Deep dive · XETRA: BMW.DE
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft stock analysis
Everything behind the call on Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft. 6 sections, ordered the way risk stacks up: survival first, quality and price in the middle, context last. The Beacon gives you the read. This is where you check the work.
The five reads
Global tape
No overseas listings — BMW.DE trades on its home exchange only.
The bottom linestart hereAs of 2026-09-16
Valuation
6.6× forward
Against consensus earnings
FCF yield -7.56%
Dividend
7.28%
Forward annual yield at today's price
Risk flags
1 on watch
5 checks run, 3 clear
New to this? Every metric carries a plain-English read beside it, and an ⓘ next to a label opens the definition. Anything unfamiliar is also defined at the foot of the page under Glossary.
In one paragraphwhat the company actually does146 chars
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft develops, manufactures, and sells automobiles and motorcycles, spare parts, and accessories worldwide.
XETRA · USDAuto Manufacturers
$60.40-2.82 · -4.46%CLOSED · vol 6.34M
52-week range↑ 7% off low · ↓ 38.3% off high
$56.40now $60.40$97.92
Quote Sep 18, 2026 · 11:36 AM ET
Tape 2026-09-18
Factors 2026-09-16
Tape 2026-09-18
Factors 2026-09-16
01
Survival & solvency
and 3 of 5 forensic checks clear.
↳ Plain EnglishBefore anything else: can this company pay its bills? These blocks check the balance sheet, whether your slice of ownership is being diluted, and whether the accounting looks honest.
Piotroski F-score
F 6/9WATCH
Piotroski F-score 6 of 9. Nine pass/fail tests covering profitability, leverage and operating efficiency; seven or more is strong.
Balance sheetSep 18, 2026
Solvency and liquidity ratios
Current ratioshort-term assets against short-term bills1.12×healthy >2
Debt / equityborrowings against shareholder capital0.92
Net debtborrowings in excess of cash on hand$69.50B
Your ownership stake
Share-count growth vs peersLOW DILUTION
10th pctile
Where this name's share-count growth ranks among peers. Lower is less dilutive.
Accounting forensicsSEC filings
Red-flag x-rayGRADE A
88 / 100
0 critical · 1 watch · 3 clear of 4 scored tests
Red-flag x-ray · every check, passes included
CheckStatusValueWhat it looks for
Bankruptcy distressNAn/aAltman-Z not available · fundamentals
Earnings manipulationCLEARM -2.51M-score in range · fundamentals
LeverageCLEARLTD/E 0.60long-term debt 0.60× equity · fundamentals
Profitability qualityWATCHF 6/9Piotroski F-score 6 of 9 · fundamentals
Filing forensicsCLEAR0 flagsno filing red flags on the latest 10-K · forensic
5 checks, 3 clear and 1 watch. The passes are shown because a score built from five checks means something different from one built from three.
02Refreshed · Sep 18, 2026POOR · 26/100
Business quality
5% net margin, 8% return on equity, -6% revenue growth.
↳ Plain EnglishMargins tell you how much of each sales dollar the company keeps. Return on capital tells you whether reinvesting that money creates value. Both are read against what the filings support, not against a target.
Quality score
26 / 100POOR
Profitability, growth and balance strength scored separately, then blended.
ProfitabilityRefreshed · Sep 18, 2026
Net marginOF EVERY SALES DOLLAR
5.5%
The share of revenue that survives every cost and becomes profit.
Gross marginPRICING POWER
15.4%
What is left of a sales dollar before overhead — the clearest read on pricing power.
Operating marginAFTER RUNNING COSTS
7.5%
What survives the cost of running the whole business.
Return on equityPER $1 OF EQUITY
7.6%
Annual return on each dollar of shareholder equity.
Incremental ROIC (3y)ON NEW CAPITAL
-16.9%
The return on capital put to work over the last three years — a sharper read than the trailing average, because it prices the newest decisions.
Growth & relative strength
Trailing return by period
1 month+6.2%
3 months+2.7%
6 months-19.7%
Year to date-35.1%
1 year-24.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)SHRINKING
-6.3%
Revenue against the same period a year ago.
EPS growth (YoY)MARGINS WIDENING
+2.3%
Earnings per share against a year ago. Running ahead of revenue means margins are widening.
Around earnings
P(beat next quarter)COHORT BASE RATE
61%
survivor-tilted universe (currently-listed names; large-cap-skewed coverage)
Typical earnings moveData unavailableRealized move magnitudes are not published for this name yet — no measured print on file.
Reaction: beat vs missData unavailableThe beat-versus-miss reaction gap is not computed for this name — undetermined — needs ≥12 measured beats.
