Covestro

Covestro AG is a German company which produces specialty chemicals for heat insulation foams and transparent polycarbonate plastics.[2] It is a Bayer spin off formed in the fall of 2015 and was formerly called Bayer MaterialScience, Bayer's $12.3 billion materials science division.[3][4]

Covestro AG
Aktiengesellschaft
Traded asFWB: 1COV
ISINDE0006062144 
IndustryChemicals & Materials
PredecessorBayer MaterialScience
Founded1 September 2015
HeadquartersLeverkusen, Germany
Key people
Markus Steilemann
Revenue$16.29B (2018)
$2B (2018)
Number of employees
17,136 (June 30, 2019) [1]
Websitecovestro.com

Covestro shares were first offered on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October 2015.[5] Bayer sold its entire remaining stake in May 2018, Bayer's pension fund had a 6.8% stake managed separately.[6]

The main industries served are automotive manufacturing and supply, electrical engineering and electronics, construction and home products, and sports and leisure. Their products include coatings and adhesives, polyurethanes that are used in thermal insulation, electrical housings, and as a component of footwear and mattresses, and polycarbonates such as Covestro's Makrolon, which are highly impact-resistant plastics.[3] Covestro polyurethane was used in the 2014 official FIFA World Cup football.[7] Around 2019, Covestro enjoyed rapid earnings growth following supply shortages of chemicals used in foams.[8]

Financials

In 2015, the company netted USD revenues of $13.46B, net income of $382M and an operating margin of 5.1%. In 2018, the company's revenues were $16.29B, net income of $2B, and operating margin of 15.5%. [9]

In Q1 of 2019, a drop in revenue and net income was seen, with revenues down at $3.54B compared to 2018's Q1 of $4.21B, a 16% drop. Q2 2019 revenues also saw a 16.9% drop from Q2 2018's $4.3B to $3.58B. Likewise with Net income, Q2 2019 also dropped from Q2 2018's $672M to $210M. [10]

Among the 3 key segments of the company, Polyurethanes (PUs), Polycarbonates (PCs), and Coatings/Adhesives/Specialties, Polyurethanes experienced 70.5% drop in EBITDA Q2 2019 compared to Q2 2018 due to needing to drop prices from increased supply and competition. [11] Revenues dropped from $2.19B to $1.66B in Q2 2019 as a result. The next biggest drop in key segments was Polycarbonates from revenues $1.18B to $1B Q2 2019 over past year. The price drop of PUs and PCs were -26.8% and -18.8% respectively. According to the report, demand drop of the auto industry led to a drop in volumes for PCs while construction and electronics industries grew.

History

On July 16 2019, Covestro announced a partnership with Carbon, a company using CLIP DLS 3D Printing, to provide Polyurethane resin for 3D printing mass production. [12]

In March 2019, this announced partnership with Genomatica, a San Diego based biotechnology company, will deploy Genomatica's strengths in developing industrial-scale bioprocesses to produce widely used chemicals. Covestro complements the collaboration with strong know-how in chemical process technology and application development.

See also

References
  1. https://investor.covestro.com/en/reports/quarterly-reports/
  2. Zuzanna Szymanska (July 24, 2019), Covestro confirms 2019 outlook despite cooling economy Reuters.
  3. Christopher Alessi for the Wall Street Journal. Sept. 1, 2015 Bayer Separates Material Science Business Covestro
  4. Joyce Gannon for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette September 1, 2015 Bayer MaterialScience assumes its new identity as Covestro
  5. Sheenagh Matthews and Alex Webb for Bloomberg News. October 6, 2015 Covestro Jumps on First Day of Trading in Frankfurt After IPO
  6. "Bayer Boosts Finances With $2.6 Billion Covestro Stake Sale".
  7. Justine Coyne for the Pittsburgh Business Times. Jun 12, 2014 Bayer gets ball rolling at World Cup
  8. Zuzanna Szymanska (July 24, 2019), Covestro confirms 2019 outlook despite cooling economy Reuters.
  9. https://investor.covestro.com/en/reports/quarterly-reports/
  10. https://report.covestro.com/interim-report-q2-2019/overview/key-data.html
  11. https://www.plasticsnews.com/news/covestro-h1-earnings-halved-intense-competition
  12. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/carbon-enters-mass-production-of-3d-printer-resin-with-covestro-158643/
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