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Lanxess AG (LXS.DE)

EUR15.44 -0.44 (-2.77%)
DE XETRA Basic Materials Chemicals - Specialty
Address Kennedyplatz 1 50569
Cologne, DE
CEO Matthias Zachert
IPO 2000-01-03
ISIN DE0005470405

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Also trades on Deutsche Börse · LXS.DE (EUR) Other OTC · LNXSF (USD) Other OTC · LNXSY (USD) Swiss Exchange · LXS.SW (EUR)
Description

LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft, a prominent specialty chemicals firm, is engaged worldwide in the development, production, and sale of chemical intermediates, additives, specialized chemicals, and plastics. The company's operations are divided into four primary segments: Advanced Intermediates, Specialty Additives, Consumer Protection, and Engineering Materials. The Advanced Intermediates division supplies sophisticated industrial intermediates, fundamental and refined chemicals, organometallic compounds, and inorganic pigments, catering to industries like agrochemicals, automotive, construction, flavors and fragrances, semiconductors, photovoltaics, and color pigments. The Specialty Additives segment provides various specialized additives, including lubricants, flame retardants, plasticizers, and bromine derivatives, for applications in rubber, plastic, paint, construction, and electrical sectors. The Consumer Protection segment offers products for material preservation, disinfection, hygiene, and preservation, alongside flavors and fragrances, and precursors for the agrochemical, pharmaceutical, and specialty chemical industries. It also delivers technologies for water and liquid treatment. Finally, the Engineering Materials segment produces high-performance plastics, glass fibers, fiber composites, and urethane-based elastomers, which find use in the automotive, electrical/electronics, construction, medical, and sports and leisure fields. Founded in 1863, LANXESS has its headquarters situated in Cologne, Germany.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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EUR15.44 -0.44 (-2.77%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
622.8K
Beta
1.14
Float Shares
85.17M
Free Float %
98.6%
Price Performance
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-2.48% +6.04% -0.77% -15.08% +0.56% +3.08% -36.24% -49.23% -70.94% -57.31% -60.02%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (2 ratings, all time) Buy
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
15.44
DCF (Unlevered) 52.75 +241.7%

