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COM:COVESTRO

Covestro AG

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25/11 09:24

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10.30B

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41.87K

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asset turnover
0.30
-
0.27
-
0.26
0.99%
0.30
12.44%
0.29
1.94%
0.29
1.64%
0.33
12.80%
0.33
0.01%
0.32
3.09%
0.31
3.62%
0.34
8.05%
0.35
5.60%
0.33
6.50%
0.30
10.90%
0.26
10.36%
0.28
4.06%
0.27
1.10%
0.25
8.69%
0.23
6.76%
0.17
25.54%
0.23
31.72%
0.23
2.32%
0.24
3.55%
0.32
31.47%
0.28
10.40%
0.28
1.84%
0.29
4.30%
0.29
0.39%
0.29
2.26%
0.27
4.68%
0.26
5.60%
0.26
1.44%
0.25
3.78%
0.24
4.01%
0.26
6.35%
0.26
3.31%
0.26
1.60%
cash conversion cycle
17.31
-
14.66
-
20.67
41.00%
17.76
14.05%
15.72
11.53%
7.34
53.27%
10.97
49.34%
18.47
68.44%
17.00
7.99%
11.73
31.01%
21.81
85.98%
22.43
2.83%
22.36
0.28%
19.94
10.85%
29.88
49.84%
24.07
19.43%
25.43
5.63%
15.68
38.34%
24.72
57.65%
43.29
75.14%
22.84
47.24%
17.95
21.41%
20.74
15.54%
28.73
38.54%
24.22
15.71%
18.81
22.33%
26.56
41.20%
26.48
0.30%
28.97
9.39%
17.62
39.17%
25.76
46.18%
32.22
25.11%
93.41
189.88%
83.35
10.78%
87.70
5.22%
87.14
0.63%
86.14
1.15%
cash per share
2.75
-
3.51
-
5.36
52.62%
0.87
83.70%
3.18
263.28%
1.46
53.98%
3.14
114.58%
3.78
20.47%
6.43
70.20%
6.74
4.88%
5.56
17.54%
2.86
48.50%
4.50
57.11%
4.73
5.23%
4.59
3.01%
3.59
21.81%
2.41
32.83%
4.09
69.76%
6.74
64.56%
11.27
67.29%
9.64
14.46%
11.90
23.48%
14.70
23.47%
10.67
27.41%
6.44
39.69%
3.70
42.56%
5.65
52.94%
2.00
64.64%
1.76
12.21%
6.31
259.76%
6.05
4.23%
5.54
8.43%
6.36
14.78%
3.38
46.82%
3.95
16.77%
3.01
23.62%
2.86
5.27%
company equity multiplier
5.87
-
6.28
-
2.93
-
3.20
9.34%
2.98
6.88%
2.90
2.81%
2.44
15.70%
2.30
5.94%
2.23
2.96%
2.15
3.67%
2.13
1.03%
1.99
6.28%
1.99
0.03%
1.97
0.89%
2.07
5.12%
2.17
4.47%
2.26
4.23%
2.23
1.37%
2.21
0.74%
2.14
3.06%
2.40
11.81%
2.44
1.80%
2.30
5.56%
2.15
6.85%
2.40
11.67%
2.10
12.34%
2.02
3.74%
1.91
5.67%
1.91
0.05%
1.88
1.66%
2.06
9.61%
2.08
1.27%
2.09
0.16%
2.02
3.12%
2.11
4.42%
2.07
1.80%
2.10
1.26%
2.08
0.73%
days of inventory outstanding
71.50
-
68.78
-
74.14
7.79%
70.77
4.55%
72.13
1.94%
68.65
4.83%
70.40
2.56%
70.31
0.14%
71.55
1.78%
76.05
6.28%
77.08
1.36%
75.88
1.56%
