Stock Research: Solvay

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Solvay

BRU:SOLB BE0003470755
37
  • Value
    70
  • Growth
    43
  • Safety
    Safety
    12
  • Combined
    28
  • Sentiment
    51
  • 360° View
    360° View
    37
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Company Description

Solvay SA is a Belgium-based company providing chemical products and intermediates for consumer and industrial end-markets. The company operates through five divisions: Soda Ash and Derivatives, Peroxides, Silica, Special Chem, and Coatis. It has a global footprint with 12 R&I centers and 45 industrial sites in 41 countries. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $3,544 million, profits of $1,186 million, and revenue of $5,311 million, with 8669 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 28 (better than 28% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Solvay are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Solvay. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 72, which means that the share price of Solvay is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 72% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 41, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 12, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 88% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 61% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 39. ...read more

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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: 8-Jun-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
70 73 95 75
Growth
43 65 25 57
Safety
Safety
12 16 76 72
Sentiment
51 44 40 65
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37 50 74 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
1 23 48 31
Opinions Change
50 50 15 83
Pro Holdings
n/a 83 56 43
Market Pulse
91 31 50 52
Sentiment
51 44 40 65
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
70 73 95 75
Growth
43 65 25 57
Safety Safety
12 16 76 72
Combined
28 57 84 82
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
63 50 67 57
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
74 97 93 63
Price vs. Book (P/B)
23 18 76 73
Dividend Yield
99 100 100 78
Value
70 73 95 75
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
19 38 1 53
Profit Growth
70 8 23 53
Capital Growth
37 86 21 51
Stock Returns
61 96 77 39
Growth
43 65 25 57
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
7 8 71 71
Refinancing
35 32 58 60
Liquidity
56 74 63 42
Safety Safety
12 16 76 72

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The only strength is good value. All other factors (growth, safety, and sentiment) are below average. This stock is highly sensitive to a crisis and is not advisable. Avoid unless you have solid, independent reasons to believe a significant turnaround is imminent.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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