profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
IMCD
€103.90+1.56% today
+36.0% since Dec 22, 25
1-year low €70.101-year high €104.70
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
You pay €28.19 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 IMCD sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €4.60 billion in 2022 to €4.78 billion in 2025, with €218 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
IMCD handed back 44% of the cash it generated last year.
€127M
Free cash flow 2025€302M
Bought back its own shares€6M
Paid as dividends€127M
Cash vs. debt€236M vs. €1.7B
IMCD vs. similar companies
IMCD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMCD | 28.2× · Fair price | ||
 Linde | 34.8× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.1× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 33.1× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads IMCD'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,601 | 4,443 | 4,728 | 4,779 | |
| 1,147 | 1,123 | 1,202 | 1,194 | |
| 462 | 429 | 425 | 371 | |
| 575 | 567 | 589 | 504 | |
| 313 | 292 | 278 | 218 | |
| 5.49 | 5.13 | 4.86 | – | |
| 24.9% | 25.3% | 25.4% | 25.0% | |
| 10.0% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 7.8% | |
| 6.8% | 6.6% | 5.9% | 4.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,644 | 4,155 | 4,878 | 4,636 |
| Cash | 222 | 394 | 523 | 236 |
| Total debt | 973 | 1,193 | 1,696 | 1,719 |
| Total liabilities | 1,970 | 2,428 | 2,663 | 2,594 |
| 1,672 | 1,725 | 2,214 | 2,041 | |
| 57 | 57 | 57 | – | |
| 13.0% | 11.5% | 8.6% | 7.1% | |
| 18.7% | 16.9% | 12.6% | 10.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 420 | 279 | 322 | |
| 21 | 37 | 26 | 20 | |
| 278 | 383 | 253 | 302 | |
| Dividends paid | 92 | 135 | 128 | 127 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Valuation
- 28.2×
- –
- –
- 2.6×
- 1.3×
- 20.3×
- 15.1×
- 4.9%
- 3.5%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 25.0%
- 7.8%
- 4.6%
- –
- 7.1%
- 10.1%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.3%
- –
- –
- –
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 2.9×
- 0.84
- –
- 5.2×
- 1.73
- –
- –
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 47%of 990
Bottom 38%of 950
Bottom 35%of 765
Bottom 39%of 928
Top 32%of 987
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
58.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 42.1%
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
47No pass
Benjamin Graham
49No pass
Philip Fisher
35No pass
Peter Lynch
34No pass
Joel Greenblatt
21No pass
Charlie Munger
31No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about IMCD
Is IMCD a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 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 IMCD AI analysis
What does IMCD do?
IMCD N.V. distributes, markets, and sells specialty chemicals and ingredients in the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, and the Asia-Pacific. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with 5,246 employees.
Does IMCD pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 58% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €127 million in dividends.
Is IMCD stock halal?
Yes. IMCD passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 28% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
Who are IMCD'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 IMCD's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.