Fielmann GROUP AG FIE.DE

Business Model#

What the company does and how it earns its money; written AI-editorially, exclusively from the company's original reports, without any assessment of our own.

Fielmann Group is a vertically integrated optical and hearing care retailer headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The group designs, manufactures, and retails eyeglasses, contact lenses, and hearing aids through an owned store network spanning Germany and international markets including Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the United States. Revenue is generated primarily at the point of sale across its retail locations, while vertically integrated manufacturing and centralized procurement support the group's characteristically high gross margins. Fielmann entered the United States through the acquisitions of Shopko Optical and SVS Vision, extending its footprint beyond the European core. The group's growth strategy centres on accelerated new store openings and selective bolt-on acquisitions in established and adjacent markets, as demonstrated by the H1/2026 acquisition of ten optical and hearing care businesses in Luxembourg and the FY2026 target of 70 new store openings, tripling the prior year's expansion pace.

Current Status#

Summary of the most recent reporting period: core figures, drivers and management statements; written editorially from the current original report, every figure backed by a source number.

Price & Chart#

Interactive price chart (TradingView) and the trend of key figures from the core tables. The price chart loads only after a click; at that point a connection to TradingView is established.

Share-Price Drivers#

Factors the company itself names as material for its business development (IR-based); reproduced neutrally, no price forecast and no assessment of our own.

Sector trend: Group KPIs point to accelerating demand with expanding profitability, as revenue and diluted EPS rose year on year while adjusted operating margin held around 12-13% and net debt fell to €34.7m from €91.5m (¹³⁰). Regional margins vary widely, from ~30% in Switzerland and ~23% in Germany down to ~10% in North America (³⁰).

Event Timeline#

This timeline collects the material events from the original reports: guidance changes, revenue and margin signals, strategy shifts, product and M&A announcements. Events are grouped by quarter (most recent first); the grey tag before each event names the event type, the date is the publication date of the source. Management quotes open the quarter block as direct quotes. Per quarter we show the three most defining events; more can be expanded per quarter, older years are collapsed. Every event carries its source as a superscript, clickable number.

Key Figures (€m)#

The company's core financial figures in three views, one below the other: fiscal years (as reported; after restatements the table shows the most recent filing version, marked), half-years (6-month basis, H2 = second half on its own) and quarters (3-month basis, not cumulative). Each row is one period, most recent first. Values with a dotted underline are clickable and show the raw value, the exact source location, the scale evidence and the source; derived values additionally show their formula and inputs. All values are extracted automatically from the filings; errors are possible; please verify decision-relevant figures yourself by clicking through to the linked original.

All figures serve only to support your own investment decision and are not a recommendation; the company's original reports are authoritative.

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Balance Sheet & Cash Flow (€m)#

Point-in-time balance sheet items (e.g. cash, financial debt) and cash flow items (operating cash flow, investments/capex) per fiscal year, half-year and quarter. Balance sheet values are as of the period end, flow items cover the period. Derived values are marked and are calculated, for example, as: net debt = financial debt − cash; free cash flow = operating cash flow − capex; the click popover shows formula and inputs. All values are extracted automatically from the filings; errors are possible; please verify decision-relevant figures yourself by clicking through to the linked original.

Fiscal years

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Quarters

Revenue by Type (as of 2026-Q2 · EURm · 9/12)#

Revenue split by segment or product type, exactly as the company itself reports it. The basis is stated next to each value (3, 6 or 12 months); segment totals can deviate from group revenue (reconciliation/consolidation items). If the company changes its segment structure, older structures are kept in the expandable part. Rows in grey are no longer reported separately by the company; they show the last available figures and are never extrapolated.

Products & M&A (14/26 active+recent)#

Product announcements from the reports; market launches, approvals, partnerships; with first mention (date) and source. “Active/current” means: still mentioned in the most recent reports; what the company no longer mentions moves to the expandable part but is never deleted. Rows in grey are discontinued products.

M&A (31)#

All recorded acquisitions (purchases) and divestitures/exits with date, short description and source; deliberately including smaller transactions that summaries often miss. Purchase prices appear only where the company itself has disclosed them. Rows in grey are cancelled transactions; the cancellation date is shown in the row.

Acquisitions

Divestitures / exits

Reported KPIs (as disclosed) (339)#

Figures the company discloses itself in addition to the standard financials; order intake, recurring revenue, user or unit counts, adjusted measures. These “story KPIs” usually slip through standard databases; here they are collected as reported, with no calculation of our own. Important: the definition comes from the company itself and can differ from firm to firm; period and source are stated next to every value.

Guidance Tracking (latest per metric/period · 14/27)#

All management forecasts (guidance) and their later outcome. Types: fiscal-year targets as well as quarterly/half-year targets; per metric and period the most recent statement applies, older versions can be expanded. The status is checked automatically against the actuals reported later: open (period still running), met, beaten, missed. For ranges (“X to Y”) reaching the range counts. Logged neutrally, no estimate of our own, no assessment.

Actuals: revenue in €m · ratios in %

Development#

A condensed summary per reporting period as running text: what changed operationally, which drivers management names, how earnings and cash flow developed. Most recent period first, grouped by year; each text is written from the original report of that period, superscript numbers lead to the source.

Sources: official investor relations documents#

All original documents used, with type (e.g. quarterly, half-year, annual report), publication date and a direct link to the filing (EDINET/SEC/IR). Every superscript number in the report points to an entry in this list; so every figure can be traced back to its place in the original.

FAQ#