Consensus biasVALIDATED
Persistent
insufficient surprise history
Dividends & income
Dividend yieldforward annual
7.28%
The cash return the payment alone provides at today's price.
Cash coveragefree cash flow
<1x
Whether the payment is funded out of the cash the business generates.
Inventory ledger
Data unavailableNo inventory detail is tagged in this company's filings. The ledger needs the XBRL inventory components, which a business without physical goods does not report.
Segments & geography
Data unavailableRevenue by segment and region is not on file for this name, so product and geographic concentration are not shown.
Pattern reliability · platform-wide cohort
Data unavailableNo chart pattern is currently detected on this name, so there is no cohort base rate to show.
036.6× FORWARD
Price & timing
Price $60.40, 6.6× forward earnings, RSI 60.
↳ Plain EnglishA multiple is what the market charges for a dollar of this company's earnings, cash or revenue; the trend and the options tape say what the price is doing around it. Together they are the timing picture, not the quality one.
Momentum (RSI-14)
60WARM
030 oversold70 hot100
Where momentum sits on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold; the middle says the move has room either way.
The setup right now
Price · 504 sessions2024-09-23 → 2026-09-18
price50-day200-day
How to read this
Down 4.46% on the session.
Follow the solid line: each point is a session close. Compare it to the 50-day average — while price stays above it the short-term trend is up, and a drop below is the first structural warning.
MACDBELOW SIGNAL
-0.11
The short-term trend against its own signal line. The sign is the read; the size is not a target.
RSI divergenceCONFIRMED
None
Price highs and momentum highs agree, so there is no hidden weakness in the advance.
Relative volume (20d)BELOW TREND
0.92×
Today's volume against the 20-day average. Above trend means real participation behind the move.
2026-09-25 · in 7 daysConsumer SentimentA scheduled macro release. It moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Setup & oddsNightly
Pullback riskoverstretch read
Unknownn=214,592
Pullback base rate 75% over 63 trading days (n=214,592).
Slide scorefalling-knife check
0 / 100Neutral
A composite of consecutive down days, gap risk and volume expansion. Low means any decline is orderly.
Valuation
Net cash per shareNET DEBT
$-112.85
Cash less every borrowing, per share. It is the part of the price that is not a claim on future profits.
Multiples
Forward P/Eearnings expected over the next 12 months6.6×
Trailing P/Eearnings already reported5.8×
Price / salesprice against revenue, before any of it becomes profit0.3×
Price / bookprice against the accounting value of the assets0.4×
EV / EBITDAthe multiple an acquirer would pay5.4×
FCF yieldfree cash flow per dollar of market value-7.56%
1 of the 6 priced multiples above sits in the richer half of its band. Each priced multiple is read against this stock's own history where a five-year range is on file, so the question is whether today is dear for this name rather than for the market. The multiples are computed separately from the quote above and are not re-priced as it moves, so they can lag it.
Price horizon & timing
Data unavailableThe entry/exit composer abstained for this name, and its levels are one coherent system — substituting pivots or an odds-engine stop under the same labels would be a different set of numbers wearing these names.
Gamma map
Data unavailableThis name has no listed options chain, so there is no dealer gamma to map. Regime, flip level, walls and the implied move all need a chain to exist.
Options tape
Data unavailableNo options chain is connected for this ticker. Max pain, the put/call ratio, the implied move and the open-interest ladder all need the chain feed.
0413F quarterly · Form 4 dailyNET SIGNAL 0
Ownership & flow
Institutions hold 23%.
↳ Plain EnglishWho is buying and selling, and what they had to disclose. Institutions file 13F 45 days after quarter end, executives file Form 4 within two days, and Congress discloses under the STOCK Act with a 30–45 day legal lag. Every one of those is a look backwards.
Institutional ownership
23.5%RETAIL-HEAVY
The share held by 13F filers. It describes last quarter's positioning, not today's — filings land up to 45 days after quarter end.
The QTick signal
Data unavailableNo factor in the model scored for this name, so there is no net signal to show. The signal appears once the nightly factor run covers it.
Cross-category read
Data unavailableFewer independent evidence families are ready than the engine's minimum, so there is nothing to check for agreement. A cross-category read over two categories is not a read.
Wall Street
Data unavailableNo sell-side firm publishes research on this name. There is no consensus rating, no price target and no estimate revisions to weigh — for a company this size that is the norm rather than a gap in our data.
Who owns it13F quarterly · Form 4 daily
Insider ownershipOFFICERS & DIRECTORS
45.7%
The share held by the people running the company.
Free float68% OF SHARES
379.59M
Shares actually available to trade, excluding insider and restricted holdings.
