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Südzucker AG produces and sells sugar products in Germany, Belgium, France, Austria, Poland, rest of Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Sugar, Special Products, CropEnergies, Starch, and Fruit. The company offers sugar, specialty sugar products, and glucose syrup, as well as co products, such as animal feed; ingredients offering benefits comprising dietary fibers, sugar substitutes new sugars, rice starches, barley/rice flours, and vegetables texturates; and frozen and chilled pizza, frozen pasta dishes and snacks, baguette, breadsnacks, and portion packs. It also provides full grade ethanol, neutral alcoholrectified spirits, protein-based food and animal feed, and liquid CO2; native and modified starches, saccharification products, and byproducts; fruit preparation; and fruit juice concentrates, not-from-concentrates juices, fruit wines, and natural flavors and beverage compound. The company sells its products under the Sudzucker, Cucier Krolewski, Saint Louis, Tiense Suiker, Wiener Zucker, Isomalt, Palatinose, galenIQ, Orafti Inulin, Orafti Oligofruktose, Orafti ß-Fit, Remy, Meatless, Alberto, Pizzatainment, Hellma, Van Oordt, AcriProt, BiAgenasol, AgenaBee brands, as well as private labels. It serves food, baby food, animal feed, pharmaceutical, food retailers, out-of-home food service, hotels, restaurants, caterers, oil companies and traders, food and animal feed producers, beverage and cosmetics producers, industrial, paper, textiles, industrial chemicals, and petroleum industries. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Südzucker AG is a subsidiary of Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG.
| Line | Nov 2024 | Feb 2025 | May 2025 | Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.37B | $2.23B | $2.15B | $2.16B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | -$33.00M | $2.00M | -$7.00M | $53.00M |
| Net income | -$119.00M | -$101.00M | -$30.00M | $3.00M |
| Diluted EPS | -0.62 | — | -0.18 | -0.02 |
| Free cash flow | $249.00M | $60.00M | -$124.00M | -$107.00M |
| CapEx | -$149.00M | -$157.00M | -$115.00M | -$103.00M |
$11.76
▲ +0.48 (+4.3%)
| 52w hi | $13.00 |
|---|---|
| 52w lo | $8.97 |
| Vol | 288.12K |
| As of | Aug 13 |
Our score -0.30
| Short | +0.02 |
|---|---|
| Medium | -0.40 |
| Long | -0.72 |
computed 2026-08-13
Südzucker AG
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
| Market cap | $2.42B |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value | $4.98B |
| Trailing P/E | — |
| Forward P/E | 15.26x |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.62x |
| P / S (ttm) | 0.29x |
| Profit margin | -3.9% |
| Return on equity | -8.6% |
| Revenue growth | -4.4% |
| Earnings growth | — |
| Debt / equity | 58.89 |
| Beta vs SPX | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Corr SPX | 0.01 |
| Annual vol | 24.7% |
| Annual ret | +4.5% |
| Sharpe | 0.18 |
| Max DD | -27.2% |
Window: 504 trading days (489 obs)
| Layer | Raw | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamental | -0.03 | |
| Sector | +0.02 | |
| Technical | +0.00 | |
| Earnings | +0.00 | |
| Sentiment | +0.00 |
macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13 | $11.76 | $12.04 | $11.68 | — | 288.12K |
| Aug 12 | $11.32 | $11.92 | $11.18 | $11.76 | 335.66K |
| Aug 11 | $11.22 | $11.36 | $11.22 | $11.28 | 76.62K |
| Aug 10 | $11.24 | $11.28 | $11.08 | $11.24 | 79.40K |
| Aug 7 | $10.90 | $11.32 | $10.90 | $11.30 | 78.88K |