Balchem Corporation

BCPC Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Balchem Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, up 8.75% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.63%
EPS
+17.7%
Free cash flow
+14.4%
Total debt
−16.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

179.33 3.25 −1.78%
Market cap
$5.7B
P/E
33.8×
Fwd P/E
31.0×
Dividend yield
0.54%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
9.01
Beneish M
−2.45
Dividend safety
76/100

Balchem Corporation (BCPC) Return on equity

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Balchem Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.0%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.8% (fiscal 2020) to 15.8% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.34% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 12.9% 1.20
FY2024 11.7% 0.76
FY2023 10.9% (0.71)
FY2022 11.6% 0.34
FY2021 11.3% 0.50
FY2020 10.8% (0.33)
FY2019 11.1% (0.91)
FY2018 12.0% (3.82)
FY2017 15.8% 4.46
FY2016 11.4% (2.59)

Against its own ten years

Low 10.8% High 15.8%
Ten-year median 11.6%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 25.2%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 15.0%
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 13.7%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 13.4%
BCPC Balchem Corporation 13.0%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 10.3%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 7.38%
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 4.55%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 0.00%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.34%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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