Lanxess AG (LNXSY) Stock

About Lanxess AG

Lanxess AG operates as a global specialty chemicals company, specializing in the development, production, and distribution of diverse chemical intermediates, additives, tailored chemical solutions, and plastics. The company organizes its business through four distinct segments: Advanced Intermediates, Specialty Additives, Consumer Protection, and Engineering Materials. The Advanced Intermediates division supplies crucial industrial intermediates, foundational and fine chemicals, organometallic substances, and inorganic pigments. These offerings cater to various industries, including agrochemical, automotive, construction, flavor and fragrance production, semiconductors, photovoltaics, and color pigment manufacturing. Its Specialty Additives unit provides a range of additives, such as lubricants, flame retardants, plasticizers, and bromine derivatives. These products find utility across diverse applications in the rubber, plastic, paint, construction, and electrical sectors. The Consumer Protection segment encompasses material preservation products; disinfectant, hygiene, and preservative formulations; flavors and fragrances; and essential precursors and intermediates for the agrochemical, pharmaceutical, and specialty chemical industries. This division also delivers technologies for water and other liquid purification. Finally, the Engineering Materials segment is responsible for manufacturing high-performance technical plastics, glass fibers, fiber composites, and urethane-based elastomers. These materials are extensively utilized in the automotive, electrical/electronics, construction, and medical fields, as well as sports and leisure applications. Established in 1863, Lanxess AG maintains its principal offices in Cologne, Germany.

Lanxess AG is headquartered in DE.

Lanxess AG (LNXSY) stock trades at $3.53 with a market capitalization of $1.52B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -1.99, price-to-book of 0.38, price-to-sales of 0.24. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $2.73 and $6.06, and currently trades 41.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.57%.

On profitability, Lanxess AG generates a return on equity (ROE) of -17.77%, return on capital employed of -2.08%, an operating margin of -2.35%, a net profit margin of -12.13%.

Official website: lanxess.com