Markus Kamieth, CEO of BASF, discusses the firm's full-year earnings, the German election and the chemical industry.
BASF's strategic shift includes exiting the Brazilian decorative paints business and the upcoming Agricultural Solutions IPO, aiming for EPS accretive moves. The new CEO's Fiscal Year 2025 EBITDA guidance is below Wall Street estimates. In our numbers, BASF FCF will not be sufficient to cover the company's shareholders' remuneration. Given the challenging macro environment and a lower DPS, we moved the BASF rating to neutral.
BASF SE (OTCQX:BASFY) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 28, 2025 3:30 AM ET Company Participants Stefanie Wettberg - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Markus Kamieth - Chief Executive Officer Dirk Elvermann - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Thomas Wrigglesworth - Morgan Stanley Christian Faitz - Kepler Cheuvreux Chetan Udeshi - JPMorgan Cazenove Laurent Favre - BNP Paribas Exane Alex Stewart - Barclays Capital, Inc. Tony Jones - Redburn Atlantic Sebastian Bray - Berenberg Peter Clark - Bernstein Andreas Heine - Stifel Matthew Yates - Bank of America Stefanie Wettberg Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to BASF's Conference Call for Analysts and Investors on the Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Results.
BASF is a significant supplier of alcoholates used in a variety of applications.
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022, was the expansion of a war between the two countries that had begun in February 2014, when disguised Russian troops covertly invaded and took control of the Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea.
BASFY's Basotect EcoBalanced has up to 50% less product carbon footprint than the relevant BASF standard grades.
BASFY offers the first polyacrylate-based SAP with a product carbon footprint of zero for the hygiene industry.
The transition to renewable electricity will result in a considerable decrease in CO2 emissions, benefiting BASFY's operations.
BASFY, BNPQY and BAX have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on January 27, 2024.
BASFY strategically divests Styrodur business to focus on the expandable polystyrene market through brands, Neopor and Styropor.
The start-up of BASFY's expanded production plant marks a significant milestone in the future supply of ammonium chloride to its customers.
BASFY's mass balancing methodology helps its customers achieve their environmental goals.