Südzucker (ETR:SZU) Shares Up 4% - Time to Buy?

Key Points

• Shares of Südzucker jumped about 4% intraday to a high of €10.77 and last traded at €10.69, with 373,446 shares changing hands—roughly 9% below average volume.
• Key fundamentals show a market cap of $2.20 billion, a P/E of 25.48 and a PEG of 0.44, alongside a high debt-to-equity ratio of 118.46, a current ratio of 1.69 and a low beta of 0.09; the stock sits above its 50‑ and 200‑day moving averages.
• Südzucker is a diversified sugar and ingredients company operating five segments (Sugar, Special Products, CropEnergies, Starch and Fruit) serving food, feed and industrial markets across Europe and internationally.

Shares of Südzucker AG (ETR:SZU - ) shot up 4% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as €10.77 and last traded at €10.69. 373,446 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 9% from the average session volume of 410,903 shares. The stock had previously closed at €10.28.

Südzucker Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 118.46, a current ratio of 1.69 and a quick ratio of 1.01. The firm has a market cap of $2.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.48, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 0.09. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of €9.85 and a 200 day moving average price of €9.64.

About Südzucker

Südzucker AG produces and sells sugar products in Germany, rest of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Sugar, Special Products, CropEnergies, Starch, and Fruit. The Sugar segment produces and sells sugar, sugar specialty products, glucose syrup, and animal feed to food industry, retailers, and agriculture markets, as well as offers by-products of sugar. The Special Products segment produces functional ingredients, including dietary fibers, sugar substitutes, sugar, rice starches, barley/rice flours, texturized wheat protein, and vegetable texturates for food, animal feed, non-food, and pharmaceutical industries.

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