Stock · BNR.DE · Basic Materials
Germany · Mid Cap · Revenue 12 mo. €15.2B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Brenntag SE distributes chemicals and ingredients in Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, Italy, Poland, France, and internationally.
Brenntag SE distributes chemicals and ingredients in Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, Italy, Poland, France, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Brenntag Essentials and Brenntag Specialties. It provides just-in-time delivery, product mixing, blending, repackaging, inventory management, and drum return handling, as well as application, marketing and supply chain solutions, technical and formulation support, comprehensive regulatory know-how, and digital solutions, such as digital sales channels and product platforms. The company serves customers in various industries, including nutrition, pharma, beauty and care, and water treatment; and industrial markets, as well as coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers, and constructions, polymers, and rubber industries. The company was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.
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Summary
45.0 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €673.7M (2025), it supports €7.5B. The remaining €1.4B of the market value assume it grows 2.5% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
2.5%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 11.1×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 7.6× to 10.9×, median 9.0×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
2 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 6.13% | 10.66% | Rank 33 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 16.64% | 14.75% | Rank 56 |
| EBIT margin | 4.83% | 15.82% | Rank 15 |
| FCF margin | 4.44% | 8.70% | Rank 31 |
| Gross margin | 25.25% | 34.18% | Rank 27 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −6.56% | 4.25% | Rank 13 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −31.65% | 0.28% | Rank 14 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −9.51% | 13.36% | Rank 8 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 1.93% | 9.35% | Rank 1 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.96% | 4.98% | Rank 28 |
| FCF yield | 7.55% | 3.94% | Rank 81 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 0.75 | 2.36 | Rank 90 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 15.53 | 14.61 | Rank 42 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 24.09% | 8.75% | Rank 73 |
| Share price, 6 months | 2.13% | −1.37% | Rank 59 |
| Share price, 3 months | 1.73% | −1.16% | Rank 66 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −4.83% | −21.97% | Rank 89 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −2.59% | 0.63% | Rank 77 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −0.21% | −0.01% | Rank 58 |
| Dividend streak in years | 14 | 3 | Rank 87 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −2.51% | 0.05% | Rank 25 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 39.81% | 54.83% | Rank 19 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.13 | 1.01 | Rank 25 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.76 | 0.37 | Rank 21 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 28.95% | 37.23% | Rank 77 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, €B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, €B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10.5 | 6.2% | €401.1M | 155M | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 11.7 | 5.3% | €253.1M | 155M | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 12.6 | 5.8% | €196.9M | 155M | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 12.8 | 5.6% | €675.3M | 155M | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 11.8 | 6.1% | €1.0B | 155M | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 14.4 | 5.2% | €189.3M | 155M | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 19.4 | 7.1% | €689.5M | 155M | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 16.8 | 6.7% | €1.3B | 151M | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 16.2 | 5.6% | €564.4M | 145M | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 15.2 | 4.8% | €673.7M | 144M | 2.5 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Brenntag SE mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Brenntag SE is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Brenntag SE.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 33.8 | 19.6 |
| P/B ratio | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 6.1% | 10.7% |
| Equity ratio | 39.8% | 54.8% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.76 | 0.37 |
| Dividend yield | 3.1% | 2.1% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| BNR.DE | Brenntag SEthis page | |
| EVK.DE | Evonik Industries AG | Low2.7 |
| FPE3.DE | Fuchs Petrolub SE Preference Shares | High6.4 |
| 1COV.F | Covestro AG | locked |
| SY1.DE | Symrise AG | locked |
| WCH.DE | Wacker Chemie AG | locked |
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