profit from every €100 of sales.

Umicore SA
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.
You pay €11.72 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What Umicore SA sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €25.4 billion in 2022 to €19.4 billion in 2025, with €385 million of profit last year.
Umicore SA handed back 16% of the cash it generated last year.
Umicore SA vs. similar companies
Umicore SA grows the slowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Umicore SA | 11.7× · Cheap | ||
Waste Management | 35.3× · Expensive | ||
Republic Services | 35.5× · Expensive | ||
Waste Connections | 44.7× · Expensive | ||
Veolia Environnement SA | 20.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Umicore SA'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25,436 | 18,266 | 14,854 | 19,374 | |
| 1,931 | 1,786 | 1,518 | 2,093 | |
| 856 | 596 | 165 | 1,039 | |
| 1,083 | 900 | -1,015 | 1,172 | |
| 570 | 385 | -1,480 | 385 | |
| 2.37 | 1.60 | -6.15 | – | |
| 7.6% | 9.8% | 10.2% | 10.8% | |
| 3.4% | 3.3% | 1.1% | 5.4% | |
| 2.2% | 2.1% | -10.0% | 2.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 9,942 | 9,966 | 9,412 | 9,460 |
| Cash | 1,240 | 1,515 | 2,013 | 1,559 |
| Total debt | 2,350 | 2,755 | 3,448 | 2,853 |
| Total liabilities | 6,376 | 6,268 | 7,490 | 7,188 |
| 3,516 | 3,661 | 1,938 | 2,239 | |
| 241 | 240 | – | – | |
| 9.5% | 6.6% | -16.9% | 12.4% | |
| 16.2% | 10.5% | -76.4% | 17.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 634 | 1,043 | 869 | 711 | |
| 491 | 885 | 582 | 325 | |
| 143 | 158 | 287 | 386 | |
| Dividends paid | 192 | 192 | 192 | 60 |
| 43 | – | – | – | |
| 12 | 14 | 7 | 8 |
Valuation
- 11.7×
- –
- –
- 2.3×
- 0.2×
- 11.7×
- 5.0×
- 8.6%
- 8.5%
- 1.3%
Profitability
- 10.8%
- 5.4%
- 2.0%
- –
- 12.4%
- 2.9%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −8.7%
- –
- –
- –
- −0.3%
Financial health
- 1.1×
- 1.27
- –
- 6.8×
- 1.36
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
How safe it looks
15.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 15.6%
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
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.
Questions about Umicore SA
Is Umicore SA a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 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 Umicore SA AI analysis
What does Umicore SA do?
Umicore SA operates as a materials technology and recycling company in Belgium, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, North America, South America, and Africa. It operates through Battery Material, Catalysis, Recycling, and Specialty Materials segments. It is in Waste Management, based in Brussels, Belgium, with 10,963 employees.
Does Umicore SA pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.3% a year, about 16% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €60.1 million in dividends.
Is Umicore SA stock halal?
No. Umicore SA does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 63% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are Umicore SA's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Waste Management, Republic Services, Waste Connections and Veolia Environnement SA. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Umicore SA's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



