Südzucker AG (SZU) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Sep 28, 2026: fair value of Südzucker AG €12.18, price €12.54, upside -2.9%, quality 38 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Südzucker AG
SZU · XETRALow PriorityFair Value upside is limited and quality is weak.
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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 27, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range €8.53 – €16.51 · fair‑value band €6.67 – €14.25 · the €12.54 price screens above the €12.18 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 27, 2026.
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Company profile
Südzucker AG produces and sells sugar products in Germany and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Sugar, Special Products, CropEnergies, Starch, and Fruit.
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Südzucker AG produces and sells sugar products in Germany and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Sugar, Special Products, CropEnergies, Starch, and Fruit. The Sugar segment produces and sells sugar, sugar specialty products, glucose syrup, and animal feed to food industry, retailers, and agriculture markets, as well as offers by-products of sugar. The Special Products segment produces functional ingredients, including dietary fibers, sugar substitutes, sugar, and vegetable texturates for food, animal feed, non-food, and pharmaceutical industries. This segment also offers frozen and chilled pizzas, frozen pasta, snacks, dressings, sauces, baguettes, breadsnacks, portion packed articles, and non-food products to hotels, caterers, food retailers, and restaurants. The CropEnergies segment produces fuel-grade ethanol, neutral alcohol, protein-based food and animal feed, and liquid CO2 to oil companies and traders, food and animal feed producers, beverage, cosmetics, and industrial and pharmaceutical companies. The Starch segment offers starches, saccharification products, ethanol, and byproducts, which include animal feed and fertilizers to food, paper, textiles, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, petroleum, and animal feed industries. The Fruit segment produces fruit preparations for the dairy, ice cream, baked goods, and food service industries; and fruit juice concentrates, not-from- concentrate juices, fruit wines, natural aromas, and beverage bases for beverage industry. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Südzucker AG is a subsidiary of Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG.
Stock analysis
Südzucker AG (SZU) currently trades at €12.54, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is €12.18, so the stock looks roughly fairly valued today (gap 3.0%).
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Valuation
Bull case: the Multiples group reads highest at a median of €19.89 per share, and 2 of the 9 models we run sit above the €12.54 price.
Bear case: the Dividend Discount group reads lowest at €2.11, and 7 of the 9 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is medium.
Scenario range: €6.67 (bear) to €14.25 (bull), the price of €12.54 sits inside 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 38/100 (below-average quality), in the Consumer Defensive sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue growth is inconsistent: the periods point in different directions, so there is no trend to rely on.
Südzucker AG reported revenue of €8.4B in FY2026 versus €7.6B in FY2022, a compound +2.4%/yr. Reported net income was −€362M in FY2026.
Key figures
Market cap €2.6B · P/E ex one-offs 56.7 · P/S ratio 0.29 · EPS (TTM) €−1.75 · Dividend yield 1.7% · Net margin −4.3% · Return on equity −8.6% · Return on assets (EBIT) 4.1%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 38 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 4% below its 52-week high and 40% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Consumer Defensive peers we cover trades at 3% fair-value upside, at −3%, SZU screens richer than that median.
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