Borrow feeData unavailableWe do not license securities-lending data, so the annualized cost of borrowing shares to short is not something we can show. Short interest and days-to-cover above are the closest read we can source.
The story · news & sentimentRolling window
Why it moved todayVOLUME
-4.46%
BMW.DE fell −4.46% since the last close on unusually heavy volume (4.3× its average).
Congress
Data unavailableNo congressional trades in this name have been disclosed under the STOCK Act. Lawmakers' disclosed trades cluster heavily in large caps, so an empty list is the usual state.
050 graded callsORDINARY VOLATILITY
Risk & track record
26% annual volatility, and 1 of 8 risk surfaces clear.
↳ Plain EnglishWhat owning it does to a portfolio, what the model votes against, and how often our own calls have been right. Every call is graded when it resolves, and the ones still open stay visible.
Annualized volatility
26%ORDINARY
How far it swings over a year, from its own realized returns.
What it does to a portfolio5-year window
Tactical phaseNIGHTLY READ
Neutral
Selling pressure0
Buying pressure50
Overheat18
State: neutral — No dominant short-horizon pressure in the tape.
What votes against
Data unavailableNo factor in the model currently votes against this name. That is a statement about the model's inputs today, not a claim that nothing could go wrong.
Failure modes · by company type
Data unavailableFailure modes are routed per company type, and only the bank-run and crypto-treasury rulebooks are validated so far, so there is no cohort-specific checklist to run. A generic list would read as analysis without being any.
The risk case · why not to buy8 surfaces · nightly
Suggested position capmax defensible size
2.4%tail cap binds
max defensible size 2.4% - tail binds
Avoid score6-month distress
6.5%0.7× its cohort · most-traded mega-caps
Observational 6-month large-drawdown risk ranking — not a forecast, not alpha. Historical distress rate for this most-traded mega-caps segment: 9.3%. This name reads 0.7× that base rate.
LowDistress screenThe distress model did not score this name in the latest run, so this surface is unmeasured rather than clear.Not scored
MedPosition size, not conviction, is the binding constrainthalf-Kelly 30.7% · tail cap 2.4% · category cap 13.7%. The tail cap binds, so 2.4% is the number (n=5,511). We show which one binds rather than the friendliest.Sizing
LowLottery-ticket behaviourNot scored for this name.Not scored
HighCash runwayAbout 27.6 quarters of cash at current burn ($18.9B cash against $2.7B a year of burn) - names in this bucket: 16.3% catastrophe rate within a year.Solvency
LowPost-earnings driftNo measured earnings reaction on file, so the drift surface is unmeasured.Not scored
LowDividend riskNot scored for this name.Not scored
LowRestatement historyFiling history is not deep enough to check for restatements.Not scored
LowCrowded shortNot in a warn state: the crowded-short model only publishes when short interest and thin liquidity coincide, and neither condition is met here.Not scored
Signal
1 of 8 surfaces clear.
8 surfaces checked, 1 clear. The binding constraint is position size — the tail cap is the one that binds. Each row states which surface it is and what it measured; a surface that could not be scored says so rather than counting as clear.
Who should skip it
Skip it if any of these is you
You'd size it like a core holding
The binding cap is 2.4% of a portfolio. Above that the tail stops being survivable.
Our track record0 resolved
Track recordBUILDING IN THE OPEN
8 logged
8 calls logged on this name, 0 resolved so far. Calls are logged the moment they are made, so the open ones are public before anyone knows how they turn out, and a hit-rate is not published until enough of them resolve.
Calls on BMW.DETHIS NAME
8
This name's own call count. Too few have resolved to publish a rate over them, so none is shown rather than a rate over 0.
0610-K disclosed linksAUTO MANUFACTURERS
The wider context
5 mapped peers, 18 connections.
↳ Plain EnglishCompanies do not trade alone. This is the peer set, the supply chain that has to deliver, and the macro variables that move the stock regardless of company news.
Rate sensitivity
-38.9% per +1ppSECTOR
This is the SECTOR prior, not a measurement of this name — the regression did not clear its own bar. The verdict beside it (headwind) comes from the prior too, so the two agree by construction rather than by evidence.
Versus peersLatest session
Peer set · 5 names
SymbolRelationshipPriceSession
TSLACompetitor$364.27-0.53%
TOYOFPeer$19.10-1.14%
TMPeer$191.53-1.23%
BYDDFPeer$10.400.00%
GMPeer$82.20-5.10%
The mapped peer set and how each traded in the latest session. A peer moving with this name says the move is the sector's; one moving against it says the move is this company's.
Time machineHistory from 2023-06-01
Signal
1 of 4 backward windows are positive.
Look-back returns describe what happened, not what is likely. They are here to set the scale a future move would be measured on.
