SY1 Stock Analysis: Symrise | XETRA

Specialty Chemicals | XETRA, Germany | Market Cap: 12.146m EUR | 12M Return: 2% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis

Fragrances, Flavorings, Cosmetic Ingredients, Functional Ingredients
Total Rating 55
Safety 86
Buy Signal -0.06
Specialty Chemicals
Industry Rotation: -2.4
Market Cap: 13.9B
Avg Turnover: 26.3M
Risk 3d forecast
Volatility26.9%
VaR 5th Pctl4.48%
VaR vs Median-0.15%
Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio0.09
Rel. Str. IBD64.7
Rel. Str. Peer Group77
Character TTM
Beta-0.109
Beta Downside-0.103
Hurst Exponent0.406
Drawdowns 3y
Max DD45.53%
CAGR/Max DD-0.02
CAGR/Mean DD-0.04
EPS (Earnings per Share) EPS (Earnings per Share) of SY1 over the last years for every Quarter: "2021-06": 0.71, "2021-09": 0.69, "2021-12": 0.64, "2022-03": 0.62, "2022-06": 0.82, "2022-09": 0.88, "2022-12": 0.64, "2023-03": 0, "2023-06": 1.47, "2023-09": 0, "2023-12": 1.36, "2024-03": 0, "2024-06": 0, "2024-09": 0, "2024-12": 1.71, "2025-03": 0, "2025-06": 1.92, "2025-09": 0, "2025-12": -0.1384,
EPS CAGR: -2.06%
EPS Trend: -5.3%
Qual. Beats: 0
Revenue Revenue of SY1 over the last years for every Quarter: 2021-06: 1907.915, 2021-09: 958.888, 2021-12: 1917.776, 2022-03: 1130.1865, 2022-06: 2260.373, 2022-09: 1179.0515, 2022-12: 1179.0515, 2023-03: 1206.857, 2023-06: 1206.857, 2023-09: 1158.2365, 2023-12: 1158.2365, 2024-03: 1282.657, 2024-06: 1282.657, 2024-09: 1216.593, 2024-12: 1216.593, 2025-03: 1276.874, 2025-06: 1276.874, 2025-09: 1187.7675, 2025-12: 2375.552,
Rev. CAGR: 2.29%
Rev. Trend: 25.1%
Last SUE: -0.01
Qual. Beats: 0

Warnings

No concerns identified

Tailwinds

No distinct edge detected

Seasonality 10.5 years of data

Jan -3.5% 43
Feb -1.3% 14
Mar +0.2% 13
Apr +2.4% 55
May +1.4% 2
Jun +1.4% 0
Jul +0.2% 11
Aug +0.7% 2
Sep -4.2% 26
Oct -0.7% 5
Nov +0.6% 21
Dec -1.5% 25

How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.

Description: SY1 Symrise

Symrise AG is a German specialty chemicals company founded in 1874 and headquartered in Holzminden, that supplies fragrances, flavorings, cosmetic base materials, active ingredients, and functional ingredients to manufacturers worldwide. The company operates through two main segments: Taste, Nutrition & Health, which provides ingredients and product solutions for food, beverages, pet food, fish feed, and dietary supplements; and Scent & Care, which develops and sells fragrance ingredients, aroma molecules, cosmetic ingredients, and mint flavors for use in perfumes, personal care, cleaning, and oral care products. Symrise serves customers across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

As a specialty chemicals business within the Materials sector, Symrise operates on a B2B (business-to-business) model, selling formulated ingredients and compounds to consumer goods manufacturers rather than directly to end consumers. Companies in this sub-industry typically derive competitive advantage from proprietary formulation capabilities, regulatory expertise, and long-standing customer relationships with global consumer brands in food, beverage, personal care, and household products.

