Stock · HLE.DE · Consumer Cyclical
Germany · Mid Cap · Revenue 12 mo. €7.9B
Price as of 11/06/2026
HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells lighting technology and electronic components for automotive industry.
HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells lighting technology and electronic components for automotive industry. It operates through three segments: Lighting, Electronics, and Lifecycle Solutions. The Lighting segment offers headlamps, com-bination rear lamps, and body and interior lighting, as well as car body lighting including radomes, illuminated logos, and front phygital shields. The Electronics segment provides automated driving products, sensors and actuators, energy management products; and body electronics, including lighting electronics and access systems. The Lifecycle Solutions segment offers vehicle diagnostics, emissions testing, battery testing, light adjustment, and calibration service, as well as data-based services; and sells vehicle wear parts, spare parts, and accessories to dealers and independent workshops. This segment develops, manufactures, and distributes lighting and electronic products for special vehicles comprising construction vehicles and agricultural, buses, trucks, and trailers, motor homes, as well as marine sectors. The company was formerly known as HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co. and changed its name to HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA in October 2017. HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Lippstadt, Germany. HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA operates as a subsidiary of Forvia Germany Gmbh.
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Summary
44.7 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 €554.3M (2026), it supports €6.2B. The remaining €1.2B 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 9.3×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 10.1× to 12.6×, median 11.1×.
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
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
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 | 2.70% | 11.07% | Rank 19 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 13.34% | 17.91% | Rank 35 |
| EBIT margin | 5.56% | 10.89% | Rank 21 |
| FCF margin | 7.06% | 8.07% | Rank 45 |
| Gross margin | 22.63% | 34.00% | Rank 29 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −2.11% | 5.10% | Rank 14 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −48.24% | 8.34% | Rank 4 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −25.30% | 15.10% | Rank 4 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 4.55% | 4.34% | Rank 55 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 1.13% | 4.32% | Rank 12 |
| FCF yield | 7.52% | 4.17% | Rank 77 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 0.79 | 1.95 | Rank 80 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 14.12 | 16.88 | Rank 62 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −27.04% | −4.35% | Rank 20 |
| Share price, 6 months | −6.27% | 3.63% | Rank 27 |
| Share price, 3 months | −2.27% | 2.92% | Rank 36 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −21.91% | −15.83% | Rank 36 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −2.97% | 0.39% | Rank 82 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.00% | −0.37% | Rank 35 |
| Dividend streak in years | 1 | 4 | Rank 29 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 0.38% | 0.16% | Rank 53 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 40.10% | 40.59% | Rank 48 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | −2.73 | 0.99 | Rank 93 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.10 | 0.49 | Rank 89 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 16.45% | 33.42% | Rank 100 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, €B | EBIT margin | FCF, €M | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.6 | 7.7% | 46.8 | 111M | €592.8M |
| 2018 | 7.1 | 7.3% | 200.0 | 111M | €371.7M |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 6.8% | 181.9 | 111M | €226.8M |
| 2020 | 5.8 | 2.2% | 162.8 | 111M | −€93.5M |
| 2021 | 6.4 | 4.9% | 53.2 | 111M | €126.4M |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 3.3% | −288.0 | 111M | €560.1M |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 3.8% | 563.8 | 111M | €142.9M |
| 2024 | 8.0 | 5.9% | 190.5 | 111M | €184.2M |
| 2025 | 8.0 | 4.1% | 173.8 | 111M | −€334.2M |
| 2026 | 7.9 | 5.6% | 554.3 | 111M | −€1.1B |
1 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co 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.
1 of 7 rules met
2 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 88.4 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 2.7% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | 40.1% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.10 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| HLE.DE | Hella KGaA Hueck & Cothis page | |
| SHA0.DE | Schaeffler AG | Low3.6 |
| AMV0.DE | AUMOVIO N | Low0.0 |
| KBX.DE | Knorr-Bremse AG | High6.4 |
| CON.DE | Continental Aktiengesellschaft | locked |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | locked |
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