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Basf (ETR:BAS) Stock Crosses Below 200-Day Moving Average - What's Next?

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Key Points

  • Crossed below its 200‑day moving average intraday: the stock dipped to €44.70 (200‑day MA €44.86) before recovering to €45.27 on volume of 5,069,732 shares and was down about 1.1%.
  • Key fundamentals: market cap ~$41.93 billion, P/E 84.08 and PEG 0.25, with leverage (debt‑to‑equity 73.57) and liquidity ratios (current 1.93, quick 1.02) reflecting moderate balance‑sheet strength.
  • BASF is a diversified chemical company operating six segments — Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions — leaving it exposed to industrial and commodity cycles.
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Basf Se (ETR:BAS - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of €44.86 and traded as low as €44.70. Basf shares last traded at €45.27, with a volume of 5,069,732 shares changing hands.

Basf Stock Down 1.1%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 73.57, a current ratio of 1.93 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The company has a market cap of $41.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 84.08, a PEG ratio of 0.25 and a beta of 1.05. The stock has a 50-day moving average of €46.91 and a 200 day moving average of €44.86.

About Basf

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BASF SE operates as a chemical company worldwide. It operates through six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. The Chemicals segment provides petrochemicals and intermediates. The Materials segment offers advanced materials and their precursors for applications and systems comprising isocyanates, polyamides, and inorganic basic products, as well as specialties for plastics and plastics processing industries. The Industrial Solutions segment develops and markets ingredients and additives for industrial applications, such as polymer dispersions, resins, additives, electronic materials, and antioxidants for automotive, plastics, paints and coatings, electronics, and energy and resource industries.

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