BASF SE (1BAS) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Oct 2, 2026: fair value of BASF SE €19.76, price €50.06, upside -60.5%, quality 53 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
- Fair value above price? No
- Good quality? Yes
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BASF SE
1BAS · MIStretched ValuationStrong overvaluation with only moderate quality.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 29, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range €30.58 – €54.14 · fair‑value band €13.83 – €25.69 · the €50.06 price screens above the €19.76 fair value. Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 29, 2026.
Company profile
BASF SE operates as a chemical company worldwide. It operates through six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. The Chemicals segment provides petrochemicals and intermediates.
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BASF SE operates as a chemical company worldwide. It operates through six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. The Chemicals segment provides petrochemicals and intermediates. The Materials segment offers advanced materials and their precursors for applications and systems comprising isocyanates, polyamides, and inorganic basic products, as well as specialties for the plastics and plastics processing industries. The Industrial Solutions segment develops and markets ingredients and additives for industrial applications, such as polymer dispersions, resins, additives, chemical and refining catalysts, electronic materials, and antioxidants for automotive, petrochemical and petroleum processing, plastics and electronics, construction, electronics, paper coatings, and energy and resources industries. The Surface Technologies segment provides catalysts, battery materials, automotive OEM and refinish coatings, surface treatment, and precious and base metal services for the automotive and chemical industries. The Nutrition & Care segment offers ingredients for consumer applications in the areas of nutrition, home, and personal care applications; and serves the food and feed producers, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergents, and cleaner industries, as well as the consumer goods sector. The Agricultural Solutions segment provides seeds and traits, and seed treatment products; fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and biological crop protection products; and digital solutions. The company engages in engineering and other; rental and leasing; and renewable energy trading, commodity trading activities. BASF SE was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Stock analysis
BASF SE (1BAS) currently trades at €50.06, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is €19.76, 60.5% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Multiples group reads highest at a median of €25.63 per share, and 0 of the 24 models we run sit above the €50.06 price.
Bear case: the Earnings-Based group reads lowest at €10.50, and 24 of the 24 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: €13.83 (bear) to €25.69 (bull), the price of €50.06 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 53/100 (solid quality), in the Basic Materials sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue is shrinking: the last year, the last three and the last five years are all negative.
BASF SE reported revenue of €59.7B in FY2025 versus €78.6B in FY2021, a compound −6.7%/yr. Reported net income was €1.6B in FY2025, compounding −26.4%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap €44.7B · P/E ratio 28.8 · P/S ratio 0.78 · EPS (TTM) €1.74 · Dividend yield 4.5% · Net margin 2.7% · Return on equity 4.4% · Return on assets (EBIT) 5.9%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 50 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 8% below its 52-week high and 25% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Basic Materials peers we cover trades at −24% fair-value upside, at −61%, 1BAS screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
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Of which business quality 51 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 63
Revenue & earnings trend
Growth Forecast
Recent news
- Purging Compound Market Forecasts Growth from 26.78 Kilotons (2026) to 35.43 Kilotons by 2031, Profiling BASF, Dow, Clariant, 3M & Chem-
- BASF €10.3bn bid rejected by chemical rival Evonik, FT reports
- Microporous Materials Market - Global Strategic Business Report: Secure your share of a $1.3B revenue expansion to $7.2B by 2030. BASF, Hone
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