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K&S

GER:SDF DE000KSAG888
60
  • Value
    44
  • Growth
    85
  • Safety
    Safety
    59
  • Combined
    79
  • Sentiment
    27
  • 360° View
    360° View
    60
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Company Description

K+S Aktiengesellschaft is a German salt and potash provider. The company operates in the salt, potash and magnesium, and complementary activities industries. It primarily operates in Germany. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $3,058 million, profits of $318 million, and revenue of $3,782 million, with 11,468 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 60 (better than 60% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock K&S are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for K&S. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 85, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. This means that growth is higher than for 85% of competitors in the same industry. In addition, the consolidated Safety Rank has a safer rank of 59 which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 59% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 44 which means that the share price of K&S is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is higher than for 56% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 27, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 73% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Liquidity
Weakest Rank Capital Growth
Country Germany
Industry Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals
Size Large
Website kpluss.com
Index
CDAX
MDAX
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 13-Mar-2026.

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Combined
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
44 49 67 97
Growth
85 24 15 99
Safety
Safety
59 100 100 4
Sentiment
27 18 49 13
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60 43 74 53
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
9 5 37 48
Opinions Change
50 59 28 36
Pro Holdings
n/a 4 65 33
Market Pulse
54 59 55 20
Sentiment
27 18 49 13
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
44 49 67 97
Growth
85 24 15 99
Safety Safety
59 100 100 4
Combined
79 55 74 78
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
62 64 63 63
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
37 19 51 97
Price vs. Book (P/B)
87 94 88 95
Dividend Yield
23 27 47 78
Value
44 49 67 97
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
49 15 6 94
Profit Growth
55 6 19 81
Capital Growth
91 43 53 73
Stock Returns
83 72 37 93
Growth
85 24 15 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
89 95 91 7
Refinancing
76 80 78 64
Liquidity
3 96 98 8
Safety Safety
59 100 100 4

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The company has high growth and safe financing but is expensive (low Value Rank) and has low market sentiment. This is a warning that the stock may be too expensive. This is for an experienced growth investor willing to risk overpaying, but only after conducting thorough research on future growth potential.

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