profit from every €100 of sales.
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SGL Carbon
€4.83-2.33% today
+54.4% since Dec 21, 25
1-year low €3.031-year high €5.64
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.
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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 SGL Carbon sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €1.14 billion in 2022 to €850 million in 2025, with -€79.2 million of profit last year.
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SGL Carbon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SGL Carbon | No profit yet | ||
 Shin-Etsu Chemical | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 BASF | 29.6× · Fair price | ||
 Saudi Basic Industries | No profit yet | ||
 Dow | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads SGL Carbon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,136 | 1,089 | 1,026 | 850 | |
| 254 | 236 | 229 | 198 | |
| 84 | 92 | 85 | 72 | |
| 190 | 122 | 52 | 48 | |
| 127 | 41 | -80 | -79 | |
| 1.02 | 0.34 | -0.66 | -0.65 | |
| 22.3% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 23.3% | |
| 7.4% | 8.4% | 8.3% | 8.5% | |
| 11.2% | 3.8% | -7.8% | -9.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,480 | 1,473 | 1,337 | 1,167 |
| Cash | 227 | 199 | 148 | 149 |
| Total debt | 397 | 309 | 256 | 256 |
| Total liabilities | 902 | 858 | 772 | 700 |
| 569 | 605 | 555 | 457 | |
| 134 | 122 | 122 | 147 | |
| 8.9% | 4.7% | -0.7% | -0.6% | |
| 22.3% | 6.8% | -14.5% | -17.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 164 | 120 | 79 | |
| 53 | 87 | 97 | 54 | |
| 42 | 77 | 23 | 26 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
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- 1.3×
- 0.7×
- 23.0×
- 14.4×
- 4.3%
- -13.4%
- –
Profitability
- 23.3%
- 8.5%
- -9.3%
- –
- -0.6%
- 3.1%
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- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −9.2%
- –
- –
- –
- +3.2%
Financial health
- 2.2×
- 0.56
- –
- -0.2×
- 2.73
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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 992
Bottom 43%of 961
Bottom 13%of 956
Top 35%of 991
News
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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
21No pass
Benjamin Graham
57No pass
Philip Fisher
25No pass
Peter Lynch
23No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
17No pass
Terry Smith
11No pass
Questions about SGL Carbon
Is SGL Carbon a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 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 SGL Carbon AI analysis
What does SGL Carbon do?
SGL Carbon SE, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells special graphite, carbon fiber, and composite products in Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, China, rest of Asia, and internationally. It is in Chemicals, based in Wiesbaden, Germany, with 3,577 employees.
Is SGL Carbon stock halal?
No. SGL Carbon does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 43% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are SGL Carbon's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Shin-Etsu Chemical, BASF, Saudi Basic Industries and Dow. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with SGL Carbon's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.