79.30
4.51%
76.80
3.16%
83.64
8.91%
76.40
8.66%
75.26
1.50%
73.59
2.21%
81.90
11.28%
95.20
16.25%
72.46
23.89%
71.11
1.86%
76.74
7.93%
61.49
19.87%
77.08
25.35%
78.56
1.91%
83.85
6.74%
87.38
4.21%
83.44
4.52%
62.24
25.40%
82.57
32.65%
85.26
3.27%
77.54
9.06%
75.95
2.05%
82.07
8.06%
80.38
2.06%
80.92
0.67%
days of payables outstanding
54.19
-
54.12
-
53.47
1.20%
53.00
0.88%
56.42
6.45%
61.30
8.66%
59.43
3.05%
51.83
12.79%
54.56
5.26%
64.32
17.90%
55.27
14.07%
53.46
3.29%
56.94
6.52%
56.86
0.13%
53.77
5.44%
52.33
2.67%
49.83
4.78%
57.91
16.22%
57.18
1.27%
51.91
9.21%
49.62
4.42%
53.16
7.14%
56.01
5.35%
32.76
41.50%
52.87
61.37%
59.75
13.02%
57.29
4.12%
60.90
6.31%
54.47
10.56%
44.62
18.08%
56.81
27.31%
53.04
6.64%
52.13
1.72%
58.53
12.28%
60.14
2.76%
57.78
3.94%
58.62
1.47%
days of sales outstanding
68.00
-
65.93
3.06%
65.77
0.24%
64.54
1.87%
63.85
1.07%
dividend yield
0.00
-
0.00
94.57%
0.00
67.39%
0.00
39.63%
0.02
-
0.02
-
0.03
-
0.00
-
0.05
-
0.00
99.78%
0.00
-
0.03
8,652.24%
0.02
-
0.00
99.29%
0.00
64.23%
0.10
-
0.00
-
0.00
88.31%
0.00
-
ebit per revenue
0.07
-
0.08
23.31%
0.10
14.25%
-0.03
130.09%
0.12
513.62%
0.12
2.94%
0.13
10.36%
0.07
45.48%
0.19
161.92%
0.20
2.37%
0.20
1.63%
0.21
3.56%
0.24
16.12%
0.21
10.91%
0.19
10.68%
0.04
77.60%
0.08
94.33%
0.09
2.62%
0.07
18.09%
0.03
53.54%
0.02
25.86%
-0.03
231.01%
0.10
404.42%
0.15
54.13%
0.17
13.61%
0.15
8.74%
0.15
0.92%
0.11
28.58%
0.12
14.86%
0.06
49.36%
0.01
77.37%
-0.16
1,238.51%
0.01
108.37%
0.05
239.34%
0.02
51.51%
-0.03
251.95%
0.02
148.50%
0.02
11.52%
0.01
38.25%
ebt per ebit
0.80
-
0.83
3.34%
0.80
2.76%
1.40
73.94%
0.77
44.96%
0.88
13.73%
0.90
2.58%
0.86
4.87%
0.92
7.75%
0.95
3.15%
0.95
0.02%
0.96
1.32%
0.97
0.65%
0.97
0.19%
0.96
0.28%
0.83
14.11%
0.91
10.18%
0.92
0.35%
0.91
0.22%
0.72
21.18%
0.42
41.99%
1.25
199.11%
0.92
26.64%
0.94
2.68%
0.95
0.67%
0.97
2.37%
0.97
0.10%
0.92
4.73%
0.96
4.01%
0.89
7.82%
0.39
55.51%
1.12
183.36%
0.20
82.43%
0.76
285.47%
0.45
40.46%
0.88
94.93%
0.55
37.10%
0.75
35.94%
1.32
75.61%
effective tax rate
0.28
-
0.30
6.43%
0.30
0.05%
0.28
8.66%
0.30
7.56%
0.27
9.44%
0.28
5.69%
0.32
13.27%
0.26
19.36%
0.26
1.73%
0.26
3.30%
0.19
28.72%
0.27
40.77%
0.24
8.87%
0.27
12.30%
0.31
14.41%
0.25
18.44%
0.24
3.98%
0.26
7.96%
0.43
64.97%
0.25
42.24%
0.38
50.59%
0.26
