Basic Materials
Solvay S.A.(SLVYY)
Live Price
Offline$3.13
+0.64% today
1Y Change
-11.64%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ May 29, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.91B
- Revenue Growth
- -11.1%
- EPS Growth
- -86.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 8.7%
Coverage: 236 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ May 29, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Solvay S.A. (SLVYY) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $2.91B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $3.13 and down 11.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ May 29, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -11.1%, EPS growth of -86.8%, a dividend yield of 8.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -11.1%, EPS -86.8%, free cash flow +17.6% with operating margin 10.2% and ROIC 2.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 8.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 100.5 and price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SLVYY 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
-11.1% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+10.2% 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 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -11.1% and EPS is at -86.8%, with operating margin around 10.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 8.7%, 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 +1.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | -0.3% | +3.3% | โ |
2026 Feb 24, 2026 | -68.2% | +0.9% | -6.8% | -10.2% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | -43.4% | +4.5% | +9.2% | +6.5% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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SLVYY Max Drawdown
-21.08%
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Solvay S.A.
Other OTC
Solvay SA provides advanced materials and specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through four segments: Materials, Chemicals, Solutions, and Corporate & Business Services. The Materials segment offers specialty polymers, including aromatic polymers, high barrier polymers, and fluoropolymers for the electronics, automotive, aircraft, and healthcare industries; and composite materials for aerospace engineered materials market. The Chemicals segment produces and sells soda ash and sodium bicarbonate primarily to the flat and container glass industries, as well as for use in detergents, pharmaceutical, and feed and food industries; hydrogen peroxide for use primarily in the paper industry to bleach pulp, as well as chemicals, electronics, food, mining, and environment; and dispersible silica for tire manufacturers; and solvent solutions, specialty phenols, polyamide derivatives and smart, functional, and sustainable yarns and polymers. The Solutions segment offers specialty chemicals for agro, home and personal care, coatings, and industrial markets; technology solutions in specialty mining reagents, phosphine-based chemistry, and solutions for the stabilization of polymers; fluorine and rare-earth formulations for automotive, electronics, agrochemical, and construction applications; and vanillin for the flavors and fragrances industries, as well as synthetic intermediates used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and electronics. This segment also provides friction reducers, gelling agents, emulsion breakers, surfactants, inhibitors, cementing additives, and biocides for upstream oilfield chemicals sector, as well as sodium hypophosphite for metal plating and other applications. The Corporate & Business Services segment provides energy and other business services. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
- Leadership
- Philippe Kehren
- IPO Date
- Apr 6, 2011
- Employees
- 9.0k
- Street Address
- Rue de Ransbeek, 310
- Mailing
- Brussels, 1120
- Region
- Brussels, BE
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 32 2 264 21 11
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 100.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.6
- Price/Book
- 2.9
Growth
- Revenue
- -11.1%
- EPS
- -86.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- +17.6%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 21.1%
- Operating Margin
- 10.2%
- Net Margin
- 0.6%
- ROE
- 2.5%
- ROIC
- 2.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.13
- Current Ratio
- 1.17
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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