BASF Se (BASFY) Stock

About BASF Se

BASF SE stands as a globally operating chemical enterprise, diversifying its extensive activities across six key segments. The Chemicals division primarily supplies foundational building blocks such as petrochemicals and intermediate products. The Materials segment is dedicated to developing and delivering sophisticated materials and their precursors, including specialized polymers like isocyanates and polyamides, as well as essential inorganic products and niche specialties for the plastics manufacturing industry. Industrial Solutions innovates and distributes a broad array of ingredients and additives crucial for various industrial applications, ranging from polymer dispersions, pigments, and resins to electronic materials, antioxidants, light stabilizers, oilfield chemicals, and solutions for mineral processing and hydrometallurgy. Surface Technologies focuses on advanced chemical solutions primarily for the automotive and broader chemical sectors. Its offerings encompass vehicle refinish coatings, specialized surface treatments, catalytic converters, cutting-edge battery materials, and services involving precious and base metals. The Nutrition & Care unit provides vital ingredients for food and animal feed producers, alongside catering to the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and cleaning product industries. Finally, the Agricultural Solutions segment equips farmers with an array of crop protection products, including fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and biological alternatives, in addition to seeds and seed treatment solutions. BASF SE also engages in strategic collaborations, notably with Contemporary Amperex TechnologyCo., Limited (CATL), focusing on advanced battery materials, specifically cathode active materials and battery recycling initiatives. Established in 1865, BASF SE maintains its corporate headquarters in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.

BASF Se is headquartered in DE.

BASF Se (BASFY) stock trades at $14.87 with a market capitalization of $51.29B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.75, price-to-book of 1.27, price-to-sales of 0.72. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $11.93 and $16.25, and currently trades 8.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.44%.

On profitability, BASF Se generates a return on equity (ROE) of 17.00%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 6.33%, an operating margin of 6.47%, a net profit margin of 9.42%.

In its most recent fiscal year, BASF Se reported annual revenue of $57.3B, net profit of $1.6B. Revenue declined at an average annual rate of 0.6% over the last 5 fiscal years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 1.85, total assets of $78.0B, $2.7B in cash and equivalents.

BASFY has an average daily trading volume of 184,991 shares, a beta of 0.73 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.basf.com

BASF Se by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 BASF Se reported revenue of $57.5B rising to $57.3B, a change of -0.4% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown -0.6% a year over five years, -13.1% over three, -12.2% over the last twelve months. Net profit fell to $1.6B.

Operating margin went from 10.9% in 2016 to 4.3% in 2025, a fall of 6.6 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 9.42%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $61.7B and net profit $5.8B.

Borrowings rose from $16.9B to $24.4B, cash on hand is $7.9B, cash from operations was $5.4B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 4.3% over five years, and was 4.7% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at 0.1% a year over five years, 11.1% over three, 17.0% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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