BASF Past Earnings Performance

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BASF's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -18.4%, while the Chemicals industry saw earnings growing at 10.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 4.5% per year. BASF's return on equity is 1.8%, and it has net margins of 0.8%.

Key information

-18.4%

Earnings growth rate

-18.4%

EPS growth rate

Chemicals Industry Growth13.1%
Revenue growth rate4.5%
Return on equity1.8%
Net Margin0.8%
Next Earnings Update28 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

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


Earnings and Revenue History

BMV:BAS N Revenue, expenses and earnings (EUR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2465,27449710,3402,116
30 Jun 2465,269-3910,3262,091
31 Mar 2466,4643110,2752,082
31 Dec 2368,90222510,3792,130
30 Sep 2372,355-3,03510,5542,151
30 Jun 2378,566-1,87710,9272,215
31 Mar 2384,235-28611,2122,267
31 Dec 2287,327-62711,2012,298
30 Sep 2287,7795,11111,1902,318
30 Jun 2285,5035,49810,6792,296
31 Mar 2282,2815,06210,2912,274
31 Dec 2178,5985,5599,9392,216
30 Sep 2174,7275,3769,3742,173
30 Jun 2168,8691,9459,0882,168
31 Mar 2161,796-6018,8092,103
31 Dec 2059,149-1,4568,8702,086
30 Sep 2057,930-1,9789,1032,097
30 Jun 2058,6751,0509,1832,111
31 Mar 2060,4732,2109,3902,149
31 Dec 1959,3162,4769,4212,158
30 Sep 1957,7612,3498,5462,170
30 Jun 1958,8112,4218,8212,147
31 Mar 1960,1163,4718,9732,073
31 Dec 1860,2203,8448,9381,994
30 Sep 1862,3204,9889,8451,896
30 Jun 1861,2305,2109,7361,836
31 Mar 1860,0665,1119,5441,843
31 Dec 1761,2235,3189,6131,843
30 Sep 1760,8384,80410,0211,863
30 Jun 1760,3354,5059,7691,840
31 Mar 1760,1994,3789,8131,832
31 Dec 1657,5504,0569,6471,863
30 Sep 1656,5843,7069,5301,821
30 Jun 1659,9954,0279,5121,882
31 Mar 1664,5904,2009,7501,934
31 Dec 1570,4493,9879,9351,953
30 Sep 1574,6165,0669,4631,938
30 Jun 1575,5044,8719,5801,939
31 Mar 1574,8814,8659,3391,915
31 Dec 1474,3265,1559,1011,884
30 Sep 1474,4284,8308,8691,922
30 Jun 1473,8494,9128,9821,879
31 Mar 1473,7474,8109,0181,863
31 Dec 1373,9734,7929,0901,849

Quality Earnings: BAS N has a large one-off loss of €711.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: BAS N became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BAS N's earnings have declined by 18.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BAS N has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: BAS N has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Chemicals industry (-6.6%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: BAS N's Return on Equity (1.8%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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