profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
Lanxess
€12.81-2.21% today
-26.5% since Dec 16, 25
1-year low €11.631-year high €21.58
Trading close to its lowest 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
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 Lanxess sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €6.10 billion in 2021 to €6.37 billion in 2024, with -€177 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Lanxess handed back 5% of the cash it generated last year.
€9M
Free cash flow 2024€188M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends€9M
Cash vs. debt€299M vs. €3.0B
Lanxess vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from €100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per €1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanxess | No profit yet | ||
 Linde | 34.6× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 33.7× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.4× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Lanxess'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,101 | 8,088 | 6,714 | 6,366 | |
| 1,525 | 1,937 | 1,268 | 1,298 | |
| 363 | 426 | -50 | 50 | |
| 699 | 893 | 145 | 445 | |
| 267 | 250 | 443 | -177 | |
| – | 2.90 | 5.13 | -2.05 | |
| 25.0% | 23.9% | 18.9% | 20.4% | |
| 5.9% | 5.3% | -0.7% | 0.8% | |
| 4.4% | 3.1% | 6.6% | -2.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,528 | 11,287 | 9,665 | 9,711 |
| Cash | 643 | 324 | 146 | 299 |
| Total debt | 3,500 | 4,230 | 3,005 | 2,999 |
| Total liabilities | 6,766 | 6,860 | 5,158 | 5,119 |
| 3,756 | 4,421 | 4,501 | 4,586 | |
| – | 86 | 86 | 86 | |
| 2.3% | 2.8% | -7.9% | -1.1% | |
| 7.1% | 5.7% | 9.8% | -3.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407 | 159 | 838 | 508 | |
| 424 | 407 | 326 | 320 | |
| -17 | -248 | 512 | 188 | |
| Dividends paid | 86 | 91 | 91 | 9 |
| 0 | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- 0.3×
- 0.2×
- 5.9×
- 8.6×
- 17.0%
- -16.0%
- 0.8%
Profitability
- 20.4%
- 0.8%
- -2.8%
- –
- -1.1%
- -1.0%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.4%
- –
- –
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 6.1×
- 0.65
- –
- -1.6×
- 1.95
- –
- –
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 13%of 988
Bottom 12%of 948
Bottom 40%of 927
Top 4%of 987
0.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$8a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
: 4.8%
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
1/7Passes 1 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
27No pass
Benjamin Graham
61Pass
Philip Fisher
19No pass
Peter Lynch
27No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
17No pass
Terry Smith
11No pass
Questions about Lanxess
Is Lanxess a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 1 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 Lanxess AI analysis
What does Lanxess do?
LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft, a specialty chemicals company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, and consumer protection products worldwide. It is in Specialty Chemicals.
Does Lanxess pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.8% a year. In 2024 it paid out €9.00 million in dividends.
Is Lanxess stock halal?
No. Lanxess does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 271% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are Lanxess's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, The Sherwin-Williams and Ecolab. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Lanxess's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.