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About the company
K+S Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany-based salt producer and potash provider. The Company operates through three segments: Salt, Potash and Magnesium, and Complementary Activities. The Salt segment encompasses the production and marketing of food-grade salt, industrial salt and salt for chemical use, de-icing salt, and sodium chloride brine. The Potash and Magnesium segment combines the production and marketing of potash fertilizers and fertilizer specialties, as well as potash and magnesium compounds for technical, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications. The Complementary Activities segment bundles together recycling activities, waste disposal, and reutilization in potash and rock salt mines and CATSAN and THOMAS granulation, as well as logistics services through K+S Transport GmbH and trading in different basic chemicals through Chemische Fabrik Kalk GmbH.
- Revenue in EUR (TTM)3.64bn
- Net income in EUR-1.70bn
- Incorporated2005
- Employees11.36k
- LocationK+S AGBertha-von-Suttner-Strasse 7KASSEL 34131GermanyDEU
- Phone+49 56193010
- Fax+49 56 193011666
- Websitehttps://www.kpluss.com/
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlzChem Group AG | 563.86m | 61.84m | 1.51bn | 1.73k | 24.30 | 6.41 | 17.03 | 2.67 | 6.10 | 6.10 | 55.60 | 23.13 | 1.05 | 1.67 | 7.52 | 326,877.70 | 11.59 | 8.38 | 14.68 | 10.77 | 66.55 | 59.13 | 11.00 | 6.84 | 1.77 | 27.40 | 0.1635 | 35.59 | 2.51 | 8.06 | 56.19 | 24.64 | 0.8173 | 19.14 |
| Lanxess AG | 5.89bn | -243.00m | 1.76bn | 11.80k | -- | 0.4509 | 4.59 | 0.2989 | -2.81 | -2.81 | 68.19 | 45.20 | 0.6679 | 3.45 | 9.82 | 477,224.80 | -2.75 | 0.3874 | -3.25 | 0.4785 | 20.52 | 22.72 | -4.11 | 0.5753 | 1.29 | -0.4172 | 0.3881 | 210.40 | -5.18 | -1.32 | 78.98 | -- | -8.83 | -36.25 |
| K+S AG | 3.64bn | -1.70bn | 2.60bn | 11.36k | -- | 0.6088 | -- | 0.7129 | -9.49 | -9.49 | 20.32 | 23.80 | 0.4433 | 4.57 | 5.44 | 317,413.70 | -20.70 | 4.08 | -22.48 | 4.82 | 11.92 | 21.93 | -46.70 | 10.05 | 2.33 | -- | 0.1039 | 19.65 | -5.67 | 7.46 | -131.82 | -- | 0.6324 | 30.26 |
| Wacker Chemie AG | 5.57bn | 21.70m | 4.17bn | 16.62k | 181.05 | 0.9302 | 7.54 | 0.7491 | 0.4416 | 0.4416 | 112.17 | 85.95 | 0.6361 | 2.86 | 6.74 | 334,573.50 | 0.4308 | 7.02 | 0.5175 | 8.70 | 15.28 | 21.69 | 0.6773 | 9.28 | 1.64 | 2.84 | 0.3046 | 48.76 | -10.63 | 3.03 | -23.15 | -- | 9.44 | 37.97 |
| Evonik Industries AG | 14.27bn | 94.00m | 7.26bn | 31.30k | 78.45 | 0.869 | 5.86 | 0.5086 | 0.1985 | 0.2006 | 30.85 | 17.92 | 0.7487 | 4.24 | 8.68 | 446,789.80 | 0.572 | 1.53 | 0.7161 | 1.86 | 22.56 | 25.06 | 0.764 | 2.12 | 0.7978 | 6.76 | 0.3481 | 176.60 | -0.7205 | 2.95 | 147.74 | -21.67 | -0.9261 | 0.3454 |
| Brenntag SE | 15.65bn | 417.90m | 8.23bn | 18.10k | 19.70 | 1.91 | 8.94 | 0.5257 | 2.89 | 2.89 | 108.31 | 29.90 | 1.43 | 8.01 | 6.88 | 863,547.10 | 3.86 | 6.18 | 5.33 | 8.81 | 25.14 | 23.66 | 2.70 | 3.94 | 1.29 | 5.90 | 0.4263 | 40.41 | -3.44 | 4.84 | -25.00 | 2.82 | 10.90 | 10.93 |
| Symrise AG | 4.99bn | 506.93m | 10.50bn | 12.98k | 20.69 | 2.83 | 12.92 | 2.11 | 3.63 | 3.63 | 35.73 | 26.57 | 0.6377 | 2.39 | 4.88 | 392,117.30 | 6.53 | 5.14 | 8.00 | 6.09 | 40.57 | 37.93 | 10.24 | 8.38 | 0.8274 | 13.00 | 0.3927 | 41.53 | 5.67 | 7.96 | 40.46 | 10.14 | 6.85 | 4.78 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Kopernik Global Investors LLCas of 07 Aug 2025 | 8.97m | 5.01% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AGas of 01 Jul 2025 | 7.69m | 4.29% |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 04 Feb 2026 | 6.89m | 3.85% |
| Amundi Asset Management SASU (Investment Management)as of 14 Mar 2025 | 5.69m | 3.18% |
| Goldman Sachs Asset Management Internationalas of 09 Feb 2026 | 4.72m | 2.63% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 05 Feb 2026 | 3.10m | 1.73% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 06 Feb 2026 | 2.67m | 1.49% |
| Norges Bank Investment Managementas of 30 Jun 2025 | 2.06m | 1.15% |
| Deka Investment GmbHas of 05 Feb 2026 | 1.69m | 0.94% |
| Northern Trust Investments, Inc.(Investment Management)as of 06 Feb 2026 | 1.34m | 0.75% |
