German General Merchandise and Department Stores Stock News

If you are wondering whether Henkel KGaA is quietly turning into a value opportunity while the market looks elsewhere, this article will walk you through whether the current price actually makes sense. The stock is up 2.1% over the last week but is roughly flat over the past month and still down 15.3% year to date and 13.0% over the last year. This pattern suggests sentiment has been cautious despite a 14.8% gain over three years. Recent headlines have focused on Henkel's ongoing portfolio...

thyssenkrupp nucera KGaA (XTRA:NCH2) just landed a high double digit million euro contract to supply electrolysers for a new large scale Chlor Alkali plant in the Middle East, sharpening attention on its stock. See our latest analysis for thyssenkrupp nucera KGaA. The latest contract win comes after a choppy spell for the stock, with a 90 day share price return of minus 19.54 percent and a 1 year total shareholder return of minus 23.44 percent. This suggests sentiment may be stabilising...

Earlier this month, Kepler Cheuvreux upgraded Deutsche Lufthansa’s rating from Hold to Buy, highlighting progress in its turnaround program and potential benefits from sector-wide factors like capacity constraints and lower fuel costs. The broker also pointed to Lufthansa’s growing focus on premium long-haul travel and its Eurowings expansion as areas where shifting global demand patterns could enhance the group’s competitive position. Next, we’ll examine how this upgrade and confidence in...

Earlier this month, Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA held its Analyst/Investor Day, outlining a plan to double its biopharma revenue and portfolio by 2030 while targeting a 20% EBIT margin through innovation, cost leadership, and global commercial expansion. Management emphasized that a robust biopharma pipeline, strong underlying financial performance, and significant R&D and manufacturing investments are intended to support this long-term value creation roadmap. We’ll now explore how Fresenius’s...

Stabilus SE's ( ETR:STM ) earnings announcement last week didn't impress shareholders. Despite the soft profit numbers...

We feel now is a pretty good time to analyse SBF AG's ( FRA:CY1K ) business as it appears the company may be on the...

Unless you borrow money to invest, the potential losses are limited. But when you pick a company that is really...

Let's talk about the popular Heidelberg Materials AG ( ETR:HEI ). The company's shares saw a decent share price growth...

In recent days, Lemongrass and RESAAS each announced new partnerships with SAP under the PartnerEdge program, aiming to embed their AI and real-time data solutions more tightly into SAP’s Business Technology Platform and enterprise analytics stack. These collaborations, together with SAP’s emphasis on an application–data–AI flywheel and employee-led innovation, underline how the company is working to keep its software central to mission-critical workflows as customers modernize in an AI...

In December 2025, AlzChem Group AG approved a roughly €120 million investment program to build a more automated creatine production plant and related infrastructure, with phased commissioning scheduled from the second half of 2027 to capture additional demand in sports, food, and health. The company links this capacity expansion to early triple-digit million euro annual sales potential from its Creapure® and Creavitalis® lines, underscoring how nutrition and wellness trends are reshaping its...

Siemens Healthineers AG previously announced an annual dividend of €1.00 per share, payable on February 10, 2026, with an ex-dividend date of February 6, 2026 and a record date of February 9, 2026. ALZpath, Inc. has licensed its proprietary pTau217 antibody to Siemens Healthineers, enabling development of an Alzheimer's diagnostic assay for Atellica systems that could expand the company’s higher-value in vitro testing portfolio. We’ll now examine how adding an ALZpath-powered Alzheimer’s...

TUI (XTRA:TUI1) just wrapped up its fiscal year with higher sales and net income than last year, and paired those results with a fresh annual dividend announcement that underlines management’s confidence. See our latest analysis for TUI. The upbeat full year numbers and fresh dividend seem to have lit a fire under sentiment, with a 30 day share price return of 14.61 percent helping push the stock to 8.878 dollars, even though the five year total shareholder return remains negative. This...