31.13%
0.27
4.02%
0.25
7.12%
0.24
5.78%
0.25
7.61%
0.31
21.31%
0.26
16.67%
0.25
3.72%
0.58
133.43%
-0.26
145.02%
3.70
1,524.60%
0.65
82.33%
1.86
184.64%
-0.86
146.21%
2.13
347.09%
2.47
16.26%
0.39
84.26%
enterprise value multiple
27.02
-
41.61
-
19.81
52.40%
19.86
0.25%
22.99
15.77%
32.77
42.55%
19.39
40.84%
17.12
11.71%
18.66
9.01%
17.96
3.74%
15.40
14.27%
16.15
4.91%
16.39
1.45%
21.80
33.03%
23.48
7.69%
21.44
8.68%
22.77
6.22%
28.75
26.24%
27.41
4.66%
63.77
132.67%
14.51
77.25%
16.25
11.99%
12.24
24.70%
10.98
10.25%
12.75
16.12%
17.95
40.75%
10.28
42.74%
17.03
65.73%
28.72
68.64%
782.69
2,625.17%
34.41
95.60%
30.94
10.07%
42.70
37.99%
118.01
176.38%
45.56
61.39%
43.90
3.66%
44.70
1.84%
fixed asset turnover
0.63
-
0.57
-
0.61
8.40%
0.65
5.42%
0.67
3.01%
0.65
2.91%
0.79
21.28%
0.81
2.84%
0.83
3.29%
0.82
1.82%
0.90
9.33%
0.91
1.12%
0.87
4.17%
0.74
14.56%
0.62
16.94%
0.62
1.19%
0.60
3.49%
0.54
9.99%
0.53
2.75%
0.41
21.95%
0.53
29.95%
0.58
8.74%
0.63
8.74%
0.75
19.42%
0.74
2.10%
0.72
2.64%
0.78
7.88%
0.76
1.77%
0.74
3.42%
0.68
7.16%
0.65
4.56%
0.66
0.92%
0.62
5.08%
0.58
7.58%
0.61
5.05%
0.64
5.68%
0.63
1.00%
free cash flow per share
0.64
-
0.98
52.67%
1.79
82.67%
2.15
19.98%
0.38
82.32%
1.17
207.79%
3.19
172.57%
2.23
30.17%
1.04
53.23%
1.58
51.18%
3.25
106.27%
3.59
10.33%
1.83
48.95%
1.85
1.17%
3.02
63.32%
1.99
34.29%
-0.25
112.40%
-0.30
22.22%
1.33
541.43%
1.81
35.92%
-1.36
175.39%
0.13
109.64%
1.97
1,404.17%
2.16
9.24%
1.65
23.65%
1.94
17.60%
1.97
1.87%
1.84
6.56%
0.09
95.22%
-2.42
2,847.37%
0.17
107.19%
2.90
1,566.67%
-0.72
124.82%
-0.05
92.68%
1.64
3,217.12%
0.13
91.94%
-0.73
652%
-0.89
21.74%
0.54
160.12%
gross profit margin
0.21
-
0.25
17.74%
0.25
0.25%
0.17
32.81%
0.28
67.02%
0.28
2.06%
0.29
3.50%
0.25
13.85%
0.33
32.27%
0.33
2.45%
0.35
7.20%
0.36
2.23%
0.38
6.02%
0.36
5.46%
0.32
9.23%
0.21
35.95%
0.24
16.22%
0.24
1.89%
0.22
6.45%
0.18
17.90%
0.20
8.63%
0.16
20.58%
0.25
61.99%
0.30
18.29%
0.32
4.98%
0.29
8.65%
0.29
0.56%
0.23
19.52%
0.25
9.53%
0.20
22.76%
0.12
38.01%
-0.03
121.22%
0.17
742.69%
0.19
13.46%
0.16
16.80%
0.13
17.30%
0.17
33.28%
0.17
0.79%
0.16
8.63%
interest coverage
7.63
-
10.27
34.60%
11.96
16.45%
-1.57
113.12%
22.67
1,545%
26
14.71%
33.83
30.13%
4.02
88.12%
16.78
317.61%
22.90
36.47%
26.11
14.02%
14.56
44.24%
45.35