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Piotroski VR-10 (Strict) 7.0
Net Income: 239.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue
FCF/TA: 0.10 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.84 > 1.0
NWC/Revenue: 32.64% < 20% (prev 23.63%; Δ 9.01% < -1%)
CFO/TA 0.14 > 3% & CFO 1.10b > Net Income 239.9m
Net Debt (1.77b) to EBITDA (1.05b): 1.69 < 3
Current Ratio: 2.52 > 1.5 & < 3
Outstanding Shares: last quarter (136.1m) vs 12m ago -2.64% < -2%
Gross Margin: 36.87% > 18% (prev 39.28%; Δ -2.41% > 0.5%)
Asset Turnover: 74.46% > 50% (prev 60.04%; Δ 14.42% > 0%)
Interest Coverage Ratio: 8.55 > 6 (EBIT TTM 701.2m / Interest Expense TTM 82.0m)
Altman Z'' 3.86
A: 0.25 (Total Current Assets 3.31b - Total Current Liabilities 1.31b) / Total Assets 8.11b
B: 0.24 (Retained Earnings 1.93b / Total Assets 8.11b)
C: 0.09 (EBIT TTM 701.2m / Avg Total Assets 8.21b)
D: 0.85 (Book Value of Equity 3.72b / Total Liabilities 4.36b)
Altman-Z'' = 3.86 = AA
Beneish M -2.96
DSRI: 0.85 (Receivables 1.11b/1.06b, Revenue 6.12b/5.00b)
GMI: 1.07 (GM 39.28% / 36.87%)
AQI: 0.96 (AQ_t 0.40 / AQ_t-1 0.42)
SGI: 1.22 (Revenue 6.12b / 5.00b)
TATA: -0.11 (NI 239.9m - CFO 1.10b) / TA 8.11b)
Beneish M = -2.96 (Cap -4..+1) = A
What is the price of SY1 shares?

As of July 29, 2026, the stock is trading at EUR 87.08 with a total of 223,723 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.76%, over one month by -0.11%, over three months by +20.07% and over the past year by +1.98%.

Current recommended Stop Loss: 82.10 (which is 5.7% or 2.5 ATR below the current price).

Is SY1 a buy, sell or hold?

Symrise has no consensus analysts rating.

Symrise (SY1) - Fundamental Data Overview as of 28 July 2026
Market Cap USD = 13.9b (12.1b EUR * 1.141 EUR.USD)
P/E Trailing = 48.8202
P/E Forward = 22.2717
P/S = 2.4641
P/B = 3.2654
P/EG = 3.2816
Revenue TTM = 6.12b EUR
EBIT TTM = 701.2m EUR
EBITDA TTM = 1.05b EUR
Long Term Debt = 2.06b EUR (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 434.8m EUR (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.78b EUR (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 168.4m
Net Debt = 1.77b EUR (calculated: Debt 2.78b - CCE 1.01b)
Enterprise Value = 13.9b EUR (12.1b + Debt 2.78b - CCE 1.01b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 8.55 (Ebit TTM 701.2m / Interest Expense TTM 82.0m)
EV/FCF = 17.41x (Enterprise Value 13.9b / FCF TTM 799.2m)
FCF Yield = 5.74% (FCF TTM 799.2m / Enterprise Value 13.9b)
FCF Margin = 13.07% (FCF TTM 799.2m / Revenue TTM 6.12b)
Net Margin = 3.92% (Net Income TTM 239.9m / Revenue TTM 6.12b)
Gross Margin = 36.87% ((Revenue TTM 6.12b - Cost of Revenue TTM 3.86b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 33.57% (prev 33.57%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.72 (Enterprise Value 13.9b / Total Assets 8.11b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.95% (Interest Expense 82.0m / Debt 2.78b)
Taxrate = 40.61% (167.6m / 412.8m)
NOPAT = 416.4m (EBIT 701.2m * (1 - 40.61%))
Current Ratio = 2.52 (Total Current Assets 3.31b / Total Current Liabilities 1.31b)
Debt / Equity = 0.75 (Debt 2.78b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.72b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.69 (Net Debt 1.77b / EBITDA 1.05b)
Debt / FCF = 2.22 (Net Debt 1.77b / FCF TTM 799.2m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 3.72b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.92% (Net Income 239.9m / Total Assets 8.11b)
RoE = 6.46% (Net Income TTM 239.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 3.72b)
RoCE = 12.13% (EBIT 701.2m / Capital Employed (Equity 3.72b + L.T.Debt 2.06b))
RoIC = 6.02% (NOPAT 416.4m / Invested Capital 6.92b)
WACC = 4.88% (E(12.1b)/V(14.9b) * Re(5.60%) + D(2.78b)/V(14.9b) * Rd(2.95%) * (1-Tc(0.41)))
Discount Rate = 5.60% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -50.45 | Cagr: -1.12%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈746.5m ; Y1≈855.8m ; Y5≈1.26b
[DCF] Fair Price = 122.9 (EV 19.0b - Net Debt 1.77b = Equity 17.2b / Shares 139.8m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -5.33 | EPS CAGR: -2.06% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 25.06 | Revenue CAGR: 2.29% | SUE: -0.01 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=0.00 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=N/A | Analysts=0
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.93 | Chg30d=-0.06% | Revisions=+17% | GrowthEPS=+7.0% | GrowthRev=+1.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=4.27 | Chg30d=+0.46% | Revisions=+29% | GrowthEPS=+8.8% | GrowthRev=+5.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +30% (up=5, down=2)