profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
Fuchs
€44.26+0.64% today
+17.2% since Dec 21, 25
1-year low €32.641-year high €46.14
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, 2021 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay €19.20 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Fuchs sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €2.87 billion in 2021 to €3.53 billion in 2024, with €302 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Fuchs handed back 73% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks €79M€146M
Free cash flow 2024€307M
Bought back its own shares€79M
Paid as dividends€146M
Cash vs. debt€153M vs. €112M
Fuchs vs. similar companies
Fuchs grows the fastest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuchs | 19.2× · Fair price | ||
 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 Fuchs'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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,871 | 3,412 | 3,541 | 3,525 | |
| 965 | 1,054 | 1,145 | 1,215 | |
| 355 | 367 | 417 | 437 | |
| 448 | 457 | 514 | 537 | |
| 253 | 259 | 282 | 302 | |
| 1.82 | 1.87 | 2.08 | 2.29 | |
| 33.6% | 30.9% | 32.3% | 34.5% | |
| 12.4% | 10.8% | 11.8% | 12.4% | |
| 8.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | 8.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,311 | 2,523 | 2,423 | 2,610 |
| Cash | 146 | 119 | 175 | 153 |
| Total debt | 49 | 179 | 63 | 112 |
| Total liabilities | 555 | 682 | 619 | 710 |
| 1,753 | 1,838 | 1,800 | 1,897 | |
| 70 | 69 | 67 | 66 | |
| 14.1% | 12.6% | 15.6% | 15.3% | |
| 14.4% | 14.1% | 15.7% | 15.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | 128 | 543 | 390 | |
| – | – | 83 | 83 | |
| 169 | 128 | 460 | 307 | |
| Dividends paid | 137 | 143 | 145 | 146 |
| 0 | 62 | 122 | 79 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 19.2×
- –
- 2.41
- 2.7×
- 1.6×
- 18.9×
- 10.7×
- 5.3%
- 5.2%
- 2.5%
Profitability
- 34.5%
- 12.4%
- 8.6%
- –
- 15.3%
- 14.4%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.1%
- +8.0%
- –
- –
- −1.8%
Financial health
- -0.1×
- 0.06
- –
- 36.7×
- 2.22
- –
- –
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 16%of 990
Top 43%of 950
Top 46%of 765
Top 39%of 929
Top 30%of 987
2.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$25a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
48.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 47.6%
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
4/7Passes 4 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
71Pass
Benjamin Graham
63Pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
38No pass
Joel Greenblatt
45No pass
Charlie Munger
62Pass
Terry Smith
54No pass
Questions about Fuchs
Is Fuchs a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 4 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 Fuchs AI analysis
What does Fuchs do?
Fuchs SE, together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and distributes specialty lubricants and functional fluids in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and North and South America. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Mannheim, Germany, with 6,857 employees.
Does Fuchs pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.5% a year, about 48% of its yearly profit. In 2024 it paid out €146 million in dividends.
Is Fuchs stock halal?
Yes. Fuchs passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 2% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
Who are Fuchs'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 Fuchs's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.