Stock Research: Bayer

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Bayer

GER:BAYN DE000BAY0017
20
  • Value
    88
  • Growth
    57
  • Safety
    Safety
    1
  • Combined
    42
  • Sentiment
    29
  • 360° View
    360° View
    20
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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 20 (better than 20% 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 88, 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 88% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 57, 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 29. Professional investors are more confident in 71% 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: 26-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
88 96 99 92
Growth
57 4 5 33
Safety
Safety
1 39 16 6
Sentiment
29 1 1 4
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20 14 1 12
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
44 3 34 55
Opinions Change
55 50 10 40
Pro Holdings
n/a 19 1 26
Market Pulse
4 19 9 9
Sentiment
29 1 1 4
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
88 96 99 92
Growth
57 4 5 33
Safety Safety
1 39 16 6
Combined
42 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)
75 100 97 93
Price vs. Book (P/B)
88 97 88 67
Dividend Yield
37 29 92 88
Value
88 96 99 92
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
21 10 19 42
Profit Growth
86 12 25 14
Capital Growth
33 34 42 77
Stock Returns
91 16 14 44
Growth
57 4 5 33
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
5 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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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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