Assessing IMCD (ENXTAM:IMCD) Valuation After CFO Successor Named and Supervisory Board Reappointments

IMCD (ENXTAM:IMCD) just laid out its next chapter in finance leadership, nominating long time insider Floris Lagerwerf as CFO from 2027 while keeping its Supervisory Board largely intact to support continuity.

See our latest analysis for IMCD.

Even with this steady handover at the top, IMCD’s share price return has been weak, with a year to date slide that mirrors a three and five year total shareholder return firmly in negative territory. This suggests momentum has clearly faded despite ongoing growth in revenues and earnings.

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With the shares down sharply over one, three, and five years despite continued revenue and profit growth and a hefty discount to analyst targets, is IMCD now an undervalued compounder in transition, or is the market correctly pricing in slower future growth?

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 39.5% Undervalued

Compared with IMCD’s last close at €76.98, the most followed narrative points to a fair value closer to €127, implying substantial upside potential based on long term cash flows.

IMCD's strategic expansion into high growth and resilient end markets (pharma, food and nutrition, personal care) through both organic efforts and targeted M and A increases exposure to industries with strong, recurring demand fundamentals, which can support sustainable revenue and margin expansion as macro uncertainty fades.

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Want to see what kind of revenue runway and margin reset could justify such a big gap to today’s price? The narrative leans on steady compounding, disciplined acquisitions, and a richer profit mix to support that higher fair value. Curious how those moving parts add up to this case for upside potential? Dive in to unpack the full playbook behind this valuation call.

Result: Fair Value of €127.18 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, several risks could derail this upside case, including prolonged weak industrial demand and FX headwinds that keep reported growth and margins under pressure.

Find out about the key risks to this IMCD narrative.

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