Consumer Defensive
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA(HENKY)
Live Price
Offline$19.11
+0.74% today
1Y Change
+7.91%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $25.73B
- Revenue Growth
- -8.8%
- EPS Growth
- -1.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.3%
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (HENKY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $25.73B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $19.11 and up 7.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.8%, EPS growth of -1.5%, a dividend yield of 3.3%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.8%, EPS -1.5%, free cash flow -29.8% with operating margin 14.4% and ROIC 8.3%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 12.4 and price/sales 1.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HENKY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-8.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+14.4% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
12.4 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
2026 was reported on Mar 11, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -1.8% and a revenue surprise of -1.0%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -8.8% and EPS is at -1.5%, with operating margin around 14.4%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 6, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Δ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Mar 11, 2026 | -1.8% | -0.3% | -5.0% | -4.3% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | -3.0% | +1.1% | +0.9% | -2.4% |
2025 Mar 11, 2025 | -10.5% | +0.6% | +2.5% | +5.5% |
Benchmark Edge
HENKY vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
HENKY Max Drawdown
-25.72%
Trailing 1Y
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HENKY and SPY.
Company Overview
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Other OTC
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the adhesive technologies, beauty care, and laundry and home care businesses worldwide. The company's Adhesive Technologies segment offers adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings for various business areas, including packaging and consumer goods; automotive and metals; electronics and industrials; and craftsmen, construction, and professional industries. This segment markets its products primarily under the Loctite, Technomelt, Bonderite, Teroson, and Aquence brands. Its Beauty Care segment provides hair cosmetics; and body, skin, and oral care products, as well as operates professional hair salons. This segment distributes its products through brick-and-mortar stores, hair salons, third-party online platforms, and direct-to-consumer channels primarily under the Schwarzkopf, Dial, and Syoss brands. The company's Laundry & Home Care segment offers heavy-duty and specialty detergents, fabric softeners, laundry performance enhancers, and other fabric care products; hand and automatic dishwashing products; cleaners for bathroom and WC applications; household, glass, and specialty cleaners; and air fresheners and insect control products for household applications. This segment markets its products primarily under the Persil, Bref, Purex, all, and other brands. Henkel AG & Co. KGaA was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Leadership
- Carsten Knobel
- IPO Date
- Jun 20, 2007
- Employees
- 47.1k
- Street Address
- Henkelstrasse 67
- Mailing
- Düsseldorf, 40589
- Region
- Düsseldorf, DE
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 49 211 797 0
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 12.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.3
- Price/Sales
- 1.3
- Price/Book
- 1.2
Growth
- Revenue
- -8.8%
- EPS
- -1.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- -29.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 50.9%
- Operating Margin
- 14.4%
- Net Margin
- 9.9%
- ROE
- 10.0%
- ROIC
- 8.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.18
- Current Ratio
- 1.19
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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