FPE3 Stock Analysis: Fuchs Petrolub SE | XETRA
Specialty Chemicals | XETRA, Germany | Market Cap: 5.355m EUR | 12M Return: -1.2% | DE000A3E5D64 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 3.54M
EPS Trend: 89.5%
Rev. Trend: 62.8%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Fuchs SE is a German specialty lubricants manufacturer founded in 1931 and headquartered in Mannheim. The company develops, produces, and distributes a wide range of specialty lubricants and functional fluids-including automotive and industrial oils, lubricating greases, metal processing fluids, and special application products-across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Americas. Its products serve a broad customer base spanning the automotive, industrial, engineering, construction, mining, transport, steel and cement, aerospace, wind energy, and food sectors. The group was previously known as Fuchs Petrolub SE before rebranding in July 2023.
As a player in the GICS Specialty Chemicals sub-industry, Fuchs operates in a segment where product differentiation is driven by formulation expertise and application-specific performance rather than commodity pricing. The lubricant industrys demand profile is closely tied to global industrial production, vehicle parc growth, and the automotive aftermarket, with rising regulatory and customer emphasis on energy efficiency and biodegradable or food-grade formulations shaping product mix over time.
- Base oil price volatility pressures specialty lubricant margins
- European industrial slowdown weighs on manufacturing segment volumes
- E-mobility transition gradually erodes automotive lubricant demand
| Net Income: 340.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.09 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -4.10 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 21.66% < 20% (prev 18.57%; Δ 3.09% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.13 > 3% & CFO 389.0m > Net Income 340.0m |
| Net Debt (51.0m) to EBITDA (588.0m): 0.09 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.96 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (131.0m) vs 12m ago 0.0% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 35.01% > 18% (prev 34.61%; Δ 0.39% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 133.5% > 50% (prev 137.1%; Δ -3.54% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 44.64 > 6 (EBIT TTM 491.0m / Interest Expense TTM 11.0m) |
| A: 0.27 (Total Current Assets 1.66b - Total Current Liabilities 849.0m) / Total Assets 3.03b |
| B: 0.06 (Retained Earnings 178.0m / Total Assets 3.03b) |
| C: 0.17 (EBIT TTM 491.0m / Avg Total Assets 2.82b) |
| D: 2.08 (Book Value of Equity 2.05b / Total Liabilities 983.0m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 5.31 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.13 (Receivables 726.0m/611.0m, Revenue 3.76b/3.56b) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 34.61% / 35.01%) |
| AQI: 0.91 (AQ_t 0.18 / AQ_t-1 0.20) |
| SGI: 1.06 (Revenue 3.76b / 3.56b) |
| TATA: -0.02 (NI 340.0m - CFO 389.0m) / TA 3.03b) |
| Beneish M = -2.95 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 15, 2026, the stock is trading at EUR 39.20 with a total of 73,136 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.11%, over one month by -1.31%, over three months by +5.26% and over the past year by -1.20%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 38.00 (which is 3.1% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Fuchs Petrolub SE has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Trailing = 15.7838
P/E Forward = 17.6056
P/S = 1.4235
P/B = 2.6149
P/EG = 4.08
Revenue TTM = 3.76b EUR
EBIT TTM = 491.0m EUR
EBITDA TTM = 588.0m EUR
Long Term Debt = 4.00m EUR (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 122.0m EUR (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 241.0m EUR (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 64.0m
Net Debt = 51.0m EUR (calculated: Debt 241.0m - CCE 190.0m)
Enterprise Value = 5.41b EUR (5.36b + Debt 241.0m - CCE 190.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 44.64 (Ebit TTM 491.0m / Interest Expense TTM 11.0m)
EV/FCF = 18.97x (Enterprise Value 5.41b / FCF TTM 285.0m)
FCF Yield = 5.27% (FCF TTM 285.0m / Enterprise Value 5.41b)
FCF Margin = 7.58% (FCF TTM 285.0m / Revenue TTM 3.76b)
Net Margin = 9.04% (Net Income TTM 340.0m / Revenue TTM 3.76b)
Gross Margin = 35.01% ((Revenue TTM 3.76b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.44b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 34.61% (prev 35.12%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.78 (Enterprise Value 5.41b / Total Assets 3.03b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.56% (Interest Expense 11.0m / Debt 241.0m)
Taxrate = 29.17% (140.0m / 480.0m)
NOPAT = 347.8m (EBIT 491.0m * (1 - 29.17%))
Current Ratio = 1.96 (Total Current Assets 1.66b / Total Current Liabilities 849.0m)
Debt / Equity = 0.12 (Debt 241.0m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.05b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.09 (Net Debt 51.0m / EBITDA 588.0m)
Debt / FCF = 0.18 (Net Debt 51.0m / FCF TTM 285.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.00b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 12.07% (Net Income 340.0m / Total Assets 3.03b)
RoE = 17.00% (Net Income TTM 340.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.00b)
RoCE = 24.49% (EBIT 491.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.00b + L.T.Debt 4.00m))
RoIC = 16.41% (NOPAT 347.8m / Invested Capital 2.12b)
WACC = 7.02% (E(5.36b)/V(5.60b) * Re(7.19%) + D(241.0m)/V(5.60b) * Rd(4.56%) * (1-Tc(0.29)))
Discount Rate = 7.19% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -66.70 | Cagr: -0.59%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈311.4m ; Y1≈273.1m ; Y5≈220.6m
[DCF] Fair Price = 53.29 (EV 3.54b - Net Debt 51.0m = Equity 3.49b / Shares 65.5m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 89.49 | EPS CAGR: 6.50% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 62.76 | Revenue CAGR: 1.40% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.73 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=2.54 | Chg30d=+3.07% | Revisions=+17% | GrowthEPS=+8.3% | GrowthRev=+11.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.65 | Chg30d=-0.22% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+4.7% | GrowthRev=+2.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +38% (up=4, down=1)