Employees: 11,783
Size Villeroy & Boch AG Pref (VIB3.DE) is a Germany Industrials company (Building Products) with a market value of $323M, the 202nd largest of 205 Germany companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €10.90 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 33.3%, against -16.8% for the median peer and +2.6% for the Germany market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 10.8% over the last twelve months (peer median -2.0%); the operating margin is 3.4% (peer median 3.3%).
Valuation It trades at 0.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.9× (cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.2 points below its cost of capital (5.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €1.33B | €1.45B | €1.42B | €902M | €994M |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +58% | -9% | — |
| Gross profit | €492M | €540M | €533M | €381M | €424M |
| EBITDA | €126M | €132M | €106M | €108M | €143M |
| Net income | -€6.20M | €14.7M | €5.90M | €60.7M | €71.2M |
| Free cash flow | €43.4M | €85.6M | €2.40M | €27.9M | €17.4M |
| Capital expenditure | €36.0M | €45.8M | €58.4M | €41.0M | €36.7M |
| Total debt | €538M | €454M | €531M | €255M | €127M |
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| Measure | VIB3.DE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -14.5% | -12.8% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -33.3% | -16.8% | lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -45.0% | -35.4% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -10.8% | -2.0% | 4th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 3.3% | 10th highest of 20 |
| EV / Sales | 0.6× | 1.9× | cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.8% | 12.7% | 5th least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.6% | +0.6% | 4th highest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -10.8 pp | +10.7 pp | 2nd least demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.2 pp | -4.7 pp | 4th highest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | 11.7× | cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.6× | 1.1× | 3rd most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeroy & Boch AG Pref VIB3.DE | Germany | $323M | -33% | -11% | 3% | 0.6× | 1.8% | +12.6% |
| Arbonia ARBN.SW | Switzerland | $322M | -4% | +9% | -1% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Meilun Elevator 603321.SS | China | $320M | -21% | -10% | 0% | 2.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Walrus New Material 003011.SZ | China | $325M | -29% | -9% | 8% | 1.9× | 11.7% | -0.3% |
| Suzhou Yangtze New Materials 002652.SZ | China | $328M | -28% | +32% | -1% | 5.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Varmora Granito VARMORA.NS | India | $331M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Three Stars New Materials 603578.SS | China | $335M | -30% | +1% | -13% | 1.8× | 45.5% | +21.8% |
| JiangXi BaiSheng Intelligent Technology 301083.SZ | China | $337M | -28% | -3% | -1% | 5.6× | 29.4% | -6.8% |
| Greenply Industries GREENPLY.NS | India | $352M | 0% | +17% | 8% | 1.3× | 29.4% | +18.6% |
| Wuchan Zhongda Geron 002722.SZ | China | $353M | -22% | +13% | 4% | 0.7× | 1.1% | +0.4% |
| Norcros NXR.L | United Kingdom | $356M | 0% | +7% | 6% | 0.9× | 12.7% | +3.9% |
| Guangzhou Seagull Kitchen and Bath Products 002084.SZ | China | $375M | +10% | -11% | -3% | 1.2× | -0.3% | -4.7% |
| Sicher Elevator 301056.SZ | China | $418M | -26% | -6% | 10% | 3.7× | 20.5% | +0.6% |
| China Fangda 000055.SZ | China | $422M | -5% | -15% | -5% | 1.6× | 4.9% | +2.4% |
| Shenyang Yuanda Intellectual Industry 002689.SZ | China | $437M | -22% | +11% | 4% | 1.7× | 23.5% | +8.3% |
| Moriya Transportation Engineering and Manufacturing 6226.T | Japan | $448M | -4% | +20% | 26% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Hafary 5VS.SI | Singapore | $214M | +37% | -4% | 13% | 2.0× | -2.4% | +27.8% |
| Everjoy Health 002162.SZ | China | $502M | -19% | -2% | 2% | 3.5× | 29.9% | -2.3% |
| FM Mattsson FMM-B.ST | Sweden | $516M | +45% | +6% | 10% | 2.4× | 0.9% | +5.1% |
| General Elevator 300931.SZ | China | $526M | -5% | -16% | -19% | 8.8× | 38.0% | -1.5% |
| Monalisa 002918.SZ | China | $553M | -17% | -7% | 3% | 1.1× | 3.2% | -4.2% |