Befesa stock holds at EUR 20.00 as recycling margins matter

Published on 09/22/2026 at 10:22 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Befesa stock traded at EUR 20.00 on September 22, 2026, while its latest report showed a 2026 EBITDA target. Recycling output remains the key measure.

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Befesa SE (LU1704650164) traded at EUR 20.00 on Xetra on September 22, 2026, according to the latest dated market quotation available for the session. The company’s most recent reported outlook for fiscal year 2026 centers on adjusted EBITDA guidance of EUR 220 million to EUR 240 million, keeping operating performance at the heart of the investment case.

Guidance sets the earnings frame

Befesa’s 2026 guidance provides a concrete benchmark for the recycling specialist: adjusted EBITDA is expected between EUR 220 million and EUR 240 million for the full fiscal year. The range is important because Befesa’s earnings depend on the spread between metal prices, processing costs and the fees charged for industrial waste recycling.

The company operates in steel dust recycling and aluminium salt slag recycling. These activities expose results to commodity prices, treatment volumes and regional industrial production. A guidance range rather than a single figure also leaves investors with a EUR 20 million difference between the lower and upper endpoints for fiscal year 2026.

Margins remain the key variable

For investors, the central comparison is between the current-year EBITDA range and the latest reported operating base. Befesa reported adjusted EBITDA of EUR 184 million in fiscal year 2025, making the 2026 guidance range equivalent to growth of 19.6 percent at the lower end and 30.4 percent at the upper end.

That comparison gives the stock a measurable earnings hurdle. Reaching EUR 240 million would require EUR 56 million more adjusted EBITDA than in fiscal year 2025, while the lower target would require an increase of EUR 36 million. The outcome will depend on metal prices, volumes and the company’s ability to pass cost changes through its contracts.

Stock trades near the recent range

The EUR 20.00 Xetra quotation on September 22, 2026, gives the market a dated reference point for Befesa stock. The company’s Luxembourg registration and German primary trading venue make the Xetra price the relevant reference for European investors, while the reported 2026 EBITDA range supplies the operating comparison.

The next major valuation signal will come from the gap between delivered EBITDA and the guidance corridor. A result near EUR 220 million would confirm the lower end of the framework; performance closer to EUR 240 million would indicate that the company converted market conditions and recycling volumes more effectively than the minimum plan.

EUR 20.00 is the closing reference

Befesa stock stood at EUR 20.00 on Xetra on September 22, 2026. The dated market level should be read alongside the fiscal year 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance of EUR 220 million to EUR 240 million and the fiscal year 2025 adjusted EBITDA base of EUR 184 million.