ECK Fundamental Analysis - LUDWIG BECK AM RATHAUSECK

Fundamental Rating

Overall ECK gets a fundamental rating of 1 out of 10. We evaluated ECK against 10 industry peers in the Broadline Retail industry. ECK may be in some trouble as it scores bad on both profitability and health. ECK does not seem to be growing, but still is valued expensively.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year ECK has reported negative net income.

ECK had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.

In multiple years ECK reported negative net income over the last 5 years.

ECK had a positive operating cash flow in 4 of the past 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

ECK's Return On Assets of -1.74% is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. ECK is outperformed by 90.00% of its industry peers.

Looking at the Return On Equity, with a value of -4.65%, ECK is doing worse than 90.00% of the companies in the same industry.

With a Return On Invested Capital value of 1.77%, ECK is not doing good in the industry: 70.00% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

The Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years for ECK is significantly below the industry average of 9.48%.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-1.74%
ROE	-4.65%
ROIC	1.77%

ROA(3y)-0.05%

ROA(5y)0.21%

ROE(3y)-0.19%

ROE(5y)0.46%

ROIC(3y)1.91%

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

Looking at the Operating Margin, with a value of 4.76%, ECK is doing worse than 60.00% of the companies in the same industry.

In the last couple of years the Operating Margin of ECK has declined.

ECK has a Gross Margin of 49.10%. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: ECK outperforms 60.00% of its industry peers.

ECK's Gross Margin has been stable in the last couple of years.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	4.76%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	49.1%

OM growth 3Y-26.48%

OM growth 5Y-11.33%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y2.19%

GM growth 5Y0.35%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

ECK has a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), which is below the Cost of Capital (WACC), which means it is destroying value.

Compared to 1 year ago, ECK has about the same amount of shares outstanding.

ECK has about the same amout of shares outstanding than it did 5 years ago.

The debt/assets ratio for ECK is higher compared to a year ago.

2.2 Solvency

ECK has an Altman-Z score of 1.17. This is a bad value and indicates that ECK is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.

The Altman-Z score of ECK (1.17) is worse than 90.00% of its industry peers.

ECK has a debt to FCF ratio of 19.34. This is a negative value and a sign of low solvency as ECK would need 19.34 years to pay back of all of its debts.

ECK has a worse Debt to FCF ratio (19.34) than 70.00% of its industry peers.

A Debt/Equity ratio of 1.20 is on the high side and indicates that ECK has dependencies on debt financing.

The Debt to Equity ratio of ECK (1.20) is worse than 90.00% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	1.2
Debt/FCF	19.34
Altman-Z	1.17

ROIC/WACC0.28

WACC6.24%

2.3 Liquidity

A Current Ratio of 0.63 indicates that ECK may have some problems paying its short term obligations.

ECK has a worse Current ratio (0.63) than 90.00% of its industry peers.

A Quick Ratio of 0.14 indicates that ECK may have some problems paying its short term obligations.

ECK has a worse Quick ratio (0.14) than 80.00% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	0.63
Quick Ratio	0.14

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WACC

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

ECK shows a strong negative growth in Earnings Per Share. In the last year the EPS decreased by -766.38%.

ECK shows a small growth in Revenue. In the last year, the Revenue has grown by 0.84%.

ECK shows a decrease in Revenue. Measured over the last years, the Revenue has been decreasing by -1.75% yearly.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-766.38%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-72.72%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)0.84%

Revenue growth 3Y9.79%

Revenue growth 5Y-1.75%

Sales Q2Q%-1.91%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

ECK reported negative earnings for the last year, which makes the Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

ECK's Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio is a bit cheaper when compared to the industry. ECK is cheaper than 70.00% of the companies in the same industry.

Compared to the rest of the industry, the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio of ECK indicates a rather cheap valuation: ECK is cheaper than 100.00% of the companies listed in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	10.47
EV/EBITDA	14.25

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

No dividends for ECK!.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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LUDWIG BECK AM RATHAUSECK

FRA:ECK (7/11/2025, 7:00:00 PM)

13.8

-0.7 (-4.83%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorConsumer Discretionary

GICS IndustryGroupConsumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail

GICS IndustryBroadline Retail

Earnings (Last)04-17 2025-04-17

Earnings (Next)07-24 2025-07-24

Inst OwnersN/A

Inst Owner ChangeN/A

Ins Owners25%

Ins Owner ChangeN/A

Market Cap50.92M

Analysts80

Price TargetN/A

Short Float %N/A

Short RatioN/A

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly Dividend0.15

Dividend Growth(5Y)-27.53%

DP-19.3%

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)N/A

PT rev (3m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (1m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (3m)N/A

EPS NY rev (1m)N/A

EPS NY rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (3m)N/A

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.69
P/FCF	10.47
P/OCF	7.42
P/B	0.82
P/tB	0.9
EV/EBITDA	14.25

EPS(TTM)-0.78

EYN/A

EPS(NY)N/A

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)1.32

FCFY9.55%

OCF(TTM)1.86

OCFY13.48%

SpS19.87

BVpS16.74

TBVpS15.41

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-1.74%
ROE	-4.65%
ROCE	2.52%
ROIC	1.77%
ROICexc	1.78%
ROICexgc	1.84%
OM	4.76%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	49.1%
FCFM	6.63%

ROA(3y)-0.05%

ROA(5y)0.21%

ROE(3y)-0.19%

ROE(5y)0.46%

ROIC(3y)1.91%

ROIC(5y)N/A

ROICexc(3y)1.92%

ROICexc(5y)N/A

ROICexgc(3y)1.98%

ROICexgc(5y)N/A

ROCE(3y)2.99%

ROCE(5y)N/A

ROICexcg growth 3Y-18.46%

ROICexcg growth 5Y-11.13%

ROICexc growth 3Y-18.51%

ROICexc growth 5Y-11.24%

OM growth 3Y-26.48%

OM growth 5Y-11.33%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y2.19%

GM growth 5Y0.35%

F-Score5

Asset Turnover0.45

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	1.2
Debt/FCF	19.34
Debt/EBITDA	7.23
Cap/Depr	29.6%
Cap/Sales	2.73%
Interest Coverage	1.2
Cash Conversion	66.92%
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	0.63
Quick Ratio	0.14
Altman-Z	1.17

F-Score5

WACC6.24%

ROIC/WACC0.28

Cap/Depr(3y)38.01%

Cap/Depr(5y)40.15%

Cap/Sales(3y)3.51%

Cap/Sales(5y)4.14%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)-766.38%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-72.72%

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)0.84%

Revenue growth 3Y9.79%

Revenue growth 5Y-1.75%

Sales Q2Q%-1.91%

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y-18.39%

EBIT growth 3Y-19.28%

EBIT growth 5Y-12.88%

EBIT Next YearN/A

EBIT Next 3YN/A

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y90.29%

FCF growth 3Y-12.32%

FCF growth 5YN/A

OCF growth 1Y19.25%

OCF growth 3Y-12.49%

OCF growth 5Y-2.71%

LUDWIG BECK AM RATHAUSECK (ECK.DE) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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