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Germany · EUR·Industrials›Building Products
Momentum laggard 6
Mkt cap
$323M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
91%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$184,197
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-1.2 pp
WACC 5.2%
Hurdle
-11 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
126 days
12 Mar 2027
Close · EUR€10.90
1D-0.5%
1W+0.9%
1M-14.5%
3M-29.2%
6M-33.3%
YTD-33.7%
1Y-31.7%
ATR %3.0%
52w lowhigh45.0% off high

What Villeroy & Boch AG Pref does

Employees: 11,783

Villeroy & Boch AG Pref at a glance

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).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 85VIB3.DE 66
Six months, rebased to 100: Villeroy & Boch AG Pref against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Villeroy & Boch AG Pref financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
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

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Villeroy & Boch AG Pref competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-30%-20%-10%0%ARBN603321003011002652603578301083GREENPLY002722NXR00208430105600005500268962265VS002162FMM-B300931002918VIB3.DE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Villeroy & Boch AG Pref is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%0×2.5×5×7.5×ARBN603321003011002652603578301083GREENPLY002722NXR00208430105600005500268962265VS002162FMM-B300931002918VIB3.DERevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Villeroy & Boch AG Pref is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%003011603578301083GREENPLY002722NXR0020843010560000550026895VS002162FMM-B300931002918VIB3.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. Villeroy & Boch AG Pref is the large dot.

Villeroy & Boch AG Pref competitors and peer comparison

How Villeroy & Boch AG Pref 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.

Villeroy & Boch AG Pref against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureVIB3.DEPeer medianRank 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 margin3.4%3.3%10th highest of 20
EV / Sales0.6×1.9×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 pp2nd least demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.2 pp-4.7 pp4th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA5.9×11.7×cheapest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA3.6×1.1×3rd most indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Villeroy & Boch AG Pref VIB3.DEGermany$323M-33%-11%3%0.6×1.8%+12.6%
Arbonia ARBN.SWSwitzerland$322M-4%+9%-1%0.7×n/an/a
Zhejiang Meilun Elevator 603321.SSChina$320M-21%-10%0%2.2×n/an/a
Zhejiang Walrus New Material 003011.SZChina$325M-29%-9%8%1.9×11.7%-0.3%
Suzhou Yangtze New Materials 002652.SZChina$328M-28%+32%-1%5.7×n/an/a
Varmora Granito VARMORA.NSIndia$331Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Zhejiang Three Stars New Materials 603578.SSChina$335M-30%+1%-13%1.8×45.5%+21.8%
JiangXi BaiSheng Intelligent Technology 301083.SZChina$337M-28%-3%-1%5.6×29.4%-6.8%
Greenply Industries GREENPLY.NSIndia$352M0%+17%8%1.3×29.4%+18.6%
Wuchan Zhongda Geron 002722.SZChina$353M-22%+13%4%0.7×1.1%+0.4%
Norcros NXR.LUnited Kingdom$356M0%+7%6%0.9×12.7%+3.9%
Guangzhou Seagull Kitchen and Bath Products 002084.SZChina$375M+10%-11%-3%1.2×-0.3%-4.7%
Sicher Elevator 301056.SZChina$418M-26%-6%10%3.7×20.5%+0.6%
China Fangda 000055.SZChina$422M-5%-15%-5%1.6×4.9%+2.4%
Shenyang Yuanda Intellectual Industry 002689.SZChina$437M-22%+11%4%1.7×23.5%+8.3%
Moriya Transportation Engineering and Manufacturing 6226.TJapan$448M-4%+20%26%2.8×n/an/a
Hafary 5VS.SISingapore$214M+37%-4%13%2.0×-2.4%+27.8%
Everjoy Health 002162.SZChina$502M-19%-2%2%3.5×29.9%-2.3%
FM Mattsson FMM-B.STSweden$516M+45%+6%10%2.4×0.9%+5.1%
General Elevator 300931.SZChina$526M-5%-16%-19%8.8×38.0%-1.5%
Monalisa 002918.SZChina$553M-17%-7%3%1.1×3.2%-4.2%

Questions

Which companies are Villeroy & Boch AG Pref's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Arbonia (ARBN.SW), Zhejiang Meilun Elevator (603321.SS), Zhejiang Walrus New Material (003011.SZ), Suzhou Yangtze New Materials (002652.SZ), Varmora Granito (VARMORA.NS), Zhejiang Three Stars New Materials (603578.SS), JiangXi BaiSheng Intelligent Technology (301083.SZ), Greenply Industries (GREENPLY.NS).
Is Villeroy & Boch AG Pref expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.6× against a peer median of 1.9×, cheapest of 20 in its peer set. 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.
How has Villeroy & Boch AG Pref stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -33.3% against -16.8% for the median peer; over one year -31.7%.

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.