GESCO AG

GESCO AG

14.38
EUR
+0.03
(+0.17%)
1.28EPS
10.71P/E
139.52MMarket Cap
Nov 11Next Earn
2013 Y
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
44.24
45.46
45.28
49.56
48.27
50.51
53.56
36.67
45.03
53.72
51.78
48.91
47.8
48.17
Basic EPS, GAAP
2.1
1.82
1.24
1.62
0.79
1.49
2.08
-1.53
2.48
3.12
1.93
0.42
0.96
1.26
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
0.71
-0.44
-0.39
0.21
2.18
1.44
-0.74
4.5
4.04
-0.17
-0.1
4.09
-0.53
0.83
Dividend per Share
0.97
0.83
0.73
0.58
0.67
0.35
0.6
0.23
- -
0.98
1
0.39
0.1
- -
Book Value per Share
15.51
16.46
16.87
18.05
18.35
20.18
21.72
19.89
22.44
24.41
25.09
25.53
25.9
26.43
Tangible Book Value per Share
13.07
14
13.87
15.37
14.05
16.51
17.15
16.2
16.27
18.53
19.55
20.02
20.7
21.37
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
10
11
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
440
453
451
494
482
547
580
397
488
582
561
514
495
506
Operating Margin (%)
8.35
6.95
5.96
6.1
4.35
5.82
7.18
4.07
9.13
8.66
6.38
3.15
4.61
5.37
Depreciation Expense
14
17
19
22
28
24
26
25
18
18
23
21
18
19
Net Income, GAAP
21
18
12
16
8
16
23
-17
27
34
21
4
10
13
Effective Tax Rate (%)
32.78
31.91
42.36
35.75
49.29
42.97
35.27
46.62
31
26.68
31.58
43.85
9.57
17.52
Profit Margin (%)
4.75
4
2.74
3.26
1.64
2.94
3.89
-4.17
5.5
5.81
3.72
0.86
2.01
2.61
Working Capital
117
119
121
129
127
143
152
136
135
148
153
147
149
150
LT Debt
55
65
79
76
82
79
94
51
48
41
47
40
30
16
Total Equity
167
177
183
196
214
234
251
228
256
275
278
270
274
280
Return on Invested Capital (%)
15.02
12.79
9.33
11.21
7.77
9.46
12.58
2.1
8.85
9.8
6.22
2.57
4.55
6.3
Return on Capital (%)
9.3
7.14
4.33
5.15
2.3
4.49
5.57
-4.42
7.58
9.19
6.06
1.72
3.77
5.67
Return on Common Equity (%)
13.97
11.37
7.43
9.26
4.16
7.71
9.95
-7.35
11.71
13.32
7.79
1.66
3.73
4.91

Capital Structure

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
ST Debt
67
4
4
LT Borrowings
17
- -
- -
LT Finance Leases
13
17
16
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
10
10
10
Market Capitalization
148
143
140

Working Capital

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
Total Current Assets
280
282
293
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
42
45
48
Accounts Receivable, Net
69
73
78
Inventories
157
161
165
Total Current Liabilities
131
133
143
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
67
4
4
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
4.31%
3.88%
1.36%
Free Cash Flow
-423.91%
-828.7%
-112.78%
Net Income, GAAP
-27.91%
-45.9%
123.65%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
2.14%
5.29%
-3.67%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
-74.95%

Quarterly Revenue

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
124
129
130
131
514
2025
122
116
128
130
495
2026
121
128
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
0.16
0.03
0.32
-0.09
0.42
2025
0.19
0.24
0.37
0.15
0.96
2026
0.27
0.45
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.39
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.1
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

CEO
Johannes Pfeffer
Full Time Employees
1,662
Sector
Non-energy minerals
Industry
Other metals/Minerals
Address
Johannisberg 7 Wuppertal NW Germany 42103
IPO Date
Mar 20, 1998
Website
gesco.de
Business
GESCO SE (GSC1.DE), formerly Gesco AG, is a Germany-based industrial holding company founded in 1989 and headquartered in Wuppertal that acquires, holds and develops medium-sized industrial companies specializing in niche markets within the capital goods sector; the group operates through three segments including Materials Refinement & Distribution (with Doerrenberg Group offering special steels and refining services, Franz Funke Zerspanungstechnik providing precision machining, and Pickhardt & Gerlach Group delivering steel strip processing), Health Care & Life Science (with AMTRION supplying support arm systems and medical technology, INEX solutions offering suspension systems and control technology, and Setter Group producing paper sticks for confectionery and hygiene), and Industrial Assets & Infrastructure (with Kesel Group manufacturing machine cladding and special machinery, MAE Group providing loading arms and safety equipment, SVT delivering services for industrial infrastructure, and Eckart offering precision components); these subsidiaries provide machines, systems, tools, components and services such as plastic spools, injection-molded parts, steel foundry products, coating and hardening, turning parts from brass and aluminum, galvanic finishing, milling machines, straightening equipment, processing systems for pharmaceutical and food industries, and safety systems for tankers to series manufacturers, material-intensive industries, medical, hygiene, food, sanitary and infrastructure sectors across Germany, Europe and international markets. In recent developments, GESCO SE transformed from Gesco AG to a European Company (SE) legal form in January 2023 to support its international orientation, introduced a new portfolio segmentation as of January 1, 2025 focusing on process, product and project business models, acquired Eckart GmbH retroactively to January 1, 2025 to bolster the Industrial Assets & Infrastructure segment with around €20 million in annual sales and high vertical integration employing nearly 140 staff, sold the Foundry and Steelworks divisions of Doerrenberg at the end of 2024 to streamline operations and enhance margins despite a €9 million earnings impact including one-off effects, divested AstroPlast via management buyout at year-end 2024 to shift toward higher-value innovation-driven businesses, merged W. Krömker GmbH and Haseke GmbH into AMTRION GmbH in September 2022 as an innovation leader in medical technology, initiated a share buyback program of €9 million in 2024 marking a capital allocation strategy shift, and launched the GESCO Business System (GBS) emphasizing lean management, growth and financial processes across four pillars to drive operational excellence, speed and sustainable development targeting CAGR over 7% with at least 5% organic, ROS above 10% and ROCE above 15%.