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Bastei Lübbe AG (BST.DE)

EUR7.00 +0.06 (+0.86%)
DE XETRA Communication Services Publishing
Address Schanzenstrasse 6-20 51063
Cologne, DE
CEO Soheil Dastyari
Website luebbe.de
IPO 2013-10-08
ISIN DE000A1X3YY0

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Description

Bastei Lübbe AG operates as a media enterprise, engaging in the publication and distribution of various literary formats including physical books, audiobooks, e-books, and other digital products. Its portfolio encompasses both fiction and popular science content, primarily serving audiences in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. The company's activities are organized into two main divisions: its Books segment and its Novel Booklets segment. Within the Books division, a broad spectrum of printed titles is released under imprints such as Lübbe, Lübbe Life, Quadriga, Eichborn, Baumhaus, Boje, ONE, LYX, LYX.audio, be-books, and Lübbe Audio. The Novel Booklets segment specializes in producing short-form fictional works, exemplified by popular series like Der Bergdoktor, Jerry Cotton, Geisterjäger John Sinclair, and various Western themes. Furthermore, Bastei Lübbe AG is involved in the commercial licensing of its rights. Established in 1953, the company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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EUR7.00 +0.06 (+0.86%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
2.0K
Beta
0.47
Float Shares
3.40M
Free Float %
25.9%
Price Performance
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-3.16% -4.26% +3.37% -2.88% -22.71% -17.80% -35.19% +60.48% +22.99% -14.68% -8.92%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
7.00
DCF (Unlevered) 17.07 +143.9%
DCF (Levered) 13.74 +96.3%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 100% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 4 0
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
3.11
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
5 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
A-
Overall Score
4 / 5
High
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
4 / 5
High
ROA Score
5 / 5
High
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
3 / 5
Medium
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • ✗
    Revenue growth Publishing: +0.8%
    +3.3% ★ Q4'25: +3.3% (vs Q4'24)
  • ✓
    EPS growth Publishing: +9.6%
    +30.3% ★ Q4'25: -32.3% (vs Q4'24)
  • ✓
    FCF margin FCF growth · Publishing: +28.6%
    +2.1% Q4'25: +0.0% (vs Q4'24)
  • ✗
    EBIT margin Publishing: +12.9%
    +15.2% ★ Q4'25: +10.2% (vs Q4'24)
  • ✓
    ROIC Publishing: +7.5%
    +18.2% ★ Q4'25: +13.0% (vs Q4'24)
  • ✓
    Share dilution Publishing: +0.0%
    +0.0% Q4'25: -0.1% (vs Q4'24)
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    Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Publishing: -0.41×
    0.32× Q4'25: 0.68× (vs Q4'24)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
Projection years:
Market assumptions
▶ WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.47) × ERP
WACC = 93% × Ke + 7% × Kd (13.2%) × (1−t)

