German luxury vehicle and motorcycle manufacturer known for performance, innovation, and premium automotive engineering excellence.
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Bayerische Motoren Werke: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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Bayerische Motoren Werke Profile & Fundamentals
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Company and Market Context
Company Profile & Ownership
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft develops, manufactures, and sells automobiles and motorcycles, spare parts, and accessories worldwide. It operates through Automotive, Motorcycles, and Financial Services segments. The company offers automobiles under the BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce brands. It also develops, manufactures, and sells scooters, and motorcycles for private use and special-purpose vehicles for operational use under the BMW Motorrad brand. In addition, the company provides car rentals; credit financing; leasing that include insurance and service products; financing for dealership and customer deposits; vehicle fleet financing services for corporate car fleets under the Alphabet brand; and financial services for the automotive sector. It sells its products through retail outlet, agent, and independent dealerships. Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Company profile record
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Common Stock · Consumer Discretionary · Automobile Manufacturers
Company
- Company / asset
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry
- Automobile Manufacturers
- HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Head office
- Petuelring 130, Munich, Germany, 80809
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Dr. Milan Nedeljkovic
- CEO year born
- 1969
- Full-time employees
- 146.1K
- Fiscal year end
- December
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- EUR 35.8B
- P/E
- 5.6x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- EUR 31.3B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- EUR 1.2B
- Dividend Yield
- 6.0%
- Revenue (FY 25)
- EUR 133.5B
- Shares in public float
- 371.3M
- Insider ownership
- 45.73%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- BMW.FRA
- Listing
- 🇩🇪 Germany | Dividend Tax: 26.38%
- Ticker Currency
- EUR
- Income Statement Currency
- EUR
- Balance Sheet Currency
- EUR
- Cash Flow Currency
- EUR
- EPS Currency
- EUR
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- DE0005190003
- Asset ID
- equity_2e754c83-3225-55c0-b13b-e386f99a8135
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 658.4M | Max: 658.4M | Min: 656.4M
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
56.40%
371.3M latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
45.73%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
--
Latest reported short interest / float
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Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 | 657,079,600 |
| 2017-01-01 | 656,363,600 |
| 2018-01-01 | 658,373,200 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
BMW's recent headline earnings reflect a clear operational trough rather than structural bankruptcy. For fiscal 2025, consolidated revenue receded 6.3% to €133.5 billion, while operating profit fell to €9.98 billion. Pressure intensified through mid-2026 as second-quarter revenues dipped 7.9% to €31.3 billion, dragged down by an acute 30% drop in Chinese deliveries. Management consequently cut full-year Automotive EBIT margin guidance to a subdued 1% to 3% range. However, headline numbers conceal crucial underlying strength. The guided margin corridor already absorbs up to 1.25 percentage points of severance charges from 8,000 planned job cuts and roughly 1.25 percentage points of import tariffs. Underlying operating margins remain closer to 4% to 5%, supported by solid sales growth across Europe and North America.
BMW's recent headline earnings reflect a clear operational trough rather than structural bankruptcy. For fiscal 2025, consolidated revenue receded 6.3% to €133.5 billion, while operating profit fell to €9.98 billion. Pressure intensified through mid-2026 as second-quarter revenues dipped 7.9% to €31.3 billion, dragged down by an acute 30% drop in Chinese deliveries. Management consequently cut full-year Automotive EBIT margin guidance to a subdued 1% to 3% range. However, headline numbers conceal crucial underlying strength. The guided margin corridor already absorbs up to 1.25 percentage points of severance charges from 8,000 planned job cuts and roughly 1.25 percentage points of import tariffs. Underlying operating margins remain closer to 4% to 5%, supported by solid sales growth across Europe and North America.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: EUR 133.5B | Max: EUR 155.5B | Min: EUR -4.6B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: --
No history available.
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Operating profitability has compressed dramatically from historical highs, with automotive EBIT margins dropping to 2.3% in the second quarter of 2026. This sharp margin erosion was driven by aggressive retail discounting in China, elevated European energy and factory overhead, and upfront launch costs for new electric vehicle lines. Yet the evidence indicates that the worst of this margin contraction is temporary. The Neue Klasse platform introduces sixth-generation cylindrical battery cells that reduce battery pack assembly costs by roughly 40% to 50%. Combined with permanent savings from overhead restructuring and resilient luxury pricing in Western markets, automotive operating margins are well-positioned to steadily recover toward the 6% to 7% corridor by 2028.
Operating profitability has compressed dramatically from historical highs, with automotive EBIT margins dropping to 2.3% in the second quarter of 2026. This sharp margin erosion was driven by aggressive retail discounting in China, elevated European energy and factory overhead, and upfront launch costs for new electric vehicle lines. Yet the evidence indicates that the worst of this margin contraction is temporary. The Neue Klasse platform introduces sixth-generation cylindrical battery cells that reduce battery pack assembly costs by roughly 40% to 50%. Combined with permanent savings from overhead restructuring and resilient luxury pricing in Western markets, automotive operating margins are well-positioned to steadily recover toward the 6% to 7% corridor by 2028.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 15.4% | Max: 19.8% | Min: 3.8%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31
Gross Margin
15.4%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
7.5%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
5.5%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
-2.0%
Free cash flow / revenue
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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 96,355,060,000 | 7,274,780,000 | Not reported |
| 2017-12-31 | 113,272,530,000 | 10,257,800,000 | -1,431,570,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 106,859,040,000 | 8,113,380,000 | -3,107,640,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 114,256,800,000 | 5,504,800,000 | -3,628,800,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 120,767,800,000 | 4,605,500,000 | 8,663,220,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 126,812,460,000 | 14,115,480,000 | 10,583,760,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 152,592,700,000 | 19,196,870,000 | 15,486,110,000 |
| 2023-12-31 | 171,047,800,000 | 12,419,000,000 | 7,327,100,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 148,075,200,000 | 7,581,600,000 | -4,824,560,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 156,140,010,000 | 8,533,980,000 | -3,199,950,000 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 17.01 | 10.24 | 7.55 | Not reported |
| 2017-12-31 | 17.27 | 10.28 | 9.06 | -1.26 |
| 2018-12-31 | 15.8 | 9.61 | 7.59 | -2.91 |
| 2019-12-31 | 15.55 | 7.42 | 4.82 | -3.18 |
| 2020-12-31 | 13.72 | 4.81 | 3.81 | 7.17 |
| 2021-12-31 | 19.76 | 12.09 | 11.13 | 8.35 |
| 2022-12-31 | 17.23 | 9.96 | 12.58 | 10.15 |
| 2023-12-31 | 19.09 | 11.88 | 7.26 | 4.28 |
| 2024-12-31 | 16.08 | 8 | 5.12 | -3.26 |
| 2025-12-31 | 15.43 | 7.48 | 5.47 | -2.05 |
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