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TKMS AG & Co. KGaATKMS.DECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Germany · EUR·Industrials›Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery

German naval shipbuilder making submarines and surface warships, spun off from thyssenkrupp in October 2025.

Momentum neutral 51
Mkt cap
$5.57B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
39%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
39.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 11.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
31 days
7 Dec 2026
Close · EUR€78.20
1D-3.9%
1W-11.9%
1M+4.5%
3M-9.9%
6M+8.3%
YTD+18.3%
1Y+10.5%
ATR %4.2%
52w lowhigh28.1% off high

What TKMS AG & Co. KGaA does

German naval shipbuilder making submarines and surface warships, spun off from thyssenkrupp in October 2025.

Builds submarines and warships to order under multi-year government contracts, so revenue follows the building schedule of a few large programmes. The Type 212CD submarine, ordered by both Germany and Norway, is a flagship programme. thyssenkrupp kept a controlling stake after the separation.

Products and services

  • Conventional submarines (Type 212, Type 214)
  • Surface warships/frigates
  • Naval electronics/combat systems

Customers

  • German Navy and allied European/export navies

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Defense/shipbuilding
  • Naval submarines & surface vessels

What could go right

  • European defense/naval spending increase
  • Large order backlog execution

What could go wrong

  • Long-cycle program execution/cost overrun risk
  • Export approval/geopolitical dependency

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, regulatory licence, process know-how). One of few Western yards able to build advanced conventional submarines, with long qualification cycles.

Headquarters: Kiel, Germany · Founded: 2025 · Employees: 8,500

Named competitors

TKMS AG & Co. KGaA at a glance

Size TKMS AG & Co. KGaA (TKMS.DE) is a Germany Industrials company (Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery) with a market value of $5.57B, the 68th largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €78.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.3%, against -12.2% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 14.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.7%); the operating margin is 5.0% (peer median 7.9%).

Valuation It trades at 39.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.1× (most expensive of 20).

Next results Next results expected around 7 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026TKMS.DE 110Peer median 87
Six months, rebased to 100: TKMS AG & Co. KGaA against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

TKMS AG & Co. KGaA financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-09-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€2.48B€2.17B€1.99B€1.95B€1.70B
Revenue growth—+9%+2%+15%—
Gross profit€444M€383M€313M€308M€239M
EBITDA€214M€182M€150M€154M€90.1M
Net income€80.9M€105M€82.9M€56.9M€11.1M
Free cash flow-€42.6M€827M€374M€195M€295M
Capital expenditure€151M€165M€104M€125M€124M
Total debt€37.0M€32.7M€32.7M€31.7M€35.0M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

TKMS AG & Co. KGaA competitor charts

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.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%-20%0%ALOKMAR064350TEXFCT63055E2BAB603338000150ACLN600685KCRGTTAGCOMAZDOCKSRAILWEIR241560TKMS.DE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. TKMS AG & Co. KGaA is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%10×20×30×40×KMAR064350TEXFCT63055E2BAB603338ACLN600685KCRAGCOMAZDOCKBUCNSRAILWEIR241560TKMS.DERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. TKMS AG & Co. KGaA is the large dot.

TKMS AG & Co. KGaA competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (TKMS.DE vs SAAB-B.ST vs FCT.MI vs 329180.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
TKMS AG & Co. KGaA TKMS.DE$5.57B+8%+15%5%39.8×n/a
Saab SAAB-B.ST$33.3B+19%+28%10%40.2×6.0%
Fincantieri FCT.MI$4.98B+3%-1%0%21.5×1.2%
Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries 329180.KS$20.3B-62%+41%15%9.5×-7.0%

How TKMS AG & Co. KGaA 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.

TKMS AG & Co. KGaA against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTKMS.DEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.5%-6.6%5th highest of 21
6-month return+8.3%-12.2%3rd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-28.1%-30.9%9th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+14.6%+7.7%4th highest of 21
Operating margin5.0%7.9%6th lowest of 21
Forward P/E39.8×16.1×most expensive of 20
EV / EBITDA17.7×10.8×3rd most expensive of 16
Net debt / EBITDA-5.5×1.2×least indebted of 17

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
TKMS AG & Co. KGaA TKMS.DEGermany$5.57B+8%+15%5%39.8×n/an/a
Alstom ALO.PAFrance$5.56B-40%+4%4%n/a2.7%+16.9%
Kongsberg Maritime KMAR.OLNorway$5.43B-1%+6%13%21.8×0.9%+6.3%
Hyundai Rotem 064350.KSSouth Korea$5.75B-73%+12%15%9.7×-4.0%+16.0%
Terex TEXUnited States$6.18B-14%+40%7%9.9×12.1%+12.0%
Fincantieri FCT.MIItaly$4.98B+3%-1%0%21.5×1.2%+9.1%
Hitachi Construction Machinery 6305.TJapan$6.36B-12%+7%10%11.2×3.9%+11.6%
Seatrium 5E2.SISingapore$4.77B-19%+11%4%13.0×4.0%+50.0%
Babcock International BAB.LUnited Kingdom$6.60B0%+7%6%15.4×13.2%+5.5%
Zhejiang Dingli Machinery 603338.SSChina$4.57B+9%+29%22%14.8×1.6%+23.7%
Doosan 000150.KSSouth Korea$7.10B-60%+11%6%16.1×15.0%+11.6%
Accelleron Industries ACLN.SWSwitzerland$7.29B-25%+13%25%25.1×3.5%+12.1%
CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) 600685.SSChina$4.16B-19%+5%1%23.9×1.1%+12.1%
Konecranes KCR.HEFinland$7.47B+5%-1%13%15.9×9.1%+5.7%
Gaztransport & Technigaz GTT.PAFrance$7.50B-13%+9%64%16.1×-3.1%+15.2%
AGCO AGCOUnited States$7.61B-6%+1%6%17.1×10.5%+2.0%
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders MAZDOCK.NSIndia$7.87B-31%+8%15%30.5×n/an/a
Bucher Industries BUCN.SWSwitzerland$3.93B+4%-4%7%19.1×-2.9%+1.2%
Stadler Rail SRAIL.SWSwitzerland$3.84B+38%+26%5%19.8×0.2%+3.6%
Weir WEIR.LUnited Kingdom$8.18B-3%+6%18%18.1×19.3%+5.5%
Doosan Bobcat 241560.KSSouth Korea$3.64B-28%+11%9%9.0×-13.3%+15.5%

Questions

Who are TKMS AG & Co. KGaA's main competitors?
Named competitors: Naval Group (private or unlisted), Saab Kockums (SAAB-B.ST), Fincantieri (FCT.MI), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180.KS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Alstom (ALO.PA), Kongsberg Maritime (KMAR.OL), Hyundai Rotem (064350.KS), Terex (TEX), Fincantieri (FCT.MI), Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305.T).
Is TKMS AG & Co. KGaA expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 39.8× against a peer median of 16.1×, most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has TKMS AG & Co. KGaA stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +8.3% against -12.2% for the median peer; over one year +10.5%.

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.