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) 25% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 2 -1
Buy 2 0
Hold 9 0
Sell 1 0
Strong Sell 2 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
1.02
Distress
Piotroski F-Score
4 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
1 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
1 / 5
Low
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
5 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Chemicals - Specialty: +4.7%
    -10.9% Q1'26: -13.9% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Chemicals - Specialty: +13.2%
    -225.9% Q1'26: -147.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Chemicals - Specialty: +44.1%
    -0.9% Q1'26: -2.9% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Chemicals - Specialty: +8.8%
    -0.6% Q1'26: -2.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Chemicals - Specialty: +5.6%
    -0.6% Q1'26: -2.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Chemicals - Specialty: +0.1%
    +0.0% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Chemicals - Specialty: 0.18×
    5.10× Q1'26: 6.74× (vs Q1'25)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (1.16) × ERP
WACC = 37% × Ke + 63% × Kd (4.0%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 52.75 Current price: 15.44
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2011
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Dec 2012
actual
Dec 2013
actual
Dec 2014
actual
Dec 2015
actual
Dec 2016
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Dec 2017
actual
Dec 2018
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Dec 2019
actual
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Dec 2026
10 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
15 Rev. Ana.
9 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
12 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
11 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2030
6 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
8.78B
est: 8.73B (+0.5%)
9.09B
est: 9.25B (-1.6%)
8.30B
est: 8.43B (-1.5%)
8.01B
est: 8.20B (-2.3%)
7.90B
est: 7.98B (-0.9%)
7.70B
est: 7.69B (+0.2%)
9.66B
est: 9.57B (+1.0%)
7.20B
est: 7.12B (+1.1%)
6.80B
est: 7.17B (-5.2%)
6.10B
est: 6.11B (-0.1%)
7.56B
est: 7.27B (+3.9%)
8.09B
est: 8.10B (-0.1%)
6.71B
est: 6.32B (+6.2%)
6.37B
est: 6.42B (-0.8%)
5.67B
est: 5.76B (-1.6%)
5.84B
5.71B – 6.07B
+1.3% YoY
5.90B
5.60B – 6.25B
+1.1% YoY
6.08B
6.07B – 6.09B
+3.1% YoY
6.00B
5.78B – 6.29B
-1.5% YoY
6.24B
6.01B – 6.54B
+4.0% YoY
EBITDA
1.08B
est: 868.26M (+24.8%)
1.17B
est: 928.50M (+25.9%)
619.00M
est: 846.53M (-26.9%)
619.00M
est: 363.71M (+70.2%)
822.00M
est: 419.16M (+96.1%)
962.00M
est: 592.85M (+62.3%)
671.00M
est: 908.33M (-26.1%)
956.00M
est: 449.65M (+112.6%)
882.00M
est: 888.49M (-0.7%)
1.60B
est: 670.60M (+139.2%)
673.00M
est: 701.92M (-4.1%)
865.00M
est: 728.40M (+18.8%)
-143.00M
est: 439.52M (-132.5%)
543.00M
est: 440.82M (+23.2%)
497.00M
est: 400.76M (+24.0%)
405.86M
397.15M – 421.73M
+1.3% YoY
410.40M
389.53M – 434.44M
+1.1% YoY
422.94M
422.28M – 423.61M
+3.1% YoY
416.79M
401.68M – 437.17M
-1.5% YoY
433.58M
417.86M – 454.78M
+4.0% YoY
EBIT
780.00M
est: 749.70M (+4.0%)
791.00M
est: 821.57M (-3.7%)
-131.00M
est: 738.10M (-117.7%)
193.00M
est: -90.44M (+313.4%)
404.00M
est: 218.08M (+85.3%)
451.00M
est: 395.55M (+14.0%)
537.00M
est: 577.35M (-7.0%)
555.00M
est: 222.59M (+149.3%)
422.00M
est: 494.62M (-14.7%)
1.14B
est: 349.47M (+226.2%)
227.00M
est: 365.79M (-37.9%)
329.00M
est: 379.59M (-13.3%)
-705.00M
est: -54.31M (-1,198.1%)
-17.00M
est: -54.47M (+68.8%)
-34.00M
est: -49.52M (+31.3%)
-50.15M
-52.11M – -49.07M
-1.3% YoY
-50.71M
-53.68M – -48.13M
-1.1% YoY
-52.26M
-52.34M – -52.18M
-3.1% YoY
-51.50M
-54.02M – -49.63M
+1.5% YoY
-53.57M
-56.19M – -51.63M
-4.0% YoY
Net Income
507.00M
est: 468.10M (+8.3%)
514.00M
est: 535.72M (-4.1%)
-159.00M
est: 468.37M (-133.9%)
47.00M
est: -154.62M (+130.4%)
165.00M
est: 47.02M (+250.9%)
192.00M
est: 157.27M (+22.1%)
87.00M
est: 238.90M (-63.6%)
431.00M
est: 64.77M (+565.5%)
205.00M
est: 434.17M (-52.8%)
885.00M
est: 176.02M (+402.8%)
267.00M
est: 184.24M (+44.9%)
185.00M
est: -65.00M (+384.6%)
443.00M
est: -822.00M (+153.9%)
-177.00M
est: 55.60M (-418.3%)
-577.00M
est: -32.81M (-1,658.6%)