211.47%
39.33
13.27%
35.35
10.13%
2.64
92.53%
11.48
334.53%
12.45
8.51%
10.52
15.50%
2.02
80.79%
3.53
74.42%
-3.78
207.13%
13.25
450.74%
12.71
4.04%
29.26
130.16%
27.59
5.71%
36.33
31.69%
13.46
62.96%
25.39
88.68%
8.74
65.60%
1.94
77.78%
-8.60
543.03%
1.24
114.46%
4.10
229.23%
1.82
55.60%
-3.45
290%
2.06
-
1.05
48.98%
inventory turnover
1.26
-
1.31
-
1.21
7.23%
1.27
4.77%
1.25
1.90%
1.31
5.08%
1.28
2.49%
1.28
0.14%
1.26
1.74%
1.18
5.91%
1.17
1.34%
1.19
1.58%
1.13
4.31%
1.17
3.26%
1.08
8.18%
1.18
9.48%
1.20
1.52%
1.22
2.26%
1.10
10.14%
0.95
13.98%
1.24
31.39%
1.27
1.89%
1.17
7.34%
1.46
24.80%
1.17
20.23%
1.15
1.88%
1.07
6.31%
1.03
4.04%
1.08
4.73%
1.45
34.05%
1.09
24.62%
1.06
3.16%
1.16
9.97%
1.19
2.09%
1.10
7.46%
1.12
2.10%
1.11
0.66%
long term debt to capitalization
0.25
-
0.23
-
0.09
-
0.35
279.85%
0.35
0.45%
0.34
4.00%
0.30
10.77%
0.21
28.39%
0.21
2.57%
0.19
6.79%
0.19
4.87%
0.18
5.15%
0.18
1.14%
0.17
3.48%
0.18
4.53%
0.24
32.44%
0.25
4.51%
0.25
1.02%
0.24
4.20%
0.25
5.62%
0.35
41.30%
0.29
-
0.23
-
0.22
-
0.21
2.09%
0.32
50.94%
0.33
3.75%
0.34
1.53%
0.28
17.10%
0.24
13.91%
0.29
21.29%
0.29
0.63%
0.29
1.48%
net income per ebt
0.70
-
0.69
1.32%
0.69
0.71%
0.75
8.28%
0.69
7.38%
0.72
3.79%
0.71
1.58%
0.66
7.54%
0.74
12.51%
0.74
0.41%
0.73
1.13%
0.81
10.18%
0.73
9.26%
0.76
3.18%
0.73
3.79%
0.68
6.36%
0.74
9.06%
0.75
1.38%
0.73
3.36%
0.55
24.11%
0.71
29.34%
0.61
14.35%
0.74
20.41%
0.74
1.09%
0.75
0.15%
0.76
2.22%
0.74
2.34%
0.69
6.75%
0.74
6.81%
0.76
2.04%
0.46
39.00%
1.26
172.94%
-2.70
314.33%
0.35
113.11%
-0.86
343.36%
1.87
317.16%
-1.09
158.49%
-1.41
29.08%
0.61
143.29%
net profit margin
0.04
-
0.05
25.75%
0.05
11.89%
-0.03
156.67%
0.06
310.86%
0.08
21.51%
0.09
11.42%
0.04
52.04%
0.13
217.53%
0.14
6.02%
0.14
0.47%
0.16
15.60%
0.17
6.04%
0.16
8.25%
0.13
14.31%
0.02
81.98%
0.06
133.50%
0.06
4.40%
0.05
21.02%
0.01
72.21%
0.01
44.37%
-0.02
435.61%
0.06
368.90%
0.10
59.98%
0.12
14.53%
0.11
4.49%
0.11
3.33%
0.07
36.55%
0.09
27.60%
0.04
52.37%
0.00
93.86%
-0.23
8,905.34%
-0.01
96.85%
0.01
271.42%
-0.01
170.26%
-0.06
543.25%
-0.01
82.16%
-0.02
95.68%
0.01
146.94%
operating cash flow per share
1.31
-
1.54
16.89%
2.71
76.22%
3.01
11.20%
0.61
79.66%
1.56
154.84%
3.63
132.91%
3.34
8.14%
1.41
57.85%
2.03
44.21%
3.83
88.56%
4.87
27.28%
2.27
53.35%
