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Employees: 7,808
Size Stabilus (STM.DE) is a Germany Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $395M, the 187th largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €14.24 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 21.2%, against -24.3% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 8.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.3%); the operating margin is 6.8% (peer median 4.7%).
Valuation It trades at 6.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 7.3× (cheapest of 6).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.7 points below its cost of capital (5.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 7 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €1.21B | €1.30B | €1.31B | €1.22B | €1.12B |
| Revenue growth | — | -1% | +7% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | €321M | €319M | €311M | €299M | €277M |
| EBITDA | €182M | €185M | €199M | €210M | €208M |
| Net income | €56.6M | €23.1M | €70.2M | €102M | €103M |
| Free cash flow | €90.5M | €106M | €114M | €120M | €94.3M |
| Capital expenditure | €74.3M | €88.5M | €83.0M | €73.7M | €45.1M |
| Total debt | €713M | €834M | €821M | €291M | €290M |
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| Measure | STM.DE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.3% | -10.3% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -21.2% | -24.3% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.8% | -35.5% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -8.0% | +8.3% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 4.7% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 6.1× | 7.3× | cheapest of 6 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.4% | 6.8% | 4th least demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.5% | +6.5% | 5th highest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -13.9 pp | -2.7 pp | least demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.7 pp | -1.6 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.1× | 10.2× | 2nd cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.0× | 0.0× | 2nd most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stabilus STM.DE | Germany | $395M | -21% | -8% | 7% | 6.1× | -4.4% | +9.5% |
| Mingxin New Material 605068.SS | China | $395M | -37% | -1% | 2% | 135.3× | 13.2% | +13.0% |
| Shanthi Gears SHANTIGEAR.NS | India | $396M | +6% | -14% | 13% | n/a | 41.2% | +19.2% |
| Changshu Tongrun Auto Accessory 603201.SS | China | $391M | -13% | +12% | 9% | 7.0× | -9.2% | +4.3% |
| Zhejiang Jinfei Kaida Wheel 002863.SZ | China | $401M | -20% | +15% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Gold Phoenix 603586.SS | China | $387M | -18% | -17% | 5% | n/a | -5.7% | +6.5% |
| Shandong Longji Machinery 002363.SZ | China | $405M | -23% | -16% | 4% | n/a | 6.8% | +5.0% |
| Jing-Jin Electric Technologies 688280.SS | China | $380M | -41% | +38% | -2% | n/a | 33.7% | +36.4% |
| Guangzhou Jinzhong Auto Parts Manufacturing 301133.SZ | China | $377M | -55% | +8% | -3% | 11.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Snt Motiv 064960.KS | South Korea | $376M | -31% | 0% | 10% | 7.0× | n/a | n/a |
| PXI Auto Components Suzhou 301560.SZ | China | $415M | -24% | +8% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xuelong 603949.SS | China | $416M | -26% | +10% | 17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Yantai Yatong Precision Mechanical 603190.SS | China | $374M | -29% | +21% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Lianming Machinery 603006.SS | China | $418M | -19% | +17% | 8% | n/a | 18.6% | -5.1% |
| Zhejiang Yueling 002725.SZ | China | $371M | -43% | -1% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hefei Changqing Machinery 603768.SS | China | $368M | -13% | +11% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Gaofa Automotive Control System 603788.SS | China | $424M | -25% | +3% | 11% | n/a | -0.2% | +12.1% |
| Rane (Madras) RML.NS | India | $367M | +34% | +42% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xingmin Intelligent Transportation Systems (Group) 002355.SZ | China | $426M | -29% | +20% | -19% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| DaikyoNishikawa 4246.T | Japan | $431M | +17% | -3% | 6% | 7.3× | -5.1% | +2.0% |
| Chuo Spring 5992.T | Japan | $433M | -28% | +2% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |