Equity Brief · Consumer Defensive2026-10-27
AGR.VI·Consumer Defensive

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AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft

I · AI Analysis

The brief

AGRANA processes agricultural raw materials into food ingredients, starches, and sugar products across Europe and internationally [Yahoo Finance]. The company manufactures custom formulations for dairy, bakery, ice cream, and food service industries, produces organic and pharmaceutical-grade ingredients, and sells sugar under the Wiener Zucker brand [Yahoo Finance]. It also generates bioethanol, fertilizers, and animal feeds from its processing operations [Yahoo Finance].

AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft is an Austrian food processor operating across three segments: food and beverage solutions, starch, and sugar [Yahoo Finance]. The company recently raised its EBIT forecast for fiscal 2026/27 and acquired the esarom Group to expand its food ingredients business [meinbezirk.at] [cms.law]. Financial health is moderate: trailing-twelve-month net income of just EUR 648,000 understates operating performance due to one-off charges, while the forward P/E of 10.6x reflects improved earnings expectations [Yahoo Finance].

Operating income of EUR 80.4M was nearly wiped out by one-off charges, leaving trailing net income at just EUR 648,000—a gap of EUR -79.8M that makes the current P/E of 1140.0x meaningless [Yahoo Finance] [Sentinellis calculation].

The brief AI analysisConfidence 6/10

Sentinellis health

Moderate concerns

6.2/10

7.5+ strong · 4.5–7.5 moderate · under 4.5 weak

Profitability

14% of score3.3/10
Net margin+0.0%· need ≥ 1.3%, the lower third of food in our libraryGross margin+29.9%

Returns on capital

14% of score0.0/10
ROIC+3.8%· need > 10%Return on equity+0.1%· need > 12%

Growth & momentum

19% of score10.0/10
Revenue growth+4.1%Operating margin trend+0.1pp YoY

Balance sheet

29% of score8.3/10
Current ratio1.8xNet debt / EBITDA2.7xInterest coverage2.7x· need > 3.0xDebt / equity0.55

Cash generation

14% of score10.0/10
Free cash flowEUR 113.1MCash vs reported profitEUR 199.3M vs EUR -40.1M

Value creation

10% of score0.0/10
ROIC vs cost of capital-0.6pp· need ROIC above WACC

Sentinellis calculation from the published statements — not a score reported by any data source. Each category is scored on the checks that had data; missing inputs are excluded rather than counted as failures.

Market capitalisation

EUR 712.4M

Revenue (TTM)

EUR 3.2B

Explainers

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II · Recent news

What moved

6 stories · ranked by relevance

  • Company2026-10-09

    Agrana Beteiligungs AG (WBO:AGR) (H1 2027) Earnings Call Highlights: EBIT Surges to EUR63. ... - Yahoo Finance

    Yahoo Finance

  • Company2026-10-01

    Agrana mit deutlichem Ergebnissprung - Raiffeisenzeitung

    Raiffeisenzeitung

  • Company2026-09-29

    AGRANA erhöht EBIT-Prognose für Geschäftsjahr 2026|27 - MeinBezirk.at

    meinbezirk.at

  • Company2026-10-14

    AGRANA baut Lebensmittelgeschäft weiter aus - GASTRO.at

    gastro.at

  • Company2026-10-12

    CMS advises AGRANA on the acquisition of the esarom Group - CMS.law

    cms.law

  • Company2026-09-28

    Deloitte Legal begleitet esarom beim Verkauf an AGRANA - Deloitte

    Deloitte

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Sugar beet harvest is forecast to be up to 40% lower this year, which will reduce raw material availability for the ACS-Sugar segment and could increase input costs [NÖN.at - Niederösterreichische Nachrichten]

1 of 4 risks in this report

Risks

4

Opportunities

4

Red flags

1

Leadership

8

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Produced 27 Oct 2026, 10:42 UTC

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