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Eckert & Ziegler SEEUZ.DECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Germany · EUR·Health Care›Medical Specialties
Momentum strong 60
Mkt cap
$969M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
67%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.50M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
17.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+16.3 pp
WACC 10.6%
Hurdle
-5 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · EUR€13.80
1D-1.5%
1W+3.8%
1M+13.5%
3M-1.0%
6M-7.3%
YTD-9.6%
1Y-11.9%
ATR %2.7%
52w lowhigh21.0% off high

What Eckert & Ziegler does

Employees: 1,116

Eckert & Ziegler at a glance

Size Eckert & Ziegler (EUZ.DE) is a Germany Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $969M, the 147th largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €13.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.3%, against -19.2% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.3%); the operating margin is 24.8% (peer median 9.5%).

Valuation It trades at 17.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 25.1× (4th cheapest of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 16.3 points above its cost of capital (10.6% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026EUZ.DE 96Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Eckert & Ziegler against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Eckert & Ziegler financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€313M€312M€296M€246M€222M
Revenue growth—+5%+20%+11%—
Gross profit€152M€147M€138M€111M€102M
EBITDA€94.8M€92.1M€78.7M€64.5M€57.8M
Net income€49.7M€48.8M€33.3M€26.3M€29.3M
Free cash flow€25.5M€34.4M€50.4M€20.7M€5.92M
Capital expenditure€25.5M€26.0M€17.2M€26.3M€27.1M
Total debt€41.0M€44.8M€55.3M€56.3M€49.6M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Eckert & Ziegler competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%688626688068688656KURNAORT688575CSTL30160230112230158009653068880513020026586031087730CBLLIART300206BVSEUZ.DE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Eckert & Ziegler is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%0×2,000×4,000×688626688656KURNAORT3011223015800965301302002658603108EUZ.DERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Eckert & Ziegler is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%68865668857530160230158009653068880513020026586031087730IART300206BVSEUZ.DEGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Eckert & Ziegler is the large dot.

Eckert & Ziegler competitors and peer comparison

How Eckert & Ziegler compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Eckert & Ziegler against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureEUZ.DEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+13.5%-4.1%3rd highest of 21
6-month return-7.3%-19.2%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-21.0%-37.3%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+4.4%+7.3%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin24.8%9.5%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E17.0×25.1×4th cheapest of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)7.2%13.1%6th least demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.1%+12.1%7th highest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-4.9 pp+8.4 pp4th least demanding of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital+16.3 pp-0.9 pp3rd highest of 20
EV / EBITDA8.4×16.2×3rd cheapest of 9
Net debt / EBITDA-0.7×-0.9×5th least indebted of 9

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Eckert & Ziegler EUZ.DEGermany$969M-7%+4%25%17.0×7.2%+12.1%
Xiangyu Medical 688626.SSChina$969M-31%0%4%62.1×n/an/a
Beijing Hotgen Biotech 688068.SSChina$966M-38%+8%-94%n/an/an/a
HOB Biotech 688656.SSChina$972M-22%+6%7%188.9×40.1%+12.4%
Kuros Biosciences KURN.SWSwitzerland$953M+3%+41%6%73.8×n/an/a
Artivion AORTUnited States$985M-20%+16%7%3,912.9×n/an/a
Shenzhen YHLO Biotech 688575.SSChina$950M-20%+3%12%37.2×3.1%+12.7%
Castle Biosciences CSTLUnited States$993M+64%+3%-9%n/an/an/a
Shantou Institute of Ultrasonic Instruments 301602.SZChina$944M-19%+4%30%n/a13.1%+4.6%
Caina Technology 301122.SZChina$938M+60%+61%0%72.0×n/an/a
Aidite (Qinhuangdao) Technology 301580.SZChina$919M-20%+17%18%27.1×19.9%+23.3%
Seegene 096530.KSSouth Korea$915M+26%+12%13%15.9×-3.4%-15.9%
Ningbo Jansen Superconducting Technologies 688805.SSChina$915M-30%+36%14%n/a47.2%+17.1%
LifeTech Scientific 1302.HKHong Kong$914M-18%+1%12%23.5×13.3%+15.5%
Beijing SDL Technology 002658.SZChina$910M-21%-13%9%23.6×18.0%+2.9%
Shanghai Runda Medical Technology 603108.SSChina$909M-25%-12%-2%25.1×22.2%-0.2%
Mani 7730.TJapan$909M-15%+10%30%18.4×1.5%+13.9%
Ceribell CBLLUnited States$1.03B+32%+31%-70%n/an/an/a
Integra LifeSciences IARTUnited States$1.04B-4%+1%12%5.8×5.2%+3.6%
Edan Instruments 300206.SZChina$1.05B-19%+14%17%18.8×7.7%-2.9%
Bioventus BVSUnited States$894M+1%+4%10%13.1×6.9%+12.1%

Questions

Which companies are Eckert & Ziegler's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Xiangyu Medical (688626.SS), Beijing Hotgen Biotech (688068.SS), HOB Biotech (688656.SS), Kuros Biosciences (KURN.SW), Artivion (AORT), Shenzhen YHLO Biotech (688575.SS), Castle Biosciences (CSTL), Shantou Institute of Ultrasonic Instruments (301602.SZ).
Is Eckert & Ziegler expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 17.0× against a peer median of 25.1×, 4th cheapest of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Eckert & Ziegler stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -7.3% against -19.2% for the median peer; over one year -11.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.