ECK Fundamental Analysis - LUDWIG BECK AM RATHAUSECK

Fundamental Rating

Overall ECK gets a fundamental rating of 1 out of 10. We evaluated ECK against 14 industry peers in the Broadline Retail industry. Both the profitability and financial health of ECK have multiple concerns. ECK does not seem to be growing, but still is valued expensively.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year ECK has reported negative net income.

In the past year ECK had a positive cash flow from operations.

The reported net income has been mixed in the past 5 years: ECK reported negative net income in multiple years.

ECK had a positive operating cash flow in 4 of the past 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

ECK has a Return On Assets of -1.76%. This is in the lower half of the industry: ECK underperforms 78.57% of its industry peers.

ECK has a worse Return On Equity (-4.86%) than 71.43% of its industry peers.

With a Return On Invested Capital value of 1.83%, ECK is not doing good in the industry: 64.29% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

Measured over the past 3 years, the Average Return On Invested Capital for ECK is significantly below the industry average of 9.82%.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-1.76%
ROE	-4.86%
ROIC	1.83%

ROA(3y)-0.05%

ROA(5y)0.21%

ROE(3y)-0.19%

ROE(5y)0.46%

ROIC(3y)1.91%

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

The Operating Margin of ECK (4.76%) is comparable to the rest of the industry.

In the last couple of years the Operating Margin of ECK has declined.

ECK has a Gross Margin (49.10%) which is in line with its industry peers.

In the last couple of years the Gross Margin of ECK has remained more or less at the same level.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	4.76%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	49.1%

OM growth 3Y-26.48%

OM growth 5Y-11.33%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y2.19%

GM growth 5Y0.35%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

ECK has a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), which is below the Cost of Capital (WACC), which means it is destroying value.

Compared to 1 year ago, ECK has about the same amount of shares outstanding.

ECK has about the same amout of shares outstanding than it did 5 years ago.

ECK has a worse debt/assets ratio than last year.

2.2 Solvency

ECK has an Altman-Z score of 1.10. This is a bad value and indicates that ECK is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.

Looking at the Altman-Z score, with a value of 1.10, ECK is doing worse than 78.57% of the companies in the same industry.

ECK has a debt to FCF ratio of 20.89. This is a negative value and a sign of low solvency as ECK would need 20.89 years to pay back of all of its debts.

The Debt to FCF ratio of ECK (20.89) is worse than 71.43% of its industry peers.

A Debt/Equity ratio of 1.23 is on the high side and indicates that ECK has dependencies on debt financing.

ECK's Debt to Equity ratio of 1.23 is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. ECK is outperformed by 71.43% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	1.23
Debt/FCF	20.89
Altman-Z	1.1

ROIC/WACC0.31

WACC5.97%

2.3 Liquidity

ECK has a Current Ratio of 0.62. This is a bad value and indicates that ECK is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.

ECK has a worse Current ratio (0.62) than 85.71% of its industry peers.

A Quick Ratio of 0.13 indicates that ECK may have some problems paying its short term obligations.

The Quick ratio of ECK (0.13) is worse than 85.71% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	0.62
Quick Ratio	0.13

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

ECK shows a strong negative growth in Earnings Per Share. In the last year the EPS decreased by -766.38%.

The Revenue has been growing slightly by 0.84% in the past year.

Measured over the past years, ECK shows a decrease in Revenue. The Revenue has been decreasing by -1.75% on average per year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-766.38%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-75.02%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)0.84%

Revenue growth 3Y9.79%

Revenue growth 5Y-1.75%

Sales Q2Q%5.13%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

ECK reported negative earnings for the last year, which makes the Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

Based on the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio, ECK is valued a bit cheaper than the industry average as 78.57% of the companies are valued more expensively.

Based on the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio, ECK is valued cheaply inside the industry as 100.00% of the companies are valued more expensively.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	9.95
EV/EBITDA	13.41

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

No dividends for ECK!.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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LUDWIG BECK AM RATHAUSECK

FRA:ECK (10/22/2025, 7:00:00 PM)

12.3

0 (0%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorConsumer Discretionary

GICS IndustryGroupConsumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail

GICS IndustryBroadline Retail

Earnings (Last)10-16 2025-10-16

Earnings (Next)03-25 2026-03-25

Inst OwnersN/A

Inst Owner ChangeN/A

Ins Owners25%

Ins Owner ChangeN/A

Market Cap45.39M

Revenue(TTM)73.31M

Net Income(TTM)-2871000

Analysts80

Price TargetN/A

Short Float %N/A

Short RatioN/A

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly Dividend0.15

Dividend Growth(5Y)-27.53%

DP1.6%

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)N/A

PT rev (3m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (1m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (3m)N/A

EPS NY rev (1m)N/A

EPS NY rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (3m)N/A

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.62
P/FCF	9.95
P/OCF	7.48
P/B	0.77
P/tB	0.83
EV/EBITDA	13.41

EPS(TTM)-0.78

EYN/A

EPS(NY)N/A

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)1.24

FCFY10.05%

OCF(TTM)1.64

OCFY13.36%

SpS19.87

BVpS16.02

TBVpS14.74

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Graham NumberN/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-1.76%
ROE	-4.86%
ROCE	2.6%
ROIC	1.83%
ROICexc	1.83%
ROICexgc	1.9%
OM	4.76%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	49.1%
FCFM	6.22%

ROA(3y)-0.05%

ROA(5y)0.21%

ROE(3y)-0.19%

ROE(5y)0.46%

ROIC(3y)1.91%

ROIC(5y)N/A

ROICexc(3y)1.92%

ROICexc(5y)N/A

ROICexgc(3y)1.98%

ROICexgc(5y)N/A

ROCE(3y)2.99%

ROCE(5y)N/A

ROICexgc growth 3Y-18.46%

ROICexgc growth 5Y-11.13%

ROICexc growth 3Y-18.51%

ROICexc growth 5Y-11.24%

OM growth 3Y-26.48%

OM growth 5Y-11.33%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y2.19%

GM growth 5Y0.35%

F-Score5

Asset Turnover0.45

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	1.23
Debt/FCF	20.89
Debt/EBITDA	6.94
Cap/Depr	21.58%
Cap/Sales	2.05%
Interest Coverage	1.24
Cash Conversion	57.99%
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	0.62
Quick Ratio	0.13
Altman-Z	1.1

F-Score5

WACC5.97%

ROIC/WACC0.31

Cap/Depr(3y)38.01%

Cap/Depr(5y)40.15%

Cap/Sales(3y)3.51%

Cap/Sales(5y)4.14%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)-766.38%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-75.02%

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)0.84%

Revenue growth 3Y9.79%

Revenue growth 5Y-1.75%

Sales Q2Q%5.13%

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y-18.39%

EBIT growth 3Y-19.28%

EBIT growth 5Y-12.88%

EBIT Next YearN/A

EBIT Next 3YN/A

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y69.4%

FCF growth 3Y-12.32%

FCF growth 5YN/A

OCF growth 1Y-3.49%

OCF growth 3Y-12.49%

OCF growth 5Y-2.71%

LUDWIG BECK AM RATHAUSECK (ECK.DE) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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