SOL Stock Overview

Provides advanced materials and specialty chemicals worldwide. More details

SOL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Trading at 45.2% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 44.48% per year

Earnings have grown 26.4% per year over the past 5 years

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 5.7% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

Has a high level of debt

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Solvay SA Competitors

Clariant

SWX:CLN

CHF 3.2b

EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING

SWX:EMSN

CHF 14.2b

SIG Group

SWX:SIGN

CHF 6.6b

Huntsman

NYSE:HUN

US$3.2b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Solvay
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	€34.01
52 Week High	€33.97
52 Week Low	€33.97
Beta	0.86
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-30.59%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	SOL	CH Chemicals	CH Market
7D	0%	-4.1%	-2.3%
1Y	n/a	-7.9%	1.2%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how SOL performed against the Swiss Chemicals industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how SOL performed against the Swiss Market.

Price Volatility

Is SOL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SOL volatility
SOL Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	2.7%
Market Average Movement	3.3%
10% most volatile stocks in CH Market	7.4%
10% least volatile stocks in CH Market	1.6%

Stable Share Price: SOL's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Swiss market.

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1863	9,000	Philippe Kehren	www.solvay.com

Solvay SA provides advanced materials and specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through four segments: Materials, Chemicals, Solutions, and Corporate & Business Services. The Materials segment offers specialty polymers, including aromatic polymers, high barrier polymers, and fluoropolymers for the electronics, automotive, aerospace, and healthcare industries; and composite materials for aerospace engineered materials market.

Solvay SA Fundamentals Summary

How do Solvay's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SOL fundamental statistics
Market cap	CHF 3.04b
Earnings (TTM)	-CHF 59.73m
Revenue (TTM)	CHF 4.87b

0.6x

P/S Ratio

-50.9x

P/E Ratio

Is SOL overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SOL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€5.22b
Cost of Revenue	€4.08b
Gross Profit	€1.14b
Other Expenses	€1.20b
Earnings	-€64.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Mar 06, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.61
Gross Margin	21.78%
Net Profit Margin	-1.23%
Debt/Equity Ratio	164.1%

How did SOL perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

5.7%

Current Dividend Yield

-292%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/19 06:53
End of Day Share Price	2024/10/02 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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 here.

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Analyst Sources

Solvay SA is covered by 49 analysts. 11 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
Mutlu Gundogan	ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Martin Schnee	AlphaValue
Volker Bosse	Baader Helvea Equity Research