Covestro Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Covestro's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -35%, while the Chemicals industry saw earnings growing at 9.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 6.2% per year.

Key information

-35.0%

Earnings growth rate

-35.5%

EPS growth rate

Chemicals Industry Growth	12.4%
Revenue growth rate	6.2%
Return on equity	-4.0%
Net Margin	-1.8%
Next Earnings Update	26 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

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Recent updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

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

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:1CO Revenue, expenses and earnings (EUR Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
30 Sep 24	14,149	-261	1,846	364
30 Jun 24	14,114	-325	1,851	365
31 Mar 24	14,144	-207	1,854	360
31 Dec 23	14,377	-198	1,865	374
30 Sep 23	14,995	-910	1,900	372
30 Jun 23	16,045	-867	1,932	369
31 Mar 23	17,028	-714	1,960	372
31 Dec 22	17,968	-272	1,975	361
30 Sep 22	18,342	929	1,977	359
30 Jun 22	18,026	1,389	1,974	371
31 Mar 22	17,279	1,639	1,931	362
31 Dec 21	15,903	1,616	1,861	341
30 Sep 21	14,572	1,626	1,759	330
30 Jun 21	13,030	1,333	1,653	298
31 Mar 21	11,230	832	1,527	270
31 Dec 20	10,706	459	1,529	262
30 Sep 20	10,563	184	1,593	253
30 Jun 20	10,965	152	1,649	254
31 Mar 20	12,020	393	1,756	263
31 Dec 19	12,412	552	1,783	266
30 Sep 19	12,820	594	1,809	275
30 Jun 19	13,360	943	1,852	276
31 Mar 19	14,012	1,358	1,905	276
31 Dec 18	14,616	1,823	1,924	276
30 Sep 18	14,866	2,310	1,922	275
30 Jun 18	14,696	2,305	1,897	278
31 Mar 18	14,331	2,185	1,859	278
31 Dec 17	14,138	2,009	1,859	274
30 Sep 17	13,633	1,567	1,874	267
30 Jun 17	13,123	1,335	1,860	266
31 Mar 17	12,615	1,081	1,846	260
31 Dec 16	11,904	795	1,815	259
30 Sep 16	11,685	587	1,755	261
30 Jun 16	11,683	488	1,708	257
31 Mar 16	11,903	410	1,691	258
31 Dec 15	12,082	343	1,640	256
30 Sep 15	12,264	422	1,593	243
30 Jun 15	12,306	361	1,568	228
31 Mar 15	11,956	298	1,483	220
31 Dec 14	11,761	272	1,448	214
31 Dec 13	11,357	180	1,441	222

Quality Earnings: 1CO is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: 1CO is currently unprofitable.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: 1CO is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 35% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare 1CO's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: 1CO is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Chemicals industry (7.2%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: 1CO has a negative Return on Equity (-4.03%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/24 00:57
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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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

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Analyst Sources

Covestro AG is covered by 38 analysts. 10 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
null null	Alembic Global Advisors
Martin Schnee	AlphaValue
Heiko Feber	Bankhaus Lampe KG