2.63
15.72%
4.01
52.39%
3.51
12.45%
0.66
81.28%
0.90
36.67%
2.53
181.46%
3.49
38.00%
-0.60
117.25%
0.94
255.45%
2.94
214.62%
3.48
18.13%
2.22
36.24%
2.86
29.19%
2.92
1.99%
3.35
14.89%
0.81
75.77%
-1.42
275.14%
1.30
191.09%
4.42
241.06%
-0.10
102.22%
0.79
898.06%
2.61
232.82%
1.74
33.29%
-0.17
109.73%
-0.01
93.75%
1.33
12,650%
operating cycle
71.50
-
68.78
-
74.14
7.79%
70.77
4.55%
72.13
1.94%
68.65
4.83%
70.40
2.56%
70.31
0.14%
71.55
1.78%
76.05
6.28%
77.08
1.36%
75.88
1.56%
79.30
4.51%
76.80
3.16%
83.64
8.91%
76.40
8.66%
75.26
1.50%
73.59
2.21%
81.90
11.28%
95.20
16.25%
72.46
23.89%
71.11
1.86%
76.74
7.93%
61.49
19.87%
77.08
25.35%
78.56
1.91%
83.85
6.74%
87.38
4.21%
83.44
4.52%
62.24
25.40%
82.57
32.65%
85.26
3.27%
145.54
70.69%
141.87
2.52%
147.84
4.21%
144.92
1.98%
144.76
0.11%
operating profit margin
0.07
-
0.08
23.31%
0.10
14.25%
-0.03
130.09%
0.12
513.62%
0.12
2.94%
0.13
10.36%
0.07
45.48%
0.19
161.92%
0.20
2.37%
0.20
1.63%
0.21
3.56%
0.24
16.12%
0.21
10.91%
0.19
10.68%
0.04
77.60%
0.08
94.33%
0.09
2.62%
0.07
18.09%
0.03
53.54%
0.02
25.86%
-0.03
231.01%
0.10
404.42%
0.15
54.13%
0.17
13.61%
0.15
8.74%
0.15
0.92%
0.11
28.58%
0.12
14.86%
0.06
49.36%
0.01
77.37%
-0.16
1,238.51%
0.01
108.37%
0.05
239.34%
0.02
51.51%
-0.03
251.95%
0.02
148.50%
0.02
11.52%
0.01
38.25%
payables turnover
1.66
-
1.66
-
1.68
1.22%
1.70
0.89%
1.60
6.06%
1.47
7.97%
1.51
3.14%
1.74
14.67%
1.65
4.99%
1.40
15.18%
1.63
16.37%
1.68
3.40%
1.58
6.12%
1.58
0.13%
1.67
5.75%
1.72
2.75%
1.81
5.02%
1.55
13.96%
1.57
1.28%
1.73
10.15%
1.81
4.62%
1.69
6.67%
1.61
5.08%
2.75
70.95%
1.70
38.03%
1.51
11.52%
1.57
4.29%
1.48
5.94%
1.65
11.81%
2.02
22.07%
1.58
21.45%
1.70
7.11%
1.73
1.75%
1.54
10.93%
1.50
2.69%
1.56
4.10%
1.54
1.45%
pretax profit margin
0.05
-
0.07
27.43%
0.08
11.10%
-0.04
152.33%
0.09
327.66%
0.11
17.07%
0.12
13.21%
0.06
48.13%
0.18
182.22%
0.19
5.59%
0.19
1.62%
0.20
4.92%
0.23
16.86%
0.21
11.08%
0.18
10.93%
0.04
80.76%
0.08
114.11%
0.08
2.98%
0.06
18.27%
0.02
63.38%
0.01
56.99%
-0.04
491.85%
0.09
323.32%
0.14
58.26%
0.16
14.37%
0.15
6.57%
0.15
1.02%
0.10
31.96%
0.12
19.46%
0.06
53.32%
0.01
89.93%
-0.18
3,326.11%
0.00
101.47%
0.03
1,208.04%
0.01
71.13%
-0.03
396.21%
0.01
130.50%
0.01
51.60%
0.01
8.44%
price fair value
3.62
-
1.71
-
1.96
14.43%
2.39
22.01%
2.96
24.24%
