Basf (BASFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The Surface Technologies segment provides automotive OEM and refinish coatings, surface treatment, catalysts, battery materials, and precious and base metal services for the automotive and chemical sectors. The Nutrition & Care segment offers ingredients for consumer goods in the areas of nutrition, home, personal care, and technical applications; and serves the food and feed producers, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergents, cleaners, and crop protection industries, as well as fast-moving consumer goods sector. The Agricultural Solutions segment provides seeds and seed treatment products; fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and biological crop protection products; and digital farming solutions. The company engages in engineering and other; rental and leasing; and commodity trading activities. BASF SE was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.67 to $13.77
• 50-Day Range: $11.86 to $14.00
• 52-Week Range: $10.57 to $14.76
• Volume: 50,741 shs
• Average Volume: 122,416 shs
• Market Capitalization: $49.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 105.78
• Dividend Yield: 3.20%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Basf Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Basf scored higher than 15% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Basf.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -6.02%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Basf are expected to decrease by -6.02% in the coming year, from $0.83 to $0.78 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Basf is 105.78, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.08.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Basf is 105.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 110.59.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Basf has a PEG Ratio of 16.67. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Basf has a P/B Ratio of 1.23. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Basf has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Basf has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Basf has recently increased by 22.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Basf pays a meaningful dividend of 3.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Basf does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Basf is 338.46%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Basf will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.41% next year. This indicates that Basf will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Basf has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Basf has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Basf has recently increased by 22.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.09

News Sentiment

Basf has a news sentiment score of -0.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Basf this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for BASFY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Basf insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 0.03% of the stock of Basf is held by institutions.

BASFY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BASFY shares performed this year?

Basf's stock was trading at $10.9026 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, BASFY stock has increased by 26.1% and is now trading at $13.75.

How were Basf's earnings last quarter?

Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $18.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.62 billion. Basf had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.17% and a net margin of 0.59%.

Does Basf have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Basf: Sculpteo, Isobionics, Solvay - Polyamides Business, Innofil3D, ZedX Inc., THERMOTEK, Rolic Technologies, and more.

How do I buy shares of Basf?

Shares of BASFY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Today: 8/21/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: CHEM - DIVERSIFD
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:BASFY
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:BF
• CIK: 1024148
• Web: www.basf.com
• Phone: 49621600
• Fax: 49-0621-604-2525
• Employees: 111,822
• Year Founded: 1865

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.13
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 105.78
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.57
• P/E Growth: 16.67
• Net Income: $1.40 billion
• Net Margins: 0.59%
• Pretax Margin: 2.03%
• Return on Equity: 7.17%
• Return on Assets: 3.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.51
• Current Ratio: 1.83
• Quick Ratio: 1.07

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $70.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.70
• Cash Flow: $2.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.93
• Book Value: $11.18 per share
• Price / Book: 1.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,570,090,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $49.09 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.09