BN · rank #6 · 2026-07-21
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XETRA · EUR · $5.00B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +17.8% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +8.9% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +8.3% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.5% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | — |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 4.72× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +49.6% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | -83% |
| Market cap (USD) | $5.00B |
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Summary
RENK Group AG is a specialized defense sub-system supplier providing mission-critical transmissions, gearboxes, and drive systems for NATO tracked armored vehicles, naval platforms, and industrial customers.
Rationale
With a €6.7bn order backlog, sole-supplier positions on platform-specific programs like the Puma IFV, and 2026 guidance being tracked toward the upper end, RENK directly embodies the european_defense_ammunition_bottleneck theme as an irreplaceable mobility-solutions bottleneck for European and U.S. Army armored fleets.
Material risks
- 1Customer concentration on a handful of large defense programs (Puma IFV, NATO armored fleets) means a single in-sourcing decision or platform cancellation could disproportionately impair volumes and pricing power.
- 2The last EPS surprise of -82.6% signals a meaningful gap between reported earnings and consensus expectations, raising execution risk and the possibility that margin expansion assumptions embedded in the 49.6% analyst upside are too optimistic.
AI verdict council
Each pick is reviewed independently by 3 models before any order. 3 of 3 voted to proceed.