profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
Palfinger
€27.90-1.24% today
-16.3% since Dec 18, 25
1-year low €26.201-year high €40.40
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
You pay €10.49 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 Palfinger sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €1.84 billion in 2021 to €2.36 billion in 2024, with €100 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Palfinger handed back 48% of the cash it generated last year.
€37M
Free cash flow 2024€76M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends€37M
Cash vs. debt€125M vs. €791M
Palfinger vs. similar companies
Palfinger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palfinger | 10.5× · Cheap | ||
 Caterpillar | 31.2× · Expensive | ||
 Deere & | 36.4× · Expensive | ||
 Paccar | 23.6× · Fair price | ||
 Komatsu | 13.0× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Palfinger'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,842 | 2,226 | 2,446 | 2,360 | |
| 448 | 512 | 627 | 600 | |
| 116 | 139 | 202 | 157 | |
| 244 | 227 | 302 | 277 | |
| 87 | 71 | 108 | 100 | |
| 2.31 | 2.05 | 3.10 | 2.88 | |
| 24.3% | 23.0% | 25.7% | 25.4% | |
| 6.3% | 6.2% | 8.2% | 6.6% | |
| 4.7% | 3.2% | 4.4% | 4.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,693 | 1,958 | 2,061 | 2,135 |
| Cash | 34 | 56 | 66 | 125 |
| Total debt | 530 | 679 | 745 | 791 |
| Total liabilities | 1,079 | 1,283 | 1,346 | 1,381 |
| 558 | 614 | 655 | 699 | |
| 37 | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 11.2% | 9.0% | 11.8% | 9.8% | |
| 15.5% | 11.6% | 16.4% | 14.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 46 | 187 | 228 | |
| 129 | 116 | 155 | 152 | |
| -41 | -70 | 31 | 76 | |
| Dividends paid | 17 | 29 | 27 | 37 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 10.6×
- –
- 1.39
- 1.8×
- 0.5×
- 13.9×
- 6.2×
- 7.2%
- 9.4%
- 3.4%
Profitability
- 25.4%
- 6.6%
- 4.2%
- –
- 9.6%
- 10.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +8.6%
- +7.6%
- –
- –
- −2.5%
Financial health
- 2.4×
- 1.13
- –
- 4.3×
- 1.78
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 34%of 982
Bottom 36%of 988
Top 10%of 870
Top 40%of 985
Top 22%of 988
3.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$34a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
36.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 47.9%
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
53No pass
Benjamin Graham
71Pass
Philip Fisher
45No pass
Peter Lynch
45No pass
Joel Greenblatt
50No pass
Charlie Munger
34No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Palfinger
Is Palfinger a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 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 Palfinger AI analysis
What does Palfinger do?
Palfinger AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides hydraulic lifting solutions in Austria and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Sales and Service, and Operations. It is in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery, based in Bergheim, Austria, with 11,773 employees.
Does Palfinger pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.5% a year, about 36% of its yearly profit. In 2024 it paid out €36.5 million in dividends.
Is Palfinger stock halal?
No. Palfinger does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 75% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are Palfinger's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Caterpillar, Deere &, Paccar and Komatsu. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Palfinger's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.