Stock · KRN.DE · Industrials
Germany · Mid Cap · Revenue 12 mo. €5.7B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Krones AG, together with its subsidiaries, plans, develops, manufactures, and sells machines and lines for the fields of process, filling, and packaging technology in Germany, the rest of Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, China, the Americas, and internationally.
Krones AG, together with its subsidiaries, plans, develops, manufactures, and sells machines and lines for the fields of process, filling, and packaging technology in Germany, the rest of Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, China, the Americas, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Filling and Packaging Technology, Process Technology, and Intralogistics. The Filling and Packaging Technology segment offers machines and systems for producing PET bottles; recycling systems for converting used plastic bottles into food-grade recycled materials. The Process Technology segment supplies machines and lines for producing and processing beer, soft drinks, fruit juices, milk, dairy drinks, and alternative proteins; and provides water treatment solutions and components under the Evoguard and Ampco Pumps brands. The Intralogistics segment is involved in the planning and design of automated warehousing, and order-picking and material flow systems with automated guided vehicle systems and matching software tools. It also provides system and software solutions. The company also offers logistics systems, and custom IT and digitalization solutions that manage and optimize all production processes. It serves beverage producers; and companies from the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Krones AG was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany.
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Summary
56.1 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 €274M (2025), it supports €3B. The remaining €468.3M of the market value assume it grows 2.0% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
2.0%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 8.5×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 8.4× to 11.4×, median 8.9×.
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
4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT 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 | 14.06% | 13.10% | Rank 53 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 18.55% | 19.33% | Rank 47 |
| EBIT margin | 6.11% | 11.28% | Rank 20 |
| FCF margin | 4.84% | 8.50% | Rank 30 |
| Gross margin | 20.00% | 28.98% | Rank 31 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 6.99% | 5.15% | Rank 60 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 16.87% | 8.01% | Rank 69 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 12.89% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.27% | 4.02% | Rank 41 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 8.50% | 4.42% | Rank 85 |
| FCF yield | 7.80% | 3.98% | Rank 84 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 0.55 | 2.08 | Rank 96 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 8.99 | 19.47 | Rank 93 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −16.63% | −0.01% | Rank 21 |
| Share price, 6 months | −11.82% | −1.43% | Rank 31 |
| Share price, 3 months | 0.66% | 0.53% | Rank 51 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −22.02% | −16.36% | Rank 36 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.05% | 1.39% | Rank 54 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.22% | −0.44% | Rank 15 |
| Dividend streak in years | 4 | 5 | Rank 49 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 0.26% | 0.27% | Rank 50 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 42.21% | 39.65% | Rank 57 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | −0.65 | 1.38 | Rank 88 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.07 | 0.61 | Rank 92 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 25.93% | 32.95% | Rank 75 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, €B | EBIT margin | FCF, €M | Shares | Net debt, €M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.4 | 6.8% | 83.4 | 31.6M | −368.6 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 6.4% | −139.4 | 31.6M | −157.4 |
| 2018 | 3.9 | 5.5% | 135.9 | 31.6M | −215.1 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 1.4% | −75.4 | 31.6M | 50.9 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 0.0% | 228.0 | 31.6M | −89.7 |
| 2021 | 3.6 | 4.9% | 200.8 | 31.6M | −280.8 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 6.0% | 360.5 | 31.6M | −563.6 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 5.9% | −25.0 | 31.6M | −308.6 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 7.1% | 271.0 | 31.6M | −305.9 |
| 2025 | 5.7 | 6.1% | 274.0 | 31.7M | −400.6 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Krones AG mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Krones 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
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Selected fundamental metrics for Krones AG.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 11.8 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 14.1% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 42.2% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.07 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| KRN.DE | Krones AGthis page | |
| GIL.DE | DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | Low0.0 |
| JUN3.DE | Jungheinrich AG Vz. | Low1.8 |
| PFV.DE | Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology | Low0.0 |
| DEZ.DE | Deutz AG | locked |
| KSB3.DE | KSB SE & Co. KGaA | locked |
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