2.84
4.11%
3.11
9.53%
2.71
12.87%
2.89
6.41%
2.93
1.59%
2.81
4.19%
2.74
2.32%
2.40
12.51%
1.47
38.90%
1.67
13.97%
1.59
4.93%
1.59
0.23%
1.45
8.73%
0.91
37.40%
1.19
30.53%
1.56
31.05%
1.64
5.63%
1.73
5.32%
2.02
16.58%
1.59
21.30%
1.36
14.41%
1.05
22.92%
0.75
28.82%
0.65
12.94%
0.98
50.60%
1.05
7.53%
1.32
25.36%
1.36
3.06%
1.51
11.41%
1.44
4.77%
1.55
7.49%
1.59
2.43%
receivables turnover
1.32
-
1.37
3.15%
1.37
0.24%
1.39
1.91%
1.41
1.08%
return on assets
0.01
-
-0.01
-
0.02
308.78%
0.02
36.62%
0.02
9.26%
0.01
51.26%
0.04
258.17%
0.05
6.01%
0.04
2.64%
0.05
11.41%
0.06
14.58%
0.06
3.11%
0.04
19.88%
0.01
83.94%
0.01
109.32%
0.02
8.64%
0.01
21.89%
0.00
74.63%
0.00
48.13%
-0.00
349.90%
0.01
454.19%
0.02
63.70%
0.03
18.60%
0.04
25.57%
0.03
13.39%
0.02
37.71%
0.03
33.09%
0.01
52.18%
0.00
94.00%
-0.06
8,493.20%
-0.00
97.02%
0.00
273.90%
-0.00
167.60%
-0.01
517.48%
-0.00
81.02%
-0.01
102.15%
0.00
146.19%
return on capital employed
0.07
-
-0.01
-
0.04
432.02%
0.05
4.31%
0.05
8.18%
0.03
43.31%
0.09
213.53%
0.09
0.36%
0.09
2.79%
0.09
1.30%
0.10
18.35%
0.10
6.79%
0.08
15.87%
0.02
79.89%
0.03
68.67%
0.03
7.66%
0.02
22.25%
0.01
57.37%
0.01
28.55%
-0.01
191.72%
0.03
493.69%
0.04
64.79%
0.05
18.88%
0.06
15.74%
0.05
5.96%
0.04
27.80%
0.05
20.40%
0.02
47.70%
0.01
77.97%
-0.06
1,124.48%
0.00
107.91%
0.02
242.63%
0.01
50.46%
-0.01
242.98%
0.01
152.04%
0.01
17.76%
0.00
39.07%
return on equity
0.09
-
-0.02
-
0.05
328.28%
0.07
27.23%
0.07
6.19%
0.03
58.91%
0.10
236.89%
0.10
2.87%
0.10
6.21%
0.11
10.26%
0.11
7.38%
0.11
3.14%
0.09
20.59%
0.01
83.12%
0.03
118.68%
0.04
13.24%
0.03
22.95%
0.01
74.82%
0.00
49.72%
-0.01
379.42%
0.04
460.57%
0.06
54.59%
0.06
10.47%
0.09
40.22%
0.07
24.07%
0.04
40.04%
0.05
25.55%
0.02
52.16%
0.00
94.10%
-0.13
9,299.92%
-0.00
96.99%
0.01
274.18%
-0.00
165.50%
-0.03
544.78%
-0.01
81.37%
-0.01
104.69%
0.00
145.85%
total debt to capitalization
0.32
-
0.75
-
0.18
-
0.48
170.16%
0.39
18.07%
0.36
8.07%
0.31
14.22%
0.30
4.97%
0.29
1.23%
0.27
9.25%
0.25
5.32%
0.19
26.09%
0.19
1.22%
0.18
3.83%
0.19
2.51%
0.25
37.66%
0.30
19.33%
0.26
14.00%
0.25
4.10%
0.31
23.73%
0.39
26.17%
0.34
-
0.25
-
0.27
-
0.27
0.86%
0.34
26.09%
0.35
4.08%
0.36
0.94%
0.34
3.87%
0.29
14.18%
0.34
15.92%
0.36
5.11%
0.35
2.78%

All numbers in EUR (except ratios and percentages)