Suedzucker (SZU) Stock Price & Analysis
SZU Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- CHF 10.00 - CHF 10.50
- 52-Week Range
- CHF 8.15 - CHF 14.44
- Previous Close
- CHF 11.72
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 0
- Market Cap
- CHF 2.09B
- Enterprise Value
- CHF 5.58B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- CHF 635.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- CHF 2.94B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- ―
- Beta
- -0.17
- Next Earnings
- Jan 14, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- N/A
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 1.23%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Diversified Business Model
Suedzucker’s presence across sugar, food ingredients, bioethanol, and fruit products gives it multiple revenue sources and reduces reliance on one end market. This breadth can support resilience over the next several quarters as demand and pricing conditions differ across segments.
Positive Free Cash Flow
Recent operating cash flow and free cash flow remain positive despite reported accounting losses, providing internal liquidity for ongoing operations and investment. This cash generation offers a buffer during the earnings downturn, although the pack notes that historical consistency has been mixed.
Value-added Ingredient Exposure
Exposure to specialty ingredients and food solutions provides a more differentiated earnings base than bulk sugar alone. Product mix, customer relationships, and industrial applications may support better resilience and pricing quality across the next two to six months.
Bears Say
Material Profitability Deterioration
The shift from strong profitability in 2023–2024 to losses in 2025 and 2026 signals a material earnings reset rather than a minor fluctuation. Negative margins reduce reinvestment capacity and make sustained returns dependent on a meaningful operational recovery.
Higher Leverage And Negative Returns
Leverage has risen substantially from earlier debt-to-equity levels of roughly 0.63–0.71, while return on equity has turned negative. This combination increases financial risk and can constrain flexibility for investment, dividends, or absorbing continued operating weakness.
Revenue And Earnings Volatility
The sharp annual revenue decline and recent progression into deeper losses indicate that performance remains volatile across cycles. Unstable sales and margins make it harder to plan capacity and capital allocation, and they weaken confidence that recent cash generation will persist.
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Company Description
Suedzucker
Südzucker AG, established in Mannheim, Germany, in 1837, is an international enterprise specializing in the production and distribution of sugar-related products. Operating as a subsidiary of Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG, the company structures its operations across five distinct segments, serving a wide array of markets. The Sugar segment provides diverse sugar products, specialty sugars, glucose syrup, and animal feed to the food industry, retailers, and agricultural sectors, also offering valuable by-products from sugar processing. Its Special Products division manufactures functional food ingredients, including dietary fibers, sugar substitutes, and modified starches/proteins, for applications in the food, animal feed, non-food, and pharmaceutical industries. This segment further extends its offerings to prepared convenience foods, such as frozen pizzas and pasta, along with sauces and dressings, and supplies portion-controlled food and non-food items to hospitality businesses like hotels, caterers, and restaurants. The CropEnergies segment is dedicated to producing fuel-grade ethanol, rectified spirits, protein-rich food and animal feed, and liquid CO2. Its clientele includes oil companies, industrial and pharmaceutical firms, food and animal feed manufacturers, and producers in the beverage and cosmetics sectors. Within the Starch segment, Südzucker offers various starches, saccharification products, and ethanol, complemented by by-products like animal feed and fertilizers. These are utilized across industries such as food, paper, textiles, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and petroleum. Lastly, the Fruit segment is a key supplier of fruit preparations for the dairy, ice cream, baked goods, and food service industries. It also produces fruit juice concentrates, pure juices, fruit wines, natural aromas, and beverage bases for the broader beverage sector. Beyond its core processing activities, Südzucker AG also engages in agricultural endeavors, cultivating crops like wheat, sugar beet, corn, and rapeseed.
- Sector
- General
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- CEO
- Niels Porksen
- Employees
- 18,440
- Website
- www.suedzuckergroup.com
- Address
- Maximilianstrasse 10, Mannheim, BW, 68165, DE
Suedzucker (SZU) Earnings & Revenues
SZU Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Technical Analysis | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 1 | 0 | 11 |
