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German (DAX) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedNov 04, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies32
  • 7D-1.5%
  • 3M0.06%
  • 1Y11.8%
  • YTD14.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Materials industry has dropped 1.8%, driven by a pullback from Symrise of 11%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 11%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 29% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the German Materials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 04 Nov 2025€130.0b€203.8b€287.4m19.6x452.4x0.6x
Thu, 02 Oct 2025€130.1b€204.7b€438.8m20.6x296.5x0.6x
Sat, 30 Aug 2025€134.1b€207.2b€239.9m21.2x558.8x0.6x
Mon, 28 Jul 2025€137.6b€209.4b€2.5b20.8x55.9x0.7x
Wed, 25 Jun 2025€132.6b€209.4b€2.5b20.1x53.9x0.6x
Fri, 23 May 2025€131.8b€206.9b€2.4b19.6x55.8x0.6x
Sun, 20 Apr 2025€125.5b€207.4b€3.0b13.2x42.1x0.6x
Tue, 18 Mar 2025€142.0b€207.3b€2.6b18x54.3x0.7x
Thu, 13 Feb 2025€126.0b€207.2b€1.6b16.8x80.9x0.6x
Sat, 11 Jan 2025€112.3b€206.9b€1.4b15.3x82.4x0.5x
Mon, 09 Dec 2024€117.5b€207.0b€1.4b15.6x86.1x0.6x
Wed, 06 Nov 2024€124.1b€213.7b€30.7m13.3x4038.4x0.6x
Fri, 04 Oct 2024€128.1b€213.7b-€469,159,157.0914.6x-273x0.6x
Sun, 01 Sep 2024€115.9b€206.9b-€490,275,590.8214.8x-236.4x0.6x
Tue, 30 Jul 2024€113.3b€207.7b-€694,924,482.5512.5x-163.1x0.5x
Thu, 27 Jun 2024€116.7b€209.2b-€532,244,578.2813.6x-219.3x0.6x
Sat, 25 May 2024€120.0b€209.2b-€534,750,628.2614.4x-224.4x0.6x
Mon, 22 Apr 2024€120.5b€214.7b-€27,638,443.7512.8x-4358.6x0.6x
Wed, 20 Mar 2024€120.0b€214.9b-€23,160,401.1711.9x-5179.2x0.6x
Fri, 16 Feb 2024€111.5b€221.8b-€2,923,879,615.9110.7x-38.1x0.5x
Sun, 14 Jan 2024€112.9b€223.8b-€2,614,184,532.0011.5x-43.2x0.5x
Tue, 12 Dec 2023€114.9b€223.7b-€2,455,066,061.0011.3x-46.8x0.5x
Thu, 09 Nov 2023€109.8b€227.3b€631.3m11.1x174x0.5x
Sat, 07 Oct 2023€108.4b€236.3b€2.4b9.8x45.7x0.5x
Mon, 04 Sep 2023€116.3b€236.3b€2.4b10.8x49x0.5x
Wed, 02 Aug 2023€119.7b€241.7b€4.2b10.6x28.5x0.5x
Fri, 30 Jun 2023€112.4b€247.2b€5.8b12x19.3x0.5x
Sun, 28 May 2023€115.5b€247.2b€5.8b12.8x19.8x0.5x
Tue, 25 Apr 2023€121.5b€252.9b€7.7b10.6x15.9x0.5x
Thu, 23 Mar 2023€115.8b€252.7b€7.6b10.4x15.2x0.5x
Sat, 18 Feb 2023€124.2b€252.0b€15.2b9.1x8.2x0.5x
Mon, 16 Jan 2023€123.0b€252.3b€15.5b9.2x7.9x0.5x
Wed, 14 Dec 2022€113.2b€252.2b€15.5b8.3x7.3x0.4x
Fri, 11 Nov 2022€113.5b€249.1b€16.2b8.7x7x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

7x


Total Market Cap: €113.5bTotal Earnings: €16.2bTotal Revenue: €249.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
German Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average -177.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the German Materials industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 452x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -178x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.54x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Materials industry have declined 74% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 6.5% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the German Materials sector?

DE Market-1.14%
Materials-1.46%
Packaging12.94%
Basic Materials0.91%
Paper and Forestry Products-0.61%
Metals and Mining-0.63%
Chemicals-2.62%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Paper and Forestry Products industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 33.3x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 53.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 55.9% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Paper and Forestry Products industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 54% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 56% per year.
  • In contrast, the Basic Materials industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 11% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
HEI Heidelberg Materials€203.101.0%
+€353.2m
98.4%PE19.3x
WCH Wacker Chemie€69.601.6%
+€54.6m
-13.2%PE25.5x
NDA Aurubis€112.000.9%
+€43.7m
49.2%PE7.9x
SIM0 SIMONA€51.501.0%
+€3.0m
-11.2%PE19.1x
M0LY Greenland Resources€0.791.9%
+€2.0m
60.9%PB51.4x

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