BASF SE Cash Flow Reinvestment Rate

Latest as of December 2025: 0.40x

BASF SE cash flow reinvestment rate. BASF SE (BASA) has a Cash Flow Reinvestment Rate of 0.40x as of December 2025, reinvesting €1.47 Billion (capex €1.43 Billion plus investments €45.00 Million) from operating cash flow of €3.64 Billion. See BASA FCF to total liabilities ratio to measure the company's free cash flow as a share of total liabilities.

Reinvestment Rate

0.40x
(Capex + Investments) / Operating CF

Total Reinvested

€1.47 Billion
Capex + Investments

Operating Cash Flow

€3.64 Billion
EUR

Capital Expenditures

€1.43 Billion
EUR

Cash Flow Reinvestment Rate of BASF SE (2016–2025)

Cash flow reinvestment rate of BASF SE from 2016 to 2025. Historical reinvestment intensity for BASF SE across 10 annual periods. Explore how well can BASF SE service its debt to assess how comfortably operating cash covers total debt obligations.

BASF SE Cash Flow Reinvestment Rate by Year (2016–2025)

BASF SE cash flow reinvestment rate by year from 2016 to 2025. Year-by-year capital reinvestment analysis for BASF SE. For the full cash flow conversion analysis, see BASA cash flow conversion.

Year Reinvestment Rate Total Reinvested (EUR) Operating CF Capex YoY Change
2025 0.96x €5.39 Billion €5.61 Billion €4.27 Billion ▲ +0.6%
2024 0.96x €6.63 Billion €6.95 Billion €6.20 Billion ▼ -23.0%
2023 1.24x €10.32 Billion €8.32 Billion €5.24 Billion ▲ +69.3%
2022 0.73x €5.65 Billion €7.71 Billion €4.38 Billion ▲ +17.3%
2021 0.62x €4.53 Billion €7.25 Billion €3.53 Billion ▼ -15.6%
2020 0.74x €4.01 Billion €5.41 Billion €3.13 Billion ▲ +11.7%
2019 0.66x €4.95 Billion €7.47 Billion €3.82 Billion ▲ +3.0%
2018 0.64x €5.10 Billion €7.94 Billion €3.89 Billion ▲ +19.1%
2017 0.54x €4.74 Billion €8.79 Billion €4.00 Billion ▼ -60.8%
2016 1.38x €10.63 Billion €7.72 Billion €4.14 Billion —
Cash Flow Reinvestment Rate = (ABS(Capex) + ABS(Investments)) / Operating Cash Flow