Basic Materials
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.(OEC)
Live Price
Offline$7.17
-3.63% today
1Y Change
-31.12%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
- Market Cap
- $440.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -3.8%
- EPS Growth
- -263.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.1%
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (OEC) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $440.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $7.17 and down 31.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -3.8%, EPS growth of -263.2%, a dividend yield of 1.1%. What stands out right now is revenue -3.8%, EPS -263.2%, free cash flow +161.7% with operating margin 5.6% and ROIC 6.4%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines OEC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-3.8% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+5.6% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 6, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -3.8% and EPS is at -263.2%, with operating margin around 5.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.1%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | -12.7% | -11.6% | -12.4% |
2026 Feb 17, 2026 | -325.0% | +13.2% | -3.0% | -17.8% |
2025 Nov 4, 2025 | -19.4% | -8.2% | +1.6% | +4.7% |
Benchmark Edge
OEC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
OEC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
OEC Max Drawdown
-62.24%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for OEC and SPY.
Company Overview
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
New York Stock Exchange
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells carbon black products in Germany, the United States, South Korea, Brazil, China, South Africa, the rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Specialty Carbon Black and Rubber Carbon Black. The company offers post-treated specialty carbon black grades for coatings and printing applications; high purity carbon black grades for the fiber industry; and conductive carbon black grades for polymers, coatings, and battery electrodes. It also provides rubber carbon black products for applications in mechanical rubber goods under the PUREX brand, as well as in tires under the ECORAX brand name. The company was formerly known as Orion Engineered Carbons S.ร r.l. and changed its name to Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. in July 2014. Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Senningerberg, Luxembourg.
- Leadership
- Corning F. Painter
- IPO Date
- Jul 25, 2014
- Employees
- 1.7k
- Street Address
- 6 Route de TrEves
- Mailing
- Senningerberg, 2633
- Region
- Senningerberg, LU
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 352 270 48060
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.9
- Price/Sales
- 0.2
- Price/Book
- 1.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -3.8%
- EPS
- -263.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- +161.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 19.9%
- Operating Margin
- 5.6%
- Net Margin
- -3.9%
- ROE
- -16.3%
- ROIC
- 6.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.55
- Current Ratio
- 1.03
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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