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Intrinsic value (base): 17.07 Current price: 7.00
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Consensus Estimates
Metric Mar 2014
actual 		Mar 2015
actual 		Mar 2016
actual 		Mar 2017
actual 		Mar 2018
actual 		Mar 2019
actual 		Mar 2020
actual 		Mar 2021
actual 		Mar 2022
actual 		Mar 2023
actual 		Mar 2024
actual 		Mar 2025
actual 		Mar 2026
3 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana. 		Mar 2027
3 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana. 		Mar 2028
3 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana. 		Mar 2029
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana. 		Mar 2030
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
107.53M
est: 115.07M (-6.5%)
110.19M
est: 112.47M (-2.0%)
102.53M
est: 105.25M (-2.6%)
131.22M
est: 146.45M (-10.4%)
107.03M
est: 140.00M (-23.5%)
94.92M
est: 92.50M (+2.6%)
81.49M
est: 89.40M (-8.9%)
92.69M
est: 97.75M (-5.2%)
94.51M
est: 96.20M (-1.8%)
100.02M
est: 94.00M (+6.4%)
110.33M
est: 113.91M (-3.1%)
114.01M
est: 119.00M (-4.2%)
118.93M
118.67M – 119.17M
-0.1% YoY
121.20M
117.12M – 123.80M
+1.9% YoY
125.70M
124.43M – 126.97M
+3.7% YoY
130.40M
130.25M – 130.55M
+3.7% YoY
134.90M
130.36M – 137.79M
+3.5% YoY
EBITDA
15.90M
est: 17.28M (-8.0%)
17.54M
est: 11.78M (+48.9%)
4.57M
est: 6.31M (-27.6%)
2.32M
est: 2.97M (-21.7%)
-906.0K
est: 12.26M (-107.4%)
3.78M
est: 17.54M (-78.4%)
6.54M
est: 15.89M (-58.8%)
13.73M
est: 31.07M (-55.8%)
17.53M
est: 33.37M (-47.5%)
10.20M
est: 34.58M (-70.5%)
15.60M
est: 17.10M (-8.8%)
19.81M
est: 17.87M (+10.9%)
17.86M
17.82M – 17.89M
-0.1% YoY
18.20M
17.59M – 18.59M
+1.9% YoY
18.88M
18.68M – 19.07M
+3.7% YoY
19.58M
19.56M – 19.60M
+3.7% YoY
20.26M
19.57M – 20.69M
+3.5% YoY
EBIT
14.20M
est: 14.39M (-1.4%)
14.38M
est: 14.47M (-0.6%)
700.0K
est: 6.96M (-89.9%)
-1.60M
est: 3.90M (-141.1%)
-12.62M
est: -1.54M (-721.3%)
2.40M
est: -8.96M (+126.8%)
4.31M
est: 1.85M (+132.3%)
11.46M
est: 4.45M (+157.3%)
14.88M
est: 4.78M (+211.0%)
7.42M
est: 4.96M (+49.7%)
13.00M
est: 14.25M (-8.7%)
17.35M
est: 14.88M (+16.5%)
14.87M
14.84M – 14.90M
-0.1% YoY
15.16M
14.65M – 15.48M
+1.9% YoY
15.72M
15.56M – 15.88M
+3.7% YoY
16.31M
16.29M – 16.33M
+3.7% YoY
16.87M
16.30M – 17.23M
+3.5% YoY
Net Income
9.07M
est: 8.40M (+8.0%)
10.61M
est: 8.58M (+23.6%)
7.90M
est: 3.21M (+145.9%)
-2.11M
est: -642.9K (-228.0%)
-12.71M
est: -2.02M (-528.5%)
667.0K
est: -9.10M (+107.3%)
-6.12M
est: 492.0K (-1,343.7%)
7.50M
est: -3.40M (+320.5%)
10.96M
est: -3.65M (+400.0%)
3.92M
est: 5.10M (-23.2%)
8.72M
est: 9.81M (-11.1%)
11.34M
est: 11.39M (-0.5%)
8.93M
8.87M – 9.00M
-21.6% YoY
10.12M
9.93M – 10.31M
+13.3% YoY
10.47M
9.34M – 11.50M
+3.4% YoY
10.30M
9.85M – 10.58M
-1.6% YoY
10.82M
10.35M – 11.13M
+5.1% YoY
SGA
22.75M
est: 15.21M (+49.6%)
23.85M
est: 44.02M (-45.8%)
23.15M
est: 46.39M (-50.1%)
32.27M
est: 69.83M (-53.8%)
26.67M
est: 20.04M (+33.0%)
16.23M
est: 14.81M (+9.5%)
11.55M
est: 26.46M (-56.4%)
12.57M
est: 30.69M (-59.0%)
12.78M
est: 32.97M (-61.2%)
13.58M
est: 34.17M (-60.2%)
13.94M
est: 15.06M (-7.4%)
14.60M
est: 15.73M (-7.2%)
15.72M
15.69M – 15.75M
-0.1% YoY
16.02M
15.48M – 16.37M
+1.9% YoY
16.62M
16.45M – 16.78M
+3.7% YoY
17.24M
17.22M – 17.26M
+3.7% YoY
17.83M
17.23M – 18.22M
+3.5% YoY
EPS
0.75
est: 0.64 (+17.9%)
0.80
est: 0.67 (+20.1%)
-0.04
est: 0.52 (-107.7%)
-0.16
est: 0.25 (-163.6%)
-0.96
est: -1.41 (+31.9%)
0.05
est: 0.10 (-49.5%)
-0.46
est: 0.17 (-370.6%)
0.57
est: 0.50 (+15.2%)
0.83
est: 0.80 (+3.7%)
0.30
est: 0.31 (-3.2%)
0.66
est: 0.74 (-11.2%)
0.86
est: 0.87 (-1.1%)
0.68
0.67 – 0.68
-22.2% YoY
0.77
0.75 – 0.78
+13.3% YoY
0.81
0.71 – 0.87
+6.1% YoY
0.78
0.75 – 0.80
-4.1% YoY
0.82
0.78 – 0.84
+5.1% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-28 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 3/5
2026-05-27 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 3/5
2026-05-26 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 3/5
2026-05-25 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 3/5
2026-05-22 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 3/5
2026-05-21 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-20 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-19 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-18 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-15 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-14 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-13 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-12 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-11 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-08 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-07 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-06 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-05 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-04 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-30 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-29 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-28 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-27 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-24 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-23 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-22 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-21 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-20 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-17 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-16 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-235.0K
OE per share TTM
-0.02
Owner's Yield
-0.26%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
31.75%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
7.0%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
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Total invested
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Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock

This company is not held by any ETF in our universe.

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
53.7K
Shares Outstanding
13.10M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Soheil Dastyari Chairman of the Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer 501.0K male
Sandra Dittert Head of Sales & Marketing and Member of the Executive Board 260.0K female
Simon Decot Member of Executive Board & Chief Programme Officer 244.0K male
Barbara Fischer Head of Press & Public Relations — female
Dominik Amshoff Head of Accounting & Controlling — —
Mathis Gerkensmeyer Chief Financial Officer & Member of Executive Board — male
ESG Score History

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