profit from every CHF 100 of sales.
CHF 0CHF 100
Clariant
CHF 11.04-0.54% today
+55.3% in 1 year
1-year low CHF 6.831-year high CHF 11.12
Trading close to its highest price of 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
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Clariant sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from CHF 5.20 billion in 2022 to CHF 3.92 billion in 2025, with -CHF 75.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Clariant handed back 51% of the cash it generated last year.
CHF 138M
Free cash flow 2025CHF 273M
Bought back its own sharesCHF 0
Paid as dividendsCHF 138M
Cash vs. debtCHF 411M vs. CHF 2.0B
Clariant vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from CHF 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per CHF 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clariant | No profit yet | ||
 Linde | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.8× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 32.9× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Clariant'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 CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,198 | 4,377 | 4,152 | 3,915 | |
| 1,025 | 1,109 | 1,259 | 1,172 | |
| 31 | 240 | 385 | 311 | |
| 366 | 562 | 696 | 375 | |
| 84 | 134 | 244 | -75 | |
| 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.74 | -0.23 | |
| 19.7% | 25.3% | 30.3% | 29.9% | |
| 0.6% | 5.5% | 9.3% | 7.9% | |
| 1.6% | 3.1% | 5.9% | -1.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 6,188 | 5,347 | 6,264 | 5,871 |
| Cash | 394 | 488 | 388 | 411 |
| Total debt | 1,464 | 1,349 | 1,884 | 2,031 |
| Total liabilities | 3,675 | 3,167 | 3,756 | 3,689 |
| 2,341 | 2,018 | 2,335 | 2,024 | |
| 331 | 331 | – | 331 | |
| 2.0% | 8.2% | 9.0% | 2.6% | |
| 3.6% | 6.6% | 10.4% | -3.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502 | 421 | 418 | 419 | |
| 212 | 207 | 209 | 146 | |
| 290 | 214 | 209 | 273 | |
| Dividends paid | 132 | 138 | 139 | 138 |
| 8 | 8 | 14 | 0 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- 1.2×
- 0.9×
- 13.3×
- 14.0×
- 7.5%
- -2.1%
- 3.8%
Profitability
- 29.9%
- 7.9%
- -1.9%
- –
- 2.6%
- 5.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −9.0%
- –
- –
- –
- −0.1%
Financial health
- 4.3×
- 1.00
- –
- 1.6×
- 1.64
- –
- –
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 25%of 990
Bottom 39%of 950
Bottom 13%of 929
Top 20%of 987
3.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$38a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
: 50.5%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider 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
0/7Passes 0 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
20No pass
Benjamin Graham
47No pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
23No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
17No pass
Terry Smith
11No pass
Questions about Clariant
Is Clariant a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 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 Clariant AI analysis
What does Clariant do?
Clariant AG develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells specialty chemicals in Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Care Chemicals, Catalysts, and Adsorbents & Additives segments. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Muttenz, Switzerland, with 9,998 employees.
Does Clariant pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.8% a year. In 2025 it paid out CHF 138 million in dividends.
Is Clariant stock halal?
No. Clariant does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 56% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Clariant stock done over the past year?
Up 55.3% over the past twelve months, to CHF 11.04. It traded between CHF 6.83 and CHF 11.12, close to its high.
Who are Clariant'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 Clariant's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.