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Uzin Utz SEUZU.DECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Germany · EUR·Materials›Industrial Specialties
Momentum neutral 58
Mkt cap
$369M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
20%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$25,829
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.7 pp
WACC 7.0%
Hurdle
-5 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · EUR€65.20
1D+1.2%
1W-1.5%
1M-3.3%
3M+8.3%
6M-4.4%
YTD-6.9%
1Y-10.7%
ATR %2.3%
52w lowhigh25.9% off high

What Uzin Utz does

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Uzin Utz at a glance

Size Uzin Utz (UZU.DE) is a Germany Materials company (Industrial Specialties) with a market value of $369M, the 194th largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €65.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.4%, against -18.0% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is 7.7% (peer median 5.2%).

Valuation It trades at 13.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.3× (cheapest of 7).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.7 points above its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026UZU.DE 94Peer median 83
Six months, rebased to 100: Uzin Utz against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Uzin Utz financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€527M€505M€476M€479M€487M
Revenue growth—+6%-1%-2%—
Gross profit€138M€136M€128M€118M€120M
EBITDA€61.3M€73.0M€74.4M€56.5M€55.8M
Net income€26.9M€26.4M€29.4M€22.6M€25.3M
Free cash flow€13.1M€19.0M€40.8M€30.6M-€32.4M
Capital expenditure€23.4M€21.1M€14.6M€20.2M€40.9M
Total debtn/a€80.3M€81.2M€95.6M€97.1M

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Uzin Utz competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-20%-10%0%+10%00056517261304301010MNTK603188301283301585ASPN0029094611ESNT9938300980INDIGOPNTSUZU.DE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Uzin Utz is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%15×20×MNTK3012835302ESNT9938INDIGOPNTSUZU.DERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Uzin Utz is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%-20%0%20%1726301010ASPN5302ESNT300980INDIGOPNTSUZU.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. Uzin Utz is the large dot.

Uzin Utz competitors and peer comparison

How Uzin Utz 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.

Uzin Utz against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureUZU.DEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.3%-11.3%7th highest of 21
6-month return-4.4%-18.0%9th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-25.9%-33.9%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.6%+5.6%9th highest of 21
Operating margin7.7%5.2%9th highest of 21
Forward P/E13.9×16.3×cheapest of 7
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)0.4%18.7%2nd least demanding of 8
Growth delivered (Del g)+5.7%+7.1%4th lowest of 8
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-5.2 pp+7.8 pp3rd least demanding of 8
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.7 pp-2.2 pp7th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA6.5×8.0×2nd cheapest of 9
Net debt / EBITDA1.1×1.3×6th least indebted of 11

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
Uzin Utz UZU.DEGermany$369M-4%+9%8%13.9×0.4%+5.7%
Chongqing Sanxia Paints 000565.SZChina$371M-28%+18%-12%n/an/an/a
Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Mfg 1726.TWTaiwan$371M0%-1%12%n/a-13.1%+4.1%
USI 1304.TWTaiwan$358M-20%-14%-4%n/an/an/a
Jiangsu Jingxue Insulation Technology 301010.SZChina$354M-1%-28%-1%n/a33.3%+2.2%
Montauk Renewables MNTKUnited States$387M+86%+4%2%21.9×n/an/a
Jiangsu Yabang Dyestuff 603188.SSChina$350M-22%+13%-9%n/an/an/a
Focus Hotmelt 301283.SZChina$390M-32%+28%8%14.5×n/an/a
Zhejiang Lanyu Digital Technology 301585.SZChina$390M-18%+22%13%n/an/an/a
Aspen Aerogels ASPNUnited States$407M-4%-49%-41%n/a9.9%+22.0%
Hunan Resun 001218.SZChina$408M-27%+37%5%n/an/an/a
Guangzhou Jointas Chemical Joint Stock 002909.SZChina$326M-16%-10%-3%n/an/an/a
Nippon Carbon 5302.TJapan$323M-4%+3%12%16.8×3.5%+7.1%
Dai Nippon Toryo 4611.TJapan$321M+45%+25%5%n/an/an/a
Hangzhou Toka Ink 688571.SSChina$429M-26%+4%7%n/an/an/a
Essentra ESNT.LUnited Kingdom$430M+37%+7%8%15.9×18.7%-19.6%
Taiwan Paiho 9938.TWTaiwan$314M-23%-2%13%14.4×n/an/a
Praise Victor Industrial 7768.TWTaiwan$434Mn/a+3%16%n/an/an/a
Sanlux 002224.SZChina$458M-22%+8%-4%n/an/an/a
Hubei Xiangyuan New Material Technology 300980.SZChina$461M-52%+15%5%n/a21.6%+13.8%
Indigo Paints INDIGOPNTS.NSIndia$462M-1%+12%13%23.8×27.6%+14.2%

Questions

Which companies are Uzin Utz's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Chongqing Sanxia Paints (000565.SZ), Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Mfg (1726.TW), USI (1304.TW), Jiangsu Jingxue Insulation Technology (301010.SZ), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), Jiangsu Yabang Dyestuff (603188.SS), Focus Hotmelt (301283.SZ), Zhejiang Lanyu Digital Technology (301585.SZ).
Is Uzin Utz expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.9× against a peer median of 16.3×, cheapest of 7 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Uzin Utz stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -4.4% against -18.0% for the median peer; over one year -10.7%.

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.