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Consumer DiscretionaryMedia
  • Price (EUR)7.46
  • Today's Change-0.28 / -3.62%
  • Shares traded3.49k
  • 1 Year change-24.65%
  • Beta0.4323
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About the company

Bastei Luebbe AG is a Germany-based company engaged in the media and publishing industry. The Company publishes books and digital content. Its publishing portfolio includes fiction and non-fiction books, as well as electronic books (e-books) and audio books. The Company is engaged in two business segments: Books and Novel Booklets. The Books segment comprises of all print, audio and e-book products and this segment sells products for various labels, mainly in hardcover, paperback, pocketbook, audio (digital and physical) and e-book formats. The Books segment includes its subsidiaries Business Hub Berlin UG, Moravska Bastei MoBa s.r.o. and CE Community Editions GmbH. The Novel Booklets segment includes physical and digital novel booklets (including women’s novels and suspense stories).

  • Revenue in EUR (TTM)114.43m
  • Net income in EUR9.42m
  • Incorporated2013
  • Employees322.00
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Mergers & acquisitions

Acquired companyDeal statusDateDate /
Deal status
BSTX:GER since
announced
Transaction
value
Papertoons GmbHAnnounced03 Dec 202503 Dec 2025Announced-13.05%--
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Peer analysis

Key Information
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Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
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Polskie Towarzystwo Wsprn Przdsibrzs SA27.63m3.93m53.22m--10.436.7312.181.9313.4210.9494.4120.812.34--8.64--33.3415.0364.5126.5191.4389.3914.227.28----0.060586.9517.349.2959.2241.6217.46--
Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS22.57m-21.51m63.51m1.14k--1.41--2.81-1.86-1.881.953.910.256519.226.74987,447.50-24.45-16.79-39.36-21.75-12.15-20.98-95.33-62.770.8221--0.0646---0.523724.4010.04--30.95--
Centaur Media Plc34.21m-13.95m76.18m226.00--2.15--2.23-0.0824-0.0730.20210.20360.5434--13.03131,761.10-22.15-0.5941-31.94-0.8292-----40.77-1.09----0.0165---5.93-2.37-279.95---5.033.71
Vocento SA333.44m-88.85m80.81m2.65k--0.4891--0.2424-0.7368-0.6092.771.330.8902----118,365.30-22.74-3.70-29.76-6.3849.4667.94-25.55-4.84---5.920.2831---4.54-2.77-2,524.56--7.14--
Gyldendal ASA242.83m7.09m91.20m1.76k15.681.203.100.375628.5628.561,263.41373.421.302.1035.751,590,630.003.351.045.361.6657.7359.172.570.89340.30472.980.450258.831.676.17166.33-7.296.26-12.94
Reworld Media SA527.71m25.79m99.67m1.36k4.280.41482.920.18890.38820.38828.104.000.856861.133.65389,168.904.535.376.408.1460.3564.715.296.091.484.690.4210.00-2.6512.68-3.74-1.6917.36--
Keskisuomalainen Oyj209.36m7.29m101.91m1.27k13.861.97--0.48680.67080.670819.184.731.19-0.003310.90145,386.805.081.528.372.1847.8070.544.261.420.53318.600.5625235.31-2.85-2.5952.42--9.51-6.01
Bastei Luebbe AG114.43m9.42m102.94m322.0010.781.518.500.89960.7180.7188.775.141.013.273.74355,375.808.368.5313.1413.5051.6051.048.298.301.07--0.1233--3.346.9529.9343.3437.93--
Ilkka Oyj42.44m5.35m103.54m338.0018.590.481210.172.440.21090.51681.678.150.2007--9.1089,720.932.533.952.704.4185.5776.2912.6014.25----0.052483.76-3.868.1623.799.5512.701.92
Big Medya Teknoloji AS11.18m-405.94k106.92m192.00------9.57-1.06-1.0629.29-1.562.0853.634.613,274,157.00-7.55-4.61-24.88-10.3637.2544.21-3.63-2.110.8873--1.62--4.0645.47-79.66--27.68--
North Media A/S168.20m-13.78m126.23m611.00--0.71638.710.7505-5.68-5.0169.1565.610.774113.2714.882,052,288.00-6.3413.90-7.4115.9945.4455.71-8.1917.205.39--0.103139.4337.124.47-72.58-19.2826.36--
Gyldendal A/S99.90m4.27m140.28m427.0014.401.2610.121.4031.5231.52738.22361.471.264.955.491,747,131.005.370.0628.140.103944.9046.154.270.05760.797421.960.0975684.900.3137-3.88-16.937.07-6.17--
Data as of Feb 06 2026. Currency figures normalised to Bastei Luebbe AG's reporting currency: Euro EUR

Institutional shareholders

5.56%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Lazard Fr�res Gestion SASas of 30 Jun 2025666.00k5.01%
PFP Advisory GmbHas of 28 Nov 202541.39k0.31%
Cov�a Finance SASas of 31 Dec 202517.28k0.13%
DWPT Deutsche Wertpapiertreuhand GmbH (Alternative Invt)as of 31 Oct 202510.46k0.08%
Lazard Asset Management LLCas of 31 Dec 20252.57k0.02%
Acadian Asset Management LLCas of 31 Mar 20251.62k0.01%
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