2.40M
876.5K – 3.93M
+107.3% YoY
-66.88M
-97.25M – 203.84M
-2,884.3% YoY
78.70M
4.08M – 153.33M
+217.7% YoY
69.67M
66.38M – 74.10M
-11.5% YoY
122.25M
116.49M – 130.02M
+75.5% YoY
SGA
1.06B
est: 1.17B (-9.3%)
1.10B
est: 1.12B (-1.5%)
1.06B
est: 1.00B (+5.2%)
1.02B
est: 1.03B (-0.6%)
1.04B
est: 1.02B (+2.3%)
1.08B
est: 995.08M (+8.9%)
1.34B
est: 1.35B (-1.0%)
1.13B
est: 811.46M (+39.6%)
1.09B
est: 1.06B (+2.0%)
1.04B
est: 935.92M (+11.1%)
1.26B
est: 979.63M (+28.1%)
1.38B
est: 1.02B (+36.0%)
1.21B
est: 1.12B (+8.3%)
1.15B
est: 1.12B (+2.5%)
1.06B
est: 1.02B (+4.2%)
1.03B
1.01B – 1.07B
+1.3% YoY
1.05B
992.24M – 1.11B
+1.1% YoY
1.08B
1.08B – 1.08B
+3.1% YoY
1.06B
1.02B – 1.11B
-1.5% YoY
1.10B
1.06B – 1.16B
+4.0% YoY
EPS
6.08
est: 6.43 (-5.4%)
6.11
est: 6.67 (-8.4%)
-1.91
est: 1.36 (-240.7%)
0.53
est: 2.11 (-74.9%)
1.80
est: 2.12 (-15.2%)
2.10
est: 2.52 (-16.6%)
0.95
est: 3.89 (-75.6%)
4.71
est: 4.62 (+2.0%)
2.32
est: 4.04 (-42.6%)
10.22
est: 3.07 (+232.7%)
3.09
est: 4.15 (-25.6%)
2.14
est: 3.79 (-43.6%)
5.13
est: -9.52 (+153.9%)
-2.05
est: 0.64 (-421.0%)
-6.68
est: -0.38 (-1,672.4%)
0.03
0.01 – 0.05
+107.4% YoY
0.55
-1.13 – 2.36
+1,877.2% YoY
0.73
0.05 – 1.78
+32.2% YoY
0.81
0.77 – 0.86
+11.0% YoY
1.42
1.35 – 1.51
+75.5% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-08 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-07 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-06 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-05 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-04 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-30 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-29 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-28 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-27 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-24 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-23 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-22 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-21 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-20 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-17 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-16 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 5/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-321.15M
OE per share TTM
-3.72
Owner's Yield
-21.29%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
39.0%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
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 Held by 105 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Xtrackers S&P 500 2x Leveraged Daily Swap UCITS ETF 1C XS2D.L 2.24% 13.80M 0.60%
2 Amundi MDAX ESG UCITS ETF Dist C007.DE 0.87% 1.94M 0.30%
3 Amundi MDAX ESG II UCITS ETF Dist E907.DE 0.86% 970.1K 0.30%
4 Xtrackers MDAX ESG Screened UCITS ETF 1D XDGM.DE 0.85% 897.8K 0.40%
5 iShares MDAX UCITS ETF (DE) EXID.DE 0.70% 280.0K 0.51%
6 iShares MDAX UCITS ETF (DE) EXS3.DE 0.70% 12.28M 0.51%
7 Invesco MDAX UCITS ETF DEAM.DE 0.69% 5.97M 0.19%
8 Amundi MDAX UCITS ETF Dist MD4X.DE 0.69% 1.76M 0.20%
9 RockCreek Global Equality ETF RCGE 0.44% 419.4K 0.95%
10 Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap UCITS ETF XS5G.L 0.30% 31.01M 0.20%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

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Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-2.8K
Shares Outstanding
86.35M

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
Matthias Zachert Chairman of the Board of Management 3M male
Hubert Fink Member of the Board of Management 1M
Frederique van Baarle Member of the Board of Management & Labor Director 1M female
Oliver Stratmann Chief Financial Officer & Member of the Management Board 883.0K male
Stephan Spiegelhauer Head of the Global Competence Center Paints & Coatings - Inorganic Pigments Business Unit
Thomas Duletzki Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group male
André Simon Head of Investor Relations male
Wolfgang Schmitz Managing Director of Saltigo Gmbh male
Jorge Alberto Nogueira Head of Tire & Speciality Rubbers Business Unit male
Katja Borghaus Head of Human Resources female
Marcel Beermann Head of Procurement & Logistics Group Function male
ESG Score History

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