profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
Akzo Nobel
€63.48-0.44% today
+8.5% since Dec 21, 25
1-year low €47.301-year high €66.44
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay €17.13 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Akzo Nobel sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €10.8 billion in 2022 to €10.2 billion in 2025, with €635 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Akzo Nobel handed back 63% of the cash it generated last year.
€382M
Free cash flow 2025€606M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends€382M
Cash vs. debt€1.6B vs. €4.9B
Akzo Nobel vs. similar companies
Akzo Nobel grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from €100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per €1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akzo Nobel | 17.1× · Fair price | ||
 Linde | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 34.9× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.6× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 33.5× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Akzo Nobel's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,846 | 10,668 | 10,711 | 10,158 | |
| 3,923 | 4,234 | 4,337 | 4,049 | |
| 708 | 1,029 | 917 | 1,164 | |
| 1,076 | 1,334 | 1,399 | 1,587 | |
| 352 | 442 | 542 | 635 | |
| 2.01 | 2.58 | 3.16 | 3.69 | |
| 36.2% | 39.7% | 40.5% | 39.9% | |
| 6.5% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 11.5% | |
| 3.2% | 4.1% | 5.1% | 6.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 14,741 | 14,558 | 14,249 | 13,952 |
| Cash | 1,450 | 1,513 | 1,302 | 1,618 |
| Total debt | 5,875 | 5,563 | 5,368 | 4,862 |
| Total liabilities | 10,193 | 10,012 | 9,433 | 9,130 |
| 4,333 | 4,322 | 4,574 | 4,659 | |
| 175 | 171 | 172 | 172 | |
| 5.1% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 9.4% | |
| 8.1% | 10.2% | 11.8% | 13.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263 | 1,126 | 673 | 915 | |
| 292 | 286 | 306 | 309 | |
| -29 | 840 | 367 | 606 | |
| Dividends paid | 379 | 368 | 385 | 382 |
| 669 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 17.1×
- –
- 0.76
- 2.1×
- 1.1×
- 18.0×
- 8.9×
- 5.6%
- 5.8%
- 3.5%
Profitability
- 39.9%
- 11.5%
- 6.3%
- –
- 9.4%
- 7.4%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −2.2%
- +22.4%
- –
- –
- −0.6%
Financial health
- 2.0×
- 1.04
- –
- 5.7×
- 1.44
- –
- –
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 32%of 989
Top 44%of 958
Top 37%of 774
Bottom 30%of 935
Top 27%of 990
3.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$35a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
60.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 63.0%
News
Axalta-Akzo Nobel merger conditionally approved by European UnionSeeking Alpha · Nov 6, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
60Pass
Philip Fisher
58No pass
Peter Lynch
65Pass
Joel Greenblatt
41No pass
Charlie Munger
38No pass
Terry Smith
37No pass
Questions about Akzo Nobel
Is Akzo Nobel a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Akzo Nobel AI analysis
What does Akzo Nobel do?
Akzo Nobel N.V. produces and sells paints and coatings worldwide. It operates through Decorative Paints and Performance Coatings segments. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with 31,100 employees.
Does Akzo Nobel pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.5% a year, about 60% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €382 million in dividends.
Is Akzo Nobel stock halal?
No. Akzo Nobel does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 45% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are Akzo Nobel's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, Ecolab and The Sherwin-Williams. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Akzo Nobel's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.