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Largest Health & Beauty Public Companies in Germany
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Bayer, Henkel, Beiersdorf, Fielmann Group and Leifheit.
 | Bayer is a German healthcare and agriculture conglomerate. Healthcare provides close to half of the company's sales and includes pharmaceutical drugs (39% of total sales in 2024) as well as vitamins and other consumer healthcare products (13% of total). The firm's crop science business (49% of total) sells seeds, pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides, which was expanded through its 2018 acquisition of Monsanto. | $45 | +57% | $44B | $77B | 1.5x | 6.9x | ||
| Two distinct customer groups constitute Henkel. The consumer segment (around 50% of consolidated 2024 sales) is laundry and home care, including the Persil and Purex laundry detergent brands, and beautycare, including the Schwarzkopf brand in hair care and the Dial brand in hand soap. The adhesives technologies segment makes up the remaining 50% of sales. Sales in Europe accounted for 37% of the firm's consolidated total in 2024, while Asia-Pacific and North America accounted for 16% and 28%, respectively. | $74 | -4% | $30B | $31B | 1.3x | 7.3x | ||
| Beiersdorf is a Germany-based company that produces personal-care products, with a focus on manufacturing cosmetic products. The company operates through two business segments. The consumer segment provides skincare and beauty care products and operates portfolio brands such as Nivea, Eucerin, La Prairie, Labello, Hansaplast, Elastoplast, and Florena. The other business segment markets self-adhesive system and product solutions, primarily for industrial customers, under the Tesa brand. Beiersdorf is majority-owned by Maxingvest. | $84 | -39% | $18B | $16B | 1.4x | 7.8x | ||
| Fielmann Group AG is involved in purchase and sale of goods, in physical stores as well as wholesale and online, particularly in optometric and hearing acoustics sectors, and especially sales of all kinds of vision aids - particularly glasses, eyeewear frames and lenses, sunglasses, contact lenses, accessories, hearing systems as well as personal protective eqipments. The assortment of models is fashionable, and the firm offers its products at reasonable prices. Fielmann is involved in all levels of the optical industry value-added chain: designing, manufacturing, product offering, and optician services. | $51 | -21% | $4B | $5B | 1.6x | 6.8x | ||
| Leifheit AG is a brand supplier of household items. It divides its operating business into the Household, well-being, and Private Label segments. Leifheit and Soehnle products, two of Germany's household brands, are known for quality and utility for consumers. Its French subsidiaries Birambeau and Herby are active in the service-oriented Private Label segment with a selected product range. In each segment, the company focuses on its core product categories of cleaning, laundry care, kitchen goods, and well-being. Its key markets are Germany and Central Europe. It recognizes revenue from the sale of products. | $20 | -16% | $181M | $145M | 0.5x | 6.7x | ||
| Median | $51 | -16% | $18B | $16B | 1.4x | 6.9x |
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