Heidelberg Materials: The record hunt continues
Things are still going well at Heidelberg Materials. The building materials group achieved another record operating profit last year. And the DAX company remains optimistic about the current year. The group's chart has developed accordingly strongly in recent months.
Until recently, it had set one record after another. Recently, a correction began. However, this is no cause for concern and can even be described as healthy from a technical chart perspective.
With regard to the figures for the fourth quarter and the full year 2024, CEO Dominik von Achten said: "Thanks to our broad geographical positioning and active cost and price management, we were able to more than compensate for declines in demand in individual regions."
In a difficult market environment, sales were maintained at the 2023 level of around 21.2 billion euros despite declining sales volumes. Operating profit (adjusted EBIT) even climbed by six percent to 3.2 billion euros. The Group's Management Board attributed this to the savings program, among other things. Net profit amounted to around 1.8 billion euros, just below the 2023 result of 1.9 billion euros. With these figures, Heidelberg Materials was ultimately within the range of analysts' forecasts.
The DAX group expects further EBIT records for 2025. Adjusted earnings before interest and taxes are expected to be between 3.25 billion and 3.55 billion euros. The analyst consensus here is just under 3.5 billion euros.
DER AKTIONÄR remains optimistic about the Heidelberg Materials share. After all, the prospects are good, the chart is impressive and the valuation is still favorable. The P/E ratio for the coming year is calculated at just 9. The price-to-book ratio is also still very moderate at 1.1. This means that the DAX stock can still be bought. The stop price should be left at EUR 93.00.
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