TeamViewer recently appointed Finn Faldi as Executive Vice President Global Inside Sales, adding him to the Senior Leadership Team to unify inside sales across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, while President TeamViewer Americas Georg Beyschlag is set to depart after more than seven years in leadership roles. Faldi’s return, following his prior tenure scaling TeamViewer’s Americas operations and later advising the company, underscores management’s focus on sharpening its commercial engine to...

Deutsche Lufthansa (XTRA:LHA) jumped after Kepler Cheuvreux raised its rating to Buy, highlighting a turnaround plan that is mostly scheduled for execution next year along with improving conditions in long-haul travel. See our latest analysis for Deutsche Lufthansa. The rating upgrade lands on top of already strong momentum, with a 37.48% year to date share price return and a 33.38% one year total shareholder return suggesting confidence in Lufthansa’s multi year recovery story. If this...

As the European markets navigate mixed performances, with notable fluctuations in major indices like Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40, investors continue to assess opportunities amidst economic uncertainties. Penny stocks, though a term from past market eras, still hold potential for those seeking value in smaller or newer companies. These stocks can offer affordability and growth potential when supported by strong financials, making them intriguing options for investors looking beyond...

With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 24.5x Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA ( ETR:FRE ) may be sending bearish signals...

When close to half the companies in Germany have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 18x, you may consider...

Earlier this week, Nagarro announced it has become an OpenAI Services Partner for Asia Pacific, helping enterprises adopt tools such as the OpenAI API and ChatGPT Enterprise to build and scale generative AI solutions. This partnership broadens Nagarro’s role in advising, engineering, and embedding generative AI into core business workflows, potentially deepening client relationships and expanding higher-value service offerings across the region. We’ll now examine how Nagarro’s new OpenAI...

The latest catalyst for Rheinmetall (XTRA:RHM) is a new order from the Dutch Ministry of Defence for Skyranger 30 air defense systems, which extends deliveries into 2029 and underscores sustained European demand for its core defense hardware. See our latest analysis for Rheinmetall. That backdrop helps explain why, despite a recent 30 day share price return of negative 6.4 percent and a 90 day share price return of negative 17.1 percent, Rheinmetall still boasts a powerful year to date share...

Hensoldt, Lufthansa Technik Defense and Bombardier Defense recently reached a key PEGASUS programme milestone as the first Global 6000 surveillance aircraft arrived in Germany, moving the project into the mission system integration and certification phase for the Bundeswehr’s airborne signals intelligence capability. The new phase cements Hensoldt’s role as overall system contractor and core sensor integrator, reinforcing its position at the heart of Germany’s high-end electronic warfare...

Recent cancer care advances at Varian, a Siemens Healthineers (XTRA:SHL) company, are back in the spotlight after a new Telix collaboration and the first European Halcyon 5.0 installation caught investors' attention. See our latest analysis for Siemens Healthineers. These oncology wins come after a tougher stretch for the stock, with a roughly 14 percent year to date share price decline and a 1 year total shareholder return of about negative 16 percent. This suggests sentiment is still...

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft ( ETR:SIE ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's...

MVV Energie AG recently reported full-year results for the 12 months to 30 September 2025, with sales falling to €6,001 million and net income to €124.54 million, leading to basic earnings per share from continuing operations of €1.89. Despite lower profits, the company lifted its dividend to €1.30 per share, increased investments in green heat, renewables, and grid expansion by about 20%, and reaffirmed its ambition to be climate-positive by 2035 while cautioning that earnings may be lower...

In early December 2025, Mercedes-Benz Group AG disclosed that it had repurchased a total of 3,620,874 shares under its ongoing buyback program, while also announcing that LG Energy Solution will supply it with electric vehicle battery cells for seven years starting in 2028 under a new long-term agreement. By locking in a non-Chinese battery supply partnership with LG Energy Solution ahead of stricter US and EU rules, Mercedes-Benz is bolstering both its electric vehicle rollout plans and its...