Basler AG (DE:BSL)
XETRA:BSL
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Rating:73Outperform
Price Target:
€32.00
▲(104.08% Upside)
Action:Upgraded
Date:05/09/26
The score is driven mainly by improved financial performance (profitability recovery, strong cash generation, and sharply reduced leverage) and supportive valuation (low P/E). These positives are tempered by technical overbought conditions (very high RSI/Stoch), which raise near-term reversal risk, and by the company’s recent history of earnings and cash-flow volatility.
Positive Factors
Low leverage / strong balance sheet
Trailing-twelve-month debt-to-equity of ~0.09 and materially reduced leverage provide durable financial flexibility. A strong balance sheet supports R&D and capex, cushions downturns, permits opportunistic M&A or investment, and lowers refinancing risk across cycles.
Negative Factors
Earnings and cash-flow volatility
Historical swings—losses in 2023–2024 and prior negative FCF—reduce confidence in predictability. Such volatility complicates capital allocation, forces conservative liquidity buffers and can delay strategic investments when management prioritizes stabilization over growth.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Low leverage / strong balance sheet
Trailing-twelve-month debt-to-equity of ~0.09 and materially reduced leverage provide durable financial flexibility. A strong balance sheet supports R&D and capex, cushions downturns, permits opportunistic M&A or investment, and lowers refinancing risk across cycles.
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Basler AG (BSL) vs. iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG)
Market Cap
€885.78M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)35.97K
Price to Earnings (P/E)7.4
Beta (1Y)1.39
Revenue Growth21.41%
EPS GrowthN/A
CountryDE
Employees881
SectorGeneral
Sector StrengthN/A
IndustryHardware, Equipment & Parts
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.64
Shares Outstanding31,500,000
10 Day Avg. Volume43,860
30 Day Avg. Volume35,974
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.23
Price to Book (P/B)3.63
Price to Sales (P/S)2.15
P/FCF Ratio17.31
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price Target
€24.50Price Target Upside56.25% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering2
EPS Forecast (FY)0.64
Revenue Forecast (FY)€256.33M
Basler AG Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Basler Aktiengesellschaft engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of digital cameras for professional users in Germany and internationally. It offers area scan, line scan, cameras for medical and life sciences, 3D-kamerasa and embedded v...
How the Company Makes Money
Basler makes money primarily by selling machine-vision hardware and related software/services to industrial and professional customers. The core revenue stream is product sales of industrial cameras (the company’s main offering), supplemented by s...
Basler AG Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
71
Positive
Balance Sheet
82
Very Positive
Cash Flow
77
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 241.37M | 224.50M | 183.72M | 201.81M | 270.85M | 214.88M |
| Gross Profit | 104.23M | 93.36M | 82.81M | 85.72M | 131.81M | 112.64M |
| EBITDA | 45.72M | 37.53M | 9.44M | 4.99M | 45.78M | 44.87M |
| Net Income | 19.88M | 11.60M | -13.77M | -13.81M | 21.36M | 21.00M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 250.05M | 251.35M | 233.59M | 255.75M | 265.53M | 227.28M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 28.10M | 28.99M | 22.26M | 32.23M | 28.70M | 54.83M |
| Total Debt | 60.38M | 65.47M | 72.08M | 83.72M | 68.23M | 46.68M |
| Total Liabilities | 103.72M | 118.50M | 109.18M | 116.58M | 124.04M | 98.62M |
| Stockholders Equity | 146.33M | 132.85M | 124.41M | 139.18M | 141.49M | 129.36M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 31.05M | 27.85M | 4.83M | -9.28M | -17.57M | 9.61M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 37.03M | 29.39M | 14.64M | 4.20M | 12.40M | 25.33M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -10.46M | -10.07M | -13.28M | -13.44M | -44.19M | -15.29M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -13.09M | -10.11M | -12.32M | 12.74M | 5.66M | -3.07M |
Basler AG Technical Analysis
Positive
15.68
Price Trends
18.36
Positive
16.94
Positive
16.70
Positive
Market Momentum
2.50
Negative
78.80
Negative
80.76
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For DE:BSL, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 15.68 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 23.39, below the 50-day MA of 18.36, and below the 200-day MA of 16.70, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 2.50 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 78.80 is Negative, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 80.76 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for DE:BSL.
Basler AG Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (55)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
79 Outperform | €6.08B | -42.02 | 6.63% | 0.88% | -19.76% | -42.17% | |
73 Outperform | €885.78M | 7.37 | 8.83% | ― | 21.41% | ― | |
73 Outperform | €157.89M | 20.18 | 8.29% | 1.82% | -41.38% | -28.83% | |
66 Neutral | €2.37B | 36.10 | 6.69% | 1.50% | -0.06% | -38.81% | |
62 Neutral | €1.19B | -51.86 | -16.36% | 2.37% | 9.97% | 65.10% | |
55 Neutral | $6.65B | 3.83 | -15.92% | 6.20% | 10.91% | 7.18% | |
47 Neutral | €103.08M | -16.95 | -15.50% | 1.38% | -14.82% | 44.17% |
* General Sector Average
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