Verbund huge outperformer in European energy sector

Because her big gain of 104 percent since early this year, the share is one of the sector's best shares. The average stock of the energy sector yielded the this year a profit of 1 percent. Other strong performing shares of the sector are Falck Renewables NRG Energy and China Recycling Energy Corp. Methes Energies International L, Magnegas Corp and Glori Energy Inc. are some of the winning stocks in the sector.

Momentum energy sector

On average the sector trades costs now 5 times the earnings per share. The sector trades at 11,39 times the book value per share. The returns since 2007 are +93 percent and since 2012 +122 percent.

Over the current book year the total revenue will be 2,9 billion euros (consensus estimates). This is slightly lower than 2017's revenue of 2,91 billion euros.

Historical revenues and results Verbund plus estimates 2018

The analysts expect for 2018 a net profit of 371 million euros. The majority of the analysts expects for this year a profit per share of 1,07 euros. The price-earnings-ratio equals 38,34.

Analysts expect a dividend of 0,48 cents per share. Verbund 's dividend yield thus equals 1,17 percent. The average dividend yield of the energy companies equals a relatively high 7 percent.

Verbund 's market capitalization is based on the number of outstanding shares around 6,98 billion euros. The Verbund stock was the past 12 months quite unstable. Since last October the stock is even 103 percent higher. This year the stock price moved between 19 and 45 euro. Since 2008 the stock price is almost 4 percent lower.

Historical stock prices Verbund2007-2018

On Friday the stock closed at 41,02 euros.

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