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KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

KWS.DE
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaADE flagDeutsche Börse
70.80
EUR
-0.40
- -
2.34BMarket Cap
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
KWS.DE
(Deutsche Börse)

Recent

price

70.80

P/E

ratio

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yld

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ROIC.AI

2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
TTM
FRC
21.73
22.85
25.92
29.89
34.76
27.98
29.88
31.42
32.58
32.41
33.68
38.87
39.7
46.65
45.46
50.85
50.37
Revenue per Share
1.52
1.56
2.13
2.78
2.69
2.34
2.51
2.58
2.96
3.02
3.15
2.89
3.35
3.27
3.85
3.96
7.28
Basic EPS, GAAP
0.64
-0.85
1.9
1.49
0.68
0.38
-1.17
0.86
1.59
0.92
-0.33
4.13
5.1
3.04
4.59
4.79
8.42
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
0.36
0.38
0.4
0.47
0.58
2.03
0.6
1.43
0.6
0.64
0.64
0.67
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
- -
Dividend per Share
12.47
14.2
15.26
16.86
18.56
18.91
21.99
23.03
25.12
26.5
28.9
29.96
31.76
37.59
38.96
42.25
51.76
Book Value per Share
11.72
13.43
14.26
14.37
16.6
17.09
19.79
20.39
22.71
24.16
26.36
15.42
17.5
23.94
25.68
30.75
40.44
Tangible Book Value per Share
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
717
754
855
986
1,147
923
986
1,037
1,075
1,068
1,113
1,283
1,310
1,540
1,500
1,678
1,662
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
10.86
10.93
13.64
13.5
12.84
13.42
11.49
10.34
11.77
12.65
11.62
10.47
10.36
10.41
14.48
17.12
29.17
Operating Margin (%)
23
22
28
28
38
41
46
48
49
50
49
88
94
95
95
119
- -
Depreciation Expense
50
51
70
92
89
77
83
85
98
100
104
95
111
108
127
131
240
Net Income, GAAP
33.34
33.56
33.5
30.44
34.93
36.17
35.4
33.14
34.06
27.78
27.99
26.49
22.24
21.98
26.4
26.95
24.84
Effective Tax Rate (%)
6.99
6.82
8.21
9.29
7.75
8.35
8.39
8.22
9.07
9.32
9.35
7.43
8.44
7
8.46
7.8
14.45
Profit Margin (%)
278
300
325
354
431
352
423
494
516
525
567
516
628
741
726
790
1,054
Working Capital
2
22
19
49
98
114
182
229
201
169
182
562
639
651
604
463
436
LT Debt
434
493
530
586
650
638
739
768
837
882
964
994
1,054
1,246
1,291
1,400
1,713
Total Equity
11.69
10.85
13.64
14.17
12.58
9.68
8.09
7.1
7.82
8.68
6.69
6.03
6.15
6.51
7.7
9.94
15.24
Return on Invested Capital (%)
13.52
11.15
13.6
15.1
12.81
10.69
10.32
9.67
10.06
9.93
8.68
6.99
7.31
6.49
6.82
7.26
10.62
Return on Capital (%)
12.79
11.69
14.45
17.29
15.21
12.47
12.26
11.48
12.28
11.69
11.39
9.81
10.86
9.42
10.05
9.76
15.2
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'25
Dec'25
Mar'25
ST Debt
52
154
66
LT Borrowings
420
412
403
LT Finance Leases
34
33
33
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
33
33
33
Market Capitalization
2,099
1,941
1,845

Working Capital

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'25
Dec'25
Mar'25
Total Current Assets
1,464
1,321
1,712
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
306
253
313
Accounts Receivable, Net
454
235
765
Inventories
508
623
472
Total Current Liabilities
605
597
658
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
52
154
66
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
8.29%
7.89%
8.43%
Free Cash Flow
-199.47%
-263.77%
4.17%
Net Income, GAAP
5.73%
5.17%
3.02%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
6.34%
8.83%
11.85%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
12.5%

Quarterly Revenue

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
210
186
964
318
1,678
2025
183
937
927
228
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
-1.67
-1.62
9.22
- -
3.96
2025
-1.64
8.6
9.49
-0.3
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.9
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, a leading independent family-owned plant breeding company headquartered in Einbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany, and founded in 1856, breeds, produces, and distributes high-performance seed varieties for sustainable agriculture worldwide; core products encompass sugarbeet seed, where it holds global market leadership with innovations such as CONVISO SMART, CR+ varieties offering Cercospora and nematode tolerance, and virus-resistant types like IVONETTA KWS and GENEROSA KWS; corn seed, emphasizing European silage and grain varieties including KWS AVESO, KWS BURANO, KWS RIBONO, KWS OLTENIO, and KWS GIRO for drought tolerance; cereals such as hybrid rye with PollenPLUS technology, wheat, barley, oilseed rape, and others like sorghum hybrids; vegetables including world-leading spinach seed, plus beans, Swiss chard, red beet, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, melons, and watermelons, with recent launches like Tropikalia watermelon in Brazil; and oilseeds, protein plants, special crops, and organic seed. The company operates through four main segments—Sugarbeet, Corn (focused on Europe post-realignments), Cereals, and Vegetables—with subsidiaries and associates in 28 countries across Europe, North America, Türkiye, and other regions, serving farmers through a complete value chain from research-intensive breeding (20.8% R&D intensity in 2024/2025) to propagation, processing, marketing, and agronomic consulting, investing €349 million annually in advanced methods like genome editing, hybrid breeding, and digital phenotyping. Recent strategic shifts include the divestment of its North American corn business via joint ventures AgReliant Genetics Inc. and LLC in 2025 and South American corn operations in the prior year to sharpen focus on European corn leadership and high-value areas like vegetables; acquisitions of Pop Vriend Seeds (Netherlands) and Geneplanta S.r.l. (Italy) bolstering spinach and tomato breeding; inauguration of a new 10,000 m² vegetable R&D center in Andijk, Netherlands, in June 2025; a record 584 variety approvals in 2024/2025; refined growth strategy "Lead. Build. Advance" presented at its November 2025 Capital Markets Day targeting 3-5% organic net sales growth and 19-21% EBITDA margin for 2025-2028; and executive changes with Dr. Jörn Andreas joining as CFO in January 2025, Sebastian Talg appointed for Corn, Cereals, and Marketing in September 2025, and Dr. Peter Hofmann retiring after 31 years.