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German maker of process technology and equipment for food, beverage, dairy and pharmaceutical industries.
German maker of process technology and equipment for food, beverage, dairy and pharmaceutical industries.
Sells machines such as separators, centrifuges and process lines that become part of customers' plants, then earns again on spare parts, upgrades and service over the machines' long working life. Food and beverage customers carry the business, with dairy a major part and pharmaceuticals smaller.
Moat: narrow (installed base, process know-how, switching costs). Specialized process equipment gets integrated into production lines, creating service/upgrade lock-in.
Headquarters: Dusseldorf, Germany · Founded: 1881 · Employees: 18,628
Size GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (G1A.DE) is a Germany Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $12.6B, the 47th largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €69.35 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 25.1%, against -5.3% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.0%); the operating margin is 12.0% (peer median 17.2%).
Valuation It trades at 21.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.9× (10th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 11.7 points above its cost of capital (7.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €5.64B | €5.50B | €5.42B | €5.37B | €5.16B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +1% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | €2.12B | €2.05B | €1.94B | €1.82B | €1.72B |
| EBITDA | €910M | €808M | €756M | €699M | €638M |
| Net income | €434M | €414M | €385M | €393M | €401M |
| Free cash flow | €486M | €473M | €474M | €305M | €261M |
| Capital expenditure | €236M | €255M | €237M | €228M | €204M |
| Total debt | €327M | €247M | €295M | €257M | €372M |
The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.
| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft G1A.DE | $12.6B | +25% | +4% | 12% | 21.0× | 5.8% |
| Alfa Laval ALFA.ST | $22.5B | 0% | +4% | 18% | 24.2× | 7.9% |
| Flow Traders FLOW.AS | $1.13B | -20% | -4% | 43% | 7.2× | n/a |
| Bucher Industries BUCN.SW | $3.93B | +4% | -4% | 7% | 19.1× | -2.9% |
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.
| Measure | G1A.DE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.0% | -6.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +25.1% | -5.3% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -2.1% | -33.4% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.9% | +8.0% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 17.2% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 21.0× | 22.9× | 10th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 5.8% | 14.7% | 2nd least demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.5% | +8.4% | lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.3 pp | +4.8 pp | 7th least demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +11.7 pp | +3.3 pp | 5th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3× | 17.1× | 4th cheapest of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.0× | 1.4× | 3rd least indebted of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft G1A.DE | Germany | $12.6B | +25% | +4% | 12% | 21.0× | 5.8% | +3.5% |
| Lifco LIFCO-B.ST | Sweden | $13.1B | +1% | +7% | 19% | 29.3× | 15.2% | +15.4% |
| Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls 2050.HK | Hong Kong | $11.9B | -38% | +8% | 15% | 18.4× | 8.7% | +19.9% |
| Lennox International LII | United States | $11.7B | -34% | +2% | 19% | 15.3× | 5.0% | +7.4% |
| Madison Air Solutions MAIR | United States | $11.6B | -45% | +27% | 17% | 20.6× | 31.9% | +27.3% |
| Watts Water Technologies WTS | United States | $11.6B | +17% | +17% | 19% | 24.6× | 15.8% | +10.1% |
| BELIMO BEAN.SW | Switzerland | $11.0B | +1% | +20% | 21% | 37.2× | 12.5% | +11.1% |
| Daifuku 6383.T | Japan | $10.9B | -33% | +21% | 15% | 18.9× | 14.7% | +8.3% |
| Graco GGG | United States | $10.9B | -13% | +5% | 27% | 20.0× | 8.1% | +6.3% |
| Pentair PNR | United States | $10.9B | -11% | -4% | 22% | 13.2× | 7.1% | +6.7% |
| ACM Research (Shanghai) 688082.SS | China | $14.6B | +30% | +9% | 15% | 54.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Lincoln Electric LECO | United States | $14.9B | +2% | +11% | 18% | 22.0× | 13.3% | +9.7% |
| Ihi 7013.T | Japan | $15.4B | -20% | +8% | 10% | 12.7× | 16.7% | +8.1% |
| Flowserve FLS | United States | $10.2B | +13% | 0% | 14% | 17.8× | 15.0% | +4.9% |
| Indutrade INDT.ST | Sweden | $9.94B | +39% | +6% | 12% | 28.6× | 18.4% | +10.9% |
| Huagong Tech 000988.SZ | China | $9.54B | -47% | +16% | 7% | 30.9× | n/a | n/a |
| IDEX IEX | United States | $16.7B | +5% | +7% | 21% | 23.7× | 14.7% | +8.0% |
| Ebara 6361.T | Japan | $9.28B | -40% | +9% | 11% | 14.5× | n/a | n/a |
| NIBE Industrier NIBE-B.ST | Sweden | $9.25B | +7% | +2% | 10% | 27.3× | 13.5% | +8.5% |
| Guangdong Dtech Technology 301377.SZ | China | $9.23B | -18% | +119% | 36% | 50.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Nordson NDSN | United States | $17.3B | +10% | +7% | 27% | 24.5× | 15.4% | +5.6% |