Stock · DHL.DE · Industrials

Deutsche Post AG

Germany · Large Cap · Revenue 12 mo. €85B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
3.6
of 10 4 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
€58.02
1 Y +24.3%
Market cap
€63.8B
Phase
Mature
core business profitable, revenue barely moving
Revenue −4.3% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 4.8%Payout 42.1% of operating cash flow

DHL AG provides logistics and mail communication services in Germany and Internationally.

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DHL AG provides logistics and mail communication services in Germany and Internationally. The company operates through five segments: Express, Global Forwarding, Supply Chain, eCommerce, and Post and Parcel Germany. Its Express segment offers time-definite courier and express delivery services for business and private customers, including Time Definite International cross-border transport with standardized transit times, medical express temperature-controlled shipment solutions, general cargo air freight, door-to-door courier services, and customs clearance, operating a global air freight network with dedicated aircraft and service points across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Americas, and Asia Pacific. The Global Forwarding segment provides international air, ocean, and overland freight forwarding services through its Global Forwarding and Freight business units. The Supply Chain segment delivers contract logistics services and supply chain solutions built on modular components, including warehousing, transport, e-fulfillment, and value-added services. The eCommerce segment provides international and domestic parcel delivery services in selected countries across Europe, Asia, and the United States, along with non-TDI cross-border parcel services. The Post and Parcel Germany segment transports, sorts, and delivers documents and goods within Germany and provides export services through its Post Germany, Parcel Germany, and International business units, offering physical and hybrid letter delivery, registered mail, insured items, redirection and storage services, dialogue marketing, national and international parcel and goods shipments, Packstation automated parcel lockers, Poststation combined parcel and postal services, and electronic communications services. DHL AG was formerly known as Deutsche Post AG and changed its name to DHL AG in September, 2026. DHL AG was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Bonn, Germany.

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Summary

Deutsche Post AG is around the middle of the Industrials sector overall

52.0 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

The price requires 0.3% FCF growth a year: more than over the last 5 years, less than over the last 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €5.6B (2025), it supports €62.3B. The remaining €1.5B of the market value assume it grows 0.3% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

0.3%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€63.8B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€62.3B without growth
€1.5B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved −1.5%
  • 10 yrs achieved 25.0%
  • priced in 0.3%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 7.2×, above its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 4.7× to 5.9×, median 5.2×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

2 signs support the expectation, none speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Low capital needs capex median 4.1% of revenue (10 years)
  • Steady FCF margin at least 0.8%, range 6.8 pp (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No anomaly in the stored figures.

Since the last quarter

Q1 → Q2 2026

A calm quarter: no figure moved noticeably.

8 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

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.

Profitability30.4below the middleEarns less than the sector: Gross margin 10.85%, sector 28.98%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity15.75%13.10%Rank 58
Return on capital (Greenblatt)12.95%19.33%Rank 30
EBIT margin4.84%11.28%Rank 13
FCF margin6.77%8.50%Rank 43
Gross margin10.85%28.98%Rank 8
Growth24.3below the middleGrows more slowly than the sector: Earnings growth, 3 years per year −11.06%, sector 8.01%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year−1.58%5.15%Rank 16
Earnings growth, 3 years per year−11.06%8.01%Rank 14
Earnings growth, 5 years per year5.27%12.89%Rank 25
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)3.37%4.02%Rank 43
Valuation67.7above the middleValued lower than the sector: FCF yield 8.79%, sector 3.98%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield5.25%4.42%Rank 59
FCF yield8.79%3.98%Rank 87
EV/saleslower is better1.022.08Rank 79
EV/EBITlower is better20.9919.47Rank 45
Momentum86.1above the middleShare price doing better than the sector: Share price, 6 months 24.33%, sector −1.43%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year24.33%−0.01%Rank 85
Share price, 6 months24.33%−1.43%Rank 92
Share price, 3 months10.01%0.53%Rank 78
Distance from 52-week high−3.91%−16.36%Rank 89
Quality62.9above the middleQuality above the sector: Dividend streak in years 16, sector 5.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better0.05%1.39%Rank 61
Change in share countlower is better−3.17%−0.44%Rank 86
Dividend streak in years165Rank 88
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−3.66%0.27%Rank 17
Balance sheet & risk40.8around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio29.94%39.65%Rank 27
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better1.831.38Rank 38
Debt to equitylower is better1.150.61Rank 24
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better26.24%32.95%Rank 74

Ten years in figures

Revenue from €57.3B (2016) to €82.9B (2025), 4.2% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in EUR
YearRevenue, €BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt, €B
201657.35.5%€473.0M1.26B2.3
201760.45.6%€1.1B1.26B2.6
201861.63.3%€3.1B1.25B12.6
201963.33.9%€2.4B1.26B13.4
202066.75.5%€4.8B1.27B13.9
202181.78.0%€6.3B1.26B17.4
202294.47.0%€7.1B1.24B18.4
202381.85.4%€5.9B1.21B17.2
202484.24.6%€5.8B1.19B20.3
202582.94.8%€5.6B1.15B22.1
3.6 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score4 of 11 points

3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Deutsche Post AG mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How Deutsche Post AG's score is built

Deutsche Post AG 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

4 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector medianmet1 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketmet1 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Deutsche Post AG stock perform across 18 strategies?

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Deutsche Post AG key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Deutsche Post AG.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio19.122.5
P/B ratio3.02.9
Return on equity (ROE)15.8%13.1%
Equity ratio29.9%39.7%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)1.150.61
Dividend yield3.3%2.0%

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Frequently asked questions about Deutsche Post AG stock

How does Deutsche Post AG stock (DHL.DE) score in the StockScorer model?
Deutsche Post AG stock reaches a StockScorer score of 3.6 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 3 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Deutsche Post AG's P/E ratio?
Deutsche Post AG's P/E ratio is 19.1. The Industrials sector median is 22.5.
What sector is Deutsche Post AG in?
Deutsche Post AG is assigned to the Industrials sector. Its rank within the sector is 52.0 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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