Stock · HDD.DE · Industrials
Germany · Small Cap · Revenue 12 mo. €2.2B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures printing presses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures printing presses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. It operates through Packaging Solutions, Packaging Solutions, and Packaging Solutions segments. The company offers connected luxury packaging, high-volume packaging, and pharma packaging; equipment and services for packaging production, such as offset printing, die-cutting and embossing, folding carton gluing, inline flexo printing, inspection systems, hot foil stamping, and services and consumables. It also provides equipment and services for commercial printing, including digital printing, offset printing, cutting and folding, and die cutting and embossing; equipment and services for label printing comprising offset printing, cutting and die-cutting, and narrow-web printing; and security printing solutions for ID cards, passports, driver licenses, credit and bank cards, tax stamps, and official certificates. In addition, the company offers production solutions for foundry, manufacturing, assembly, and electronics; consumables for prepress consisting of plates and related chemistry, films and related chemistry, proofing, and flexo; consumables for presses, which include inks, coatings, blankets, ink and dampening rollers, pressroom chemicals, ink duct foils, wash-up cloths, and spray powders; and cutting supplies, folding supplies, binding supplies, and folding carton gluing supplies for postpress consumables. Further, it develops and produces customized control and power electronics; develops intelligent charging solutions for electromobility, Wallbox line, and fast-charging systems. The company was formerly known as Schnellpressenfabrik AG Heidelberg and changed its name to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft in 1967. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1850 and is based in Heidelberg, Germany.
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Summary
31.3 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
Price to operating cash flow 8.5×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 16 quarters: 4.4× to 11.8×, median 7.3×.
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
3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT margin, FCF margin
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 | 2.64% | 13.10% | Rank 5 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 5.19% | 19.33% | Rank 8 |
| EBIT margin | 2.18% | 11.28% | Rank 3 |
| FCF margin | −1.26% | 8.50% | Rank 10 |
| Gross margin | 16.70% | 28.98% | Rank 21 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 0.57% | 5.15% | Rank 24 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −44.91% | 8.01% | Rank 2 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 12.89% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.83% | 4.02% | Rank 35 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 4.61% | 4.42% | Rank 53 |
| FCF yield | −8.35% | 3.98% | Rank 2 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 0.13 | 2.08 | Rank 100 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 6.14 | 19.47 | Rank 98 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −51.14% | −0.01% | Rank 2 |
| Share price, 6 months | −24.29% | −1.43% | Rank 16 |
| Share price, 3 months | −20.72% | 0.53% | Rank 10 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −48.50% | −16.36% | Rank 5 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.55% | 1.39% | Rank 49 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.42% | −0.44% | Rank 65 |
| Dividend streak in years | 0 | 5 | Rank 7 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −1.77% | 0.27% | Rank 27 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 27.23% | 39.65% | Rank 23 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | −0.31 | 1.38 | Rank 81 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.18 | 0.61 | Rank 85 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 48.17% | 32.95% | Rank 11 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, €B | EBIT margin | FCF, €M | Shares | Net debt, €M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.5 | 3.6% | 37.0 | 257M | 250.2 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 3.6% | −26.9 | 273M | 233.1 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 3.3% | −136.2 | 279M | 276.8 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | −11.5% | −149.5 | 304M | 105.4 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 0.9% | −59.7 | 304M | 85.6 |
| 2022 | 2.2 | 3.7% | −4.2 | 304M | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 5.3% | −45.0 | 304M | −14.0 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 3.8% | 25.0 | 304M | −81.0 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 2.7% | 25.0 | 304M | −40.0 |
| 2026 | 2.3 | 2.2% | −29.0 | 300M | −40.0 |
0 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft 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.
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Selected fundamental metrics for Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 21.7 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 2.6% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 27.2% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.18 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | – | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| HDD.DE | Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaftthis page | |
| STM.DE | Stabilus SE | Low1.8 |
| WSU.DE | WashTec AG | Low4.5 |
| 2GB.DE | 2G Energy AG | Low0.9 |
| DUE.DE | Dürr Aktiengesellschaft | locked |
| KSB3.DE | KSB SE & Co. KGaA | locked |
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