Bastei Lübbe (BST1) Stock Overview

A media company, publishes books, audio books, e-books, and related digital products in the genres of fiction and popular science content in European Union, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, and Switzerland. More details

BST1 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 69.2% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 12.01% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 69.6%

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 5.06% is not well covered by free cash flows

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Bastei Lübbe
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	€7.02
52 Week High	€7.26
52 Week Low	€6.36
Beta	0.47
1 Month Change	5.41%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	10.38%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

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Shareholder Returns

	BST1	AT Media	AT Market
7D	1.4%	1.5%	-2.0%
1Y	n/a	-7.6%	25.5%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how BST1 performed against the Austrian Media industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how BST1 performed against the Austrian Market.

Price Volatility

Is BST1's price volatile compared to industry and market?
BST1 volatility
BST1 Average Weekly Movement	4.1%
Media Industry Average Movement	4.9%
Market Average Movement	4.6%
10% most volatile stocks in AT Market	7.2%
10% least volatile stocks in AT Market	2.8%

Stable Share Price: BST1 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Austrian market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine BST1's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1953	322	Soheil Dastyari	bastei-luebbe.de

Bastei Lübbe AG, a media company, publishes books, audio books, e-books, and related digital products in the genres of fiction and popular science content in European Union, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, and Switzerland. It operates through Books and Novel Booklets segments. The Books segment offers a print, audio, and e-book products under the Lübbe, Lübbe Life, Quadriga, Eichborn, Baumhaus, ONE, LYX, LYX.audio, beHEARTBEAT, beTHRILLED and Lübbe Audio brands.

Bastei Lübbe AG Fundamentals Summary

How do Bastei Lübbe's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
BST1 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€93.98m
Earnings (TTM)	€8.09m
Revenue (TTM)	€115.55m

11.6x

P/E Ratio

0.8x

P/S Ratio

Is BST1 overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
BST1 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€115.55m
Cost of Revenue	€58.05m
Gross Profit	€57.50m
Other Expenses	€49.41m
Earnings	€8.09m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

Jul 14, 2026

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.61
Gross Margin	49.76%
Net Profit Margin	7.00%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did BST1 perform over the long term?

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Dividends

5.1%

Current Dividend Yield

59%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/10 07:11
End of Day Share Price	2026/06/10 00:00
Earnings	2025/12/31
Annual Earnings	2025/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Bastei Lübbe AG is covered by 5 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Anna Patrice	Berenberg
Tim Kruse	Montega AG
Matthias Desmarais	ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets