paid to FCF--3.28%21.27%56.00%-44.48%20.84%28.16%114.72%-421.51%-43.05%167.70%38.79%71.23%-86.83%101.77%26.43%427.67%75.13%273.00%27.87%50.28%

Earnings

Report DateSep 30, 2008Dec 31, 2008May 28, 2009Nov 26, 2009Feb 25, 2010May 28, 2010Nov 26, 2010Feb 25, 2011May 28, 2011Nov 25, 2011Feb 24, 2012May 24, 2012Oct 18, 2012Feb 26, 2013May 28, 2013Oct 24, 2013Feb 24, 2014May 27, 2014Nov 25, 2014Feb 25, 2015May 28, 2015Nov 24, 2015Feb 24, 2016May 25, 2016Oct 24, 2016Mar 6, 2017May 23, 2017Nov 23, 2017Feb 26, 2018May 17, 2018Nov 27, 2018Feb 26, 2019May 22, 2019Nov 26, 2019Feb 24, 2020May 19, 2020Nov 25, 2020Feb 18, 2021May 12, 2021Oct 20, 2021Feb 14, 2022May 12, 2022Sep 27, 2022Nov 14, 2022Feb 9, 2023May 11, 2023Sep 27, 2023Nov 9, 2023Feb 8, 2024May 14, 2024Sep 26, 2024Dec 12, 2024Feb 13, 2025May 13, 2025Sep 25, 2025Nov 12, 2025Feb 12, 2026May 12, 2026Sep 23, 2026Nov 11, 2026
EPS Estimate-----3.14-0.62-0.653.82-0.45-4.00-1.01-0.625.75-0.77-1.245.46-1.41-1.855.44--1.585.72-0.34-1.255.37-1.24-1.195.88-1.98-1.256.19-1.10-1.226.61-1.48-0.856.743.24-0.85-2.562.562.562.56--1.67----1.24-9.25-0.00----
EPS Actual-0.28-0.722.94-0.65-0.613.66-0.55-0.423.78-0.55-0.264.42-0.83-0.965.13-0.92-1.255.54-1.06-1.375.49-1.33-1.555.81-0.34-0.905.83-1.16-1.296.20-1.17-0.666.33-1.35-1.216.80-1.45-1.166.74-0.78-1.276.686.746.746.746.74-1.55-1.67-1.629.22-1.962.11-2.359.621.01-0.30-1.648.60-1.79-
Surprise-----16.56%11.29%35.38%-1.05%-22.22%-10.50%17.82%-54.84%-10.78%-19.48%-0.81%1.47%24.82%25.95%0.92%-1.90%1.57%0.00%28.00%8.57%6.45%-8.40%5.44%40.91%47.20%2.26%-22.73%0.82%2.87%2.03%-36.47%0.00%-124.07%-49.41%-163.28%163.28%163.28%163.28%-0.00%---269.85%-4.00%------
Timing-----After-hoursAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketPre-market-After-hoursAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hours-After-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketPre-market--Pre-market-Pre-marketAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hours

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap2.21B
Enterprise Value2.23B
Trailing P/E13.94
Forward P/E18.18
PEG Ratio3.02
Price / Sales1.36
Price / Book1.28
EPS4.80
Book Value52.37
Revenue (TTM)1.63B
Gross Profit (TTM)995.80M
EBITDA290.64M
Profit Margin9.89%
Operating Margin12.58%
Return on Equity9.51%
Return on Assets4.65%
Shares Outstanding33.00M
Shares Float10.13M
Beta0.33
Dividend Yield1.94%
Dividend Rate1.30
Payout Ratio49.32%

Dividends

20251×
1.25Dec 4, 2025
20241×
1.00Dec 6, 2024
20231×
0.90Dec 14, 2023
20221×
0.80Dec 7, 2022
20211×
0.80Dec 3, 2021
20201×
0.70Dec 17, 2020
20191×
0.67Dec 18, 2019
20181×
0.64Dec 17, 2018
20171×
0.64Dec 15, 2017
20161×
0.60Dec 16, 2016
20151×
0.60Dec 18, 2015
20141×
0.60Dec 19, 2014
20131×
0.60Dec 20, 2013
20121×
0.56Dec 14, 2012
20111×
0.50Dec 15, 2011
20101×
0.38Dec 17, 2010
20091×
0.36Dec 18, 2009
20081×
0.34Dec 17, 2008
20071×
0.28Dec 14, 2007
20062×
0.24Dec 15, 20060.24Jan 19, 2006
20051×
0.24Jan 19, 2005
20041×
0.22Jan 22, 2004
20031×
0.22Jan 23, 2003

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