Our Shareholders
Since 13 March 2014, UCB’s capital amounts to € 583 516 974, divided in 194 505 658 ordinary shares with no nominal value.
The main shareholder of UCB is Financière de Tubize SA, a Belgian company listed on Euronext Brussels.
Shareholder Structure
Source
Latest notifications and shareholder identification (as of May 2024), UCB underlying ownership analysis
62% Free Float
Institutional investors:
Geographic distribution
Shareholders' Meetings
The Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders is held on the last Thursday of April at 11:00 CET.
Shareholders' Meeting Archives
UCB Shares
Consensus
Estimates based on Visible Alpha consensus1 dated 25.06.2024.
Estimates include 14 broker models2 collaborating with Visible Alpha.
| UCB FY Consensus Earnings Estimates (Average) | ||||||||
| In € million | 2023a | 2024e | 2024e H1* | 2025e | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e | 2029e |
| Net Sales | 4,867 | 5,338 | 2,524 | 6,142 | 6,826 | 7,564 | 8,126 | 8,672 |
| Revenue | 5,252 | 5,682 | 2,686 | 6,481 | 7,179 | 7,891 | 8,429 | 8,947 |
| Adjusted EBIT | 657 | 690 | 271 | 1,281 | 1,720 | 2,238 | 2,490 | 2,799 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | 1,349 | 1,362 | 605 | 1,981 | 2,426 | 2,911 | 3,157 | 3,453 |
| Adj. EBITDA ratio | 25.7% | 24% | 22.5% | 30.6% | 33.8% | 36.9% | 37.4% | 38.6% |
| Net Profit | 343 | 407 | 146 | 932 | 1,278 | 1,696 | 1,898 | 2,143 |
| Core EPS (€) | 4.20 | 4.16 | 1.61 | 7.03 | 8.78 | 11.12 | 12.48 | 14.02 |
| UCB FY Consensus Product Sales Estimates (Average) | ||||||||
| In € million | 2023a | 2024e | 2024e H1* | 2025e | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e | 2029e |
| Product Portfolio | ||||||||
| Cimzia | 2,087 | 2,019 | 995 | 1,908 | 1,759 | 1,603 | 1,329 | 1,149 |
| Bimzelx | 148 | 469 | 167 | 1,041 | 1,676 | 2,350 | 2,927 | 3,471 |
| Evenity** | 60 | 103 | 46 | 138 | 173 | 202 | 233 | 245 |
| Rystiggo | 100 | 42 | 199 | 302 | 410 | 508 | 563 | |
| Zilbrysq | 87 | 29 | 193 | 326 | 451 | 566 | 648 | |
| Vimpat | 394 | 326 | 167 | 272 | 230 | 207 | 187 | 168 |
| Keppra | 636 | 564 | 282 | 518 | 478 | 444 | 408 | 380 |
| Briviact | 576 | 658 | 317 | 731 | 537 | 362 | 275 | 228 |
| Neupro | 218 | 114 | 185 | 163 | 145 | 130 | 115 | |
| Fintepla | 226 | 348 | 158 | 482 | 617 | 734 | 811 | 851 |
| Nayzilam | 94 | 114 | 54 | 132 | 140 | 148 | 145 | 115 |
| Potential New Products non-risk adjusted | ||||||||
| Dapirolizumab pegol | 23 | 92 | 151 | 163 | 237 | |||
| Staccato alprazolam | 30 | 23 | 52 | 98 | 139 | 189 | ||
| Bepranemab | 145 | 315 | ||||||
| Minzasolmin | 130 | 325 | ||||||
| doxTM / MT1621 | 29 | 60 | 103 | 142 | 176 | |||
*Not all analysts are contributing to H1 estimates. Deviations could arise when comparing with full-year estimates.
**European sales, ex-EU sales booked by Amgen/Astellas
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2Contributing brokers
2Contributing brokers
| Broker | Model date |
| Berenberg | 11-Apr-2024 |
| BNPP Exane | 25-Jun-2024 |
| BofA | 11-Apr-2024 |
| Citi | 19-Jun-2024 |
| Cowen | 24-Jun-2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | 17-May-2024 |
| HSBC | 23-Apr-2024 |
| ING | 06-Mar-2024 |
| Jefferies | 19-Jun-2024 |
| Kepler | 20-Jun-2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | 25-Mar-2024 |
| ODDO BHF | 07-Mar-2024 |
| Redburn | 14-May-2024 |
| UBS | 26-Apr-2024 |
Dividends
The Board intends to continue to sustain a dynamic dividend policy, consistent with the long-term growth prospects of the Company, offering gradual increase in dividend, and as far as possible not to reduce it, irrespective of the short-term income variations.
The Board of Directors proposes to pay a gross dividend of € 1.36 per share (gross), to be approved by the annual general meeting of the shareholders.
- Coupon # 27
- Ex-dividend: 26 April 2024
- Record date: 29 April 2024
- Payment: 30 April 2024
Coupon # 27 of UCB shares is payable at € 0.952 net per share after deduction of Belgian withholding tax of 30%*, via our paying agent, KBC Bank NV.
* Lower withholding tax rates may be applicable depending on the specific situation of each shareholder.