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Bastei Luebbe AG

Bastei Luebbe AG

6.20
EUR
+0.08
(+1.31%)
0.48EPS
15.29P/E
94.58MMarket Cap
Nov 05Next Earn
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
2026 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
9.3
8.33
6.44
6.93
8.11
6.56
6.17
7.02
7.16
7.58
8.36
8.64
8.97
9.03
Basic EPS, GAAP
0.75
0.8
-0.04
-0.16
-0.97
0.05
-0.46
0.57
0.83
0.3
0.66
0.86
0.48
0.47
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
0.82
- -
-0.85
0.3
-0.02
0.82
0.7
1.22
0.93
0.72
0.12
-0.24
0.68
- -
Dividend per Share
- -
0.28
0.3
0.1
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.29
0.4
0.16
0.3
0.36
- -
Book Value per Share
3.89
4.38
3.53
3.32
2.35
2.63
2.14
3.22
4.25
4.15
4.65
5.2
5.02
5.07
Tangible Book Value per Share
3.05
2.41
1.1
0.3
0.77
1.12
2.06
2.59
3.4
3.53
4.16
4.69
4.46
4.52
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
108
110
85
91
107
87
81
93
95
100
110
114
118
120
Operating Margin (%)
14.19
6.71
0.76
-1.24
-11.05
54.29
5.28
11.88
12.07
9.38
11.18
13.77
6.75
6.59
Depreciation Expense
2
3
4
17
42
20
31
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
Net Income, GAAP
9
11
- -
-2
-13
1
-6
7
11
4
9
11
6
6
Effective Tax Rate (%)
28.6
16.58
- -
- -
- -
42.64
39.3
32.37
25.53
41.53
33.71
30.86
29.39
29.34
Profit Margin (%)
8.02
9.63
-0.56
-2.31
-11.97
0.77
-7.51
8.09
11.59
3.92
7.91
9.94
5.37
5.23
Working Capital
35
32
-12
2
-20
-13
2
9
12
8
21
20
21
21
LT Debt
30
30
- -
34
5
- -
6
11
9
8
6
4
3
- -
Total Equity
51
61
50
51
32
36
27
43
56
55
62
69
66
67
Return on Invested Capital (%)
13.64
13.4
- -
- -
- -
44.46
5.02
15.19
14.68
5.74
11.81
15.1
8.23
8.77
Return on Capital (%)
13.68
14.68
- -
- -
- -
1.85
-5.2
16.31
18.13
6.38
13.82
16.34
8.87
9.39
Return on Common Equity (%)
22.05
19.38
-0.9
-4.67
-34.22
2.03
-19.42
21.17
22.22
7.06
15.03
17.44
9.46
9.25

Capital Structure

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
ST Debt
- -
1
- -
LT Borrowings
- -
- -
- -
LT Finance Leases
- -
3
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
13
13
13
Market Capitalization
108
85
95

Working Capital

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
Total Current Assets
67
59
57
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
8
15
12
Accounts Receivable, Net
37
20
23
Inventories
18
19
19
Total Current Liabilities
41
38
36
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
- -
1
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
5.9%
9.87%
-4.24%
Free Cash Flow
-622.22%
-161.43%
-382.92%
Net Income, GAAP
-40.09%
18.14%
-43.93%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
3.87%
5.05%
3.83%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
20%

Quarterly Revenue

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
26
30
34
23
114
2026
23
34
35
26
118
2027
25
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
0.18
0.26
0.31
0.11
0.86
2026
0.06
0.24
0.21
-0.02
0.48
2027
0.05
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

EUR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.3
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.36
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Soheil Dastyari
Full Time Employees
351
Sector
Consumer services
Industry
Publishing: books/magazines
Address
Schanzenstrasse 6-20 Cologne NW Germany 51063
IPO Date
Oct 8, 2013
Website
luebbe.de
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Business
Bastei Lübbe AG operates as Germany's largest independent trade publisher, specializing in books, audiobooks, e-books, novel booklets, and digital content across fiction, non-fiction, popular science, children's and young adult literature, comics, and manga; its core offerings encompass 13 publishing brands including Bastei for serialized entertainment such as Jerry Cotton and John Sinclair, Lübbe for thrillers and romance by authors like Ken Follett and Rebecca Gablé, LYX for new adult novels, ONE for young adult titles, beTHRILLED and beHEARTBEAT for digital thrillers and romances, Baumhaus for children's books, Eichborn for literary entertainment, Lübbe Audio for premium audiobooks, Lübbe Life for health and lifestyle, Quadriga for socio-political non-fiction, Community Editions for social media-influencer content in gaming and lifestyle, and smarticular for sustainability topics. The company, founded in 1953 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, primarily serves the German-speaking market through print, audio, and digital formats, with subsidiaries including Business Hub Berlin UG, Moravska Bastei MoBa s.r.o., and CE Community Editions GmbH; it generates around one-third of revenues digitally via community-driven models and reported €114 million in fiscal 2024/2025 revenues with 322 employees. Recent developments include the July 2024 acquisition of Hörcompany GmbH to bolster audio operations, the April 2024 launch of new publishing brand pola for community-driven growth, and the December 2025 agreement to fully acquire specialist comics and manga publisher Papertoons effective January 2026, alongside sustained revenue increases, raised full-year forecasts for 2025/2026, and an increased dividend approved at the 2025 Annual General Meeting.