RATIONAL Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 5/6

RATIONAL has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 14.5%, while the Machinery industry saw earnings growing at 15.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 11% per year. RATIONAL's return on equity is 30.9%, and it has net margins of 20.2%.

Key information

14.5%

Earnings growth rate

14.5%

EPS growth rate

Machinery Industry Growth	10.7%
Revenue growth rate	11.0%
Return on equity	30.9%
Net Margin	20.2%
Next Earnings Update	06 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How RATIONAL makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:RAA1 Revenue, expenses and earnings (EUR Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
30 Sep 24	1,168	236	316	63
30 Jun 24	1,146	227	314	59
31 Mar 24	1,130	220	310	54
31 Dec 23	1,126	216	306	53
30 Sep 23	1,124	219	308	50
30 Jun 23	1,125	221	302	47
31 Mar 23	1,080	201	296	46
31 Dec 22	1,022	186	284	45
30 Sep 22	925	146	268	44
30 Jun 22	858	130	253	44
31 Mar 22	837	135	240	45
31 Dec 21	780	124	228	45
30 Sep 21	770	136	214	44
30 Jun 21	731	126	203	43
31 Mar 21	636	88	195	41
31 Dec 20	650	80	203	42
30 Sep 20	697	94	215	42
30 Jun 20	742	113	226	43
31 Mar 20	831	152	236	44
31 Dec 19	844	172	235	42
30 Sep 19	828	173	232	41
30 Jun 19	810	165	229	40
31 Mar 19	799	163	224	39
31 Dec 18	778	157	217	38
30 Sep 18	755	151	206	37
30 Jun 18	738	148	201	36
31 Mar 18	710	141	197	35
31 Dec 17	702	143	196	33
30 Sep 17	686	139	200	34
30 Jun 17	661	135	195	33
31 Mar 17	643	136	189	31
31 Dec 16	613	127	182	29
30 Sep 16	597	122	180	26
30 Jun 16	587	122	174	24
31 Mar 16	575	120	169	23
31 Dec 15	564	122	166	24
30 Sep 15	547	123	156	22
30 Jun 15	534	124	153	22
31 Mar 15	521	121	150	21
31 Dec 14	497	110	145	19
30 Sep 14	485	107	143	18
30 Jun 14	474	101	138	18
31 Mar 14	458	94	134	17
31 Dec 13	461	97	132	17

Quality Earnings: RAA1 has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: RAA1's current net profit margins (20.2%) are higher than last year (19.5%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: RAA1's earnings have grown by 14.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: RAA1's earnings growth over the past year (7.6%) is below its 5-year average (14.5% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: RAA1 earnings growth over the past year (7.6%) exceeded the Machinery industry -8.6%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: RAA1's Return on Equity (30.9%) is considered high.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

Discover strong past performing companies

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/27 18:56
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 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.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

RATIONAL Aktiengesellschaft is covered by 32 analysts. 15 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
Peter Rothenaicher	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Gerhard Schwarz	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Gordon Schönell	Bankhaus Lampe KG