Wacker Chemie (WCH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wacker Chemie AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides chemical products worldwide. It operates through four divisions: Wacker Silicones, Wacker Polymers, Wacker Biosolutions, and Wacker Polysilicon. The Wacker Silicones division offers silanes, siloxanes, silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, silicone elastomers, silicone resins, and pyrogenic silica. The Wacker Polymers division provides binders and polymeric additives, such as dispersible polymer powder and vinyl acetate-ethylene dispersions, which are used in construction, paper, adhesive, paint, coating, and basic chemical industries. The Wacker Biosolutions division offers customized biotech and catalog products for fine chemicals, such as pharmaceutical proteins, vaccines, cyclodextrins, cysteine, polyvinyl acetate solid resins, and acetylacetone for pharmaceutical actives, food additives, and agrochemicals. The Wacker Polysilicon division produces hyperpure polysilicon for use in semiconductor and solar sectors. Wacker Chemie AG was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Wacker Chemie AG operates as a subsidiary of Dr. Alexander Wacker Familiengesellschaft mbH.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: €67.74 to €69.62
• 50-Day Range: €69.32 to €91.68
• 52-Week Range: €77.46 to €126.05
• Volume: 166,226 shs
• Average Volume: 218,420 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.56 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4.63
• Dividend Yield: 4.36%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

WCH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WCH shares performed this year?

Wacker Chemie's stock was trading at €114.30 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, WCH stock has decreased by 39.8% and is now trading at €68.82.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Wacker Chemie own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Wacker Chemie investors own include Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (BAYN), AbbVie (ABBV), Global Payments (GPN), Micron Technology (MU), Accenture (ACN), Cencora (COR) and Vinci (DG).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: ETR
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: ETR:WCH
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wacker.com
• Phone: +49-89-62790
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,425
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): €14.87
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.72
• P/E Growth: -0.41
• Net Income: $124.40 million
• Net Margins: 2.12%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.13%
• Return on Assets: 0.70%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 38.96
• Current Ratio: 2.58
• Quick Ratio: 1.55

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.86 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.61
• Cash Flow: €20.01 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.46
• Book Value: €74.42 per share
• Price / Book: 0.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 51,760,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $3.59 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.24