Stock Research: Bayer

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Bayer

GER:BAYN DE000BAY0017
23
  • Value
    90
  • Growth
    84
  • Safety
    Safety
    1
  • Combined
    60
  • Sentiment
    17
  • 360° View
    360° View
    23
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Company Description

Bayer AG is a life science company focusing on crop science, pharmaceuticals, and consumer health. It operates in the crop science, pharmaceuticals, and consumer health industries. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $31,052 million, profits of $26,230 million, revenue of $48,251 million, and 92,815 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 23 (better than 23% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Bayer are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Bayer. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 90, which means that the share price of Bayer is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 90% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 84, 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. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 17. Professional investors are more confident in 83% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 1. This means 99% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Bayer. ...read more

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Last update: 19-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
90 96 99 92
Growth
84 4 5 33
Safety
Safety
1 39 16 6
Sentiment
17 1 1 4
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23 14 1 12
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
28 3 34 55
Opinions Change
37 50 10 40
Pro Holdings
n/a 19 1 26
Market Pulse
1 19 9 9
Sentiment
17 1 1 4
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
90 96 99 92
Growth
84 4 5 33
Safety Safety
1 39 16 6
Combined
60 44 16 29
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
93 97 86 75
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
73 100 97 93
Price vs. Book (P/B)
84 97 88 67
Dividend Yield
43 29 92 88
Value
90 96 99 92
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
27 10 19 42
Profit Growth
86 12 25 14
Capital Growth
71 34 42 77
Stock Returns
88 16 14 44
Growth
84 4 5 33
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
7 12 14 6
Refinancing
10 82 49 33
Liquidity
22 43 31 25
Safety Safety
1 39 16 6

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This is a mixed bag with good value and high growth balanced by risky financing and negative sentiment. This is a risky stock that requires conviction; you should only consider it if you are willing to conduct further research into the underlying sentiment and financial risks.

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