Macro driversRolling window
Next macro catalystIN 7 DAYS
Consumer Sentiment
2026-09-25. A scheduled release that moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Events · what moves this stockSep 14, 2026
Retail salesUsually helps when shoppers spend more than expected
This report is the sector's own sales figure, printed monthly.
Typical for the Consumer Cyclical sector
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
Tariff announcement or effective dateUsually hurts when tariffs are raised
Cars and parts cross borders many times before they are sold.
Typical for the Auto Manufacturers industry
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
ADP private payrollsUsually helps when private hiring comes in stronger than expected
Paychecks are what people spend at stores, restaurants and car dealers.
Typical for the Consumer Cyclical sector
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
Bank of Japan decision is due today.
Bank of Japan decisionUsually helps when the Bank of Japan sounds more hawkish than expectedA stronger yen makes Japanese cars dearer in America.
Typical for the Auto Manufacturers industry
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
Beige BookUsually helps when business conditions read stronger than expected
A stronger economy means more consumer spending.
Typical for the Consumer Cyclical sector
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
China PMI (NBS and Caixin)Usually helps when China's factories report stronger conditions than expected
China is the largest car market.
Typical for the Auto Manufacturers industry
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
China rare-earth / gallium / germanium export controlsUsually hurts when China tightens export controls
Electric-car motors need rare-earth magnets.
Typical for the Auto Manufacturers industry
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
Conference Board consumer confidenceUsually helps when consumers feel better than expected
Big purchases like cars wait for confidence.
Typical for the Auto Manufacturers industry
No price history on file yet for BMW.DE around this report. The read above is for its sector as a whole.
Customer momentum
Data unavailableThe supply-momentum read covered this name but produced no priced customers, so there is nothing to weight.
Connections18 links · 1 confirmed
Direct connections · 18 edges
CompanyRelationSessionProvenance
BOSCH.DE · Suppliersuppliernot pricedRumored · manual
MBG.DE · Competitorcompetitor-4.76%Rumored · manual
300014.SZ · Suppliersuppliernot pricedRumored · manual
ON · Customercustomer+2.46%Rumored · manual
IFX.DE · Suppliersuppliernot pricedRumored · manual
INVZ · Suppliersupplier+4.66%Rumored · manual
7203.T · Partnerpartnernot pricedRumored · manual
SLDP · Partnerpartner-2.95%Rumored · manual
IFNNY · Customercustomer+3.50%Rumored · manual
300750.SZ · Suppliersuppliernot pricedRumored · manual
TSLA · Competitorcompetitor-0.53%Rumored · manual
006400.KS · Suppliersuppliernot pricedRumored · manual
MBLY · Partnerpartner-0.25%Rumored · manual
NVDA · Partnerpartner+1.34%Rumored · manual
IFX.DE · Customercustomernot pricedRumored · manual
VC · Suppliersupplier-3.46%Confirmed · 10K
QCOM · Suppliersupplier-5.82%Rumored · manual
TATAMOTORS.NS · Competitorcompetitornot pricedRumored · manual
1 of 18 edges are named in a filing; the rest come from reporting we have not matched to one yet, and are labelled as such.
Suppliers, customers & competitors
What it depends on
Named competitors
Glossary · every term on this page
Survival
Altman Z
Bankruptcy-risk score. Above 3.0 is the safe band.
Piotroski F
Nine pass/fail health tests; 7 or more is strong.
Beneish M
Accrual and growth pattern screen. Clear below −2.22, watch to −1.78, elevated above; a year of very fast revenue growth lifts it by construction.
Merton DTD
Standard deviations of asset value between the company and its debt.
EDF
Default frequency calibrated on what actually happened to similar names.
Price & tape
RSI-14
Momentum gauge 0–100. Above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold.
ATR
Average true range — the size of a typical day.
VWAP
20-day volume-weighted average price — the average paid over the last month; the page shows no intraday VWAP.
Supertrend
A trend-following stop line. A close through it flips the read.
Chandelier
A trailing stop set a few average ranges below the recent high.
Options & flow
Gamma / GEX
Dealer hedging pressure. Negative gamma amplifies moves both ways.
Call / put wall
The strikes with the heaviest open interest; they act as ceiling and floor.
Max pain
The strike where most options expire worthless.
13F · Form 4
Institutional filings, 45 days after quarter end. Insider trades, within two days.
Scoring
Composite signal
Independent factors scored and netted into one number.
Hit-rate
Share of past calls that resolved in the direction stated.
Brier score
Calibration measure. Lower means stated probabilities track reality.
HHI
Concentration 0–10,000. Above 2,500 means one segment carries the company.
EVT
Fits the tail rather than assuming a bell curve, so bad days are not understated.