Editing BASF (section)

== Finances ==
For the fiscal year 2017, BASF reported earnings of €6.1 billion, with an annual revenue of €64.5 billion, an increase of 12% over the previous fiscal cycle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wallstreet-online.de/aktien/basf-aktie/bilanz |title=BASF Bilanz, Gewinn und Umsatz {{!}} BASF Geschäftsbericht {{!}} BASF11 |website=wallstreet-online.de |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160836/https://www.wallstreet-online.de/aktien/basf-aktie/bilanz |archive-date=5 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> BASF's shares traded at over €69 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at €63.7&nbsp;billion in November 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BAS.DE/key-statistics?p=BAS.DE&.tsrc=fin-srch |title=BAS.DE Key Statistics {{!}} BASF SE NA O.N. Stock – Yahoo Finance |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202526/https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BAS.DE/key-statistics?p=BAS.DE&.tsrc=fin-srch |archive-date=5 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2019, BASF reported a drop of operating income for July to September amounting to 24 percent, along with a drop in EBIT earnings of €1.1&nbsp;billion ($1.2&nbsp;billion).<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/basf-results-idUSL5N279157 |title=UPDATE 1-BASF operating profit dives 24% as trade disputes weigh |date=24 October 2019 |work=Reuters |access-date=7 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107093744/https://www.reuters.com/article/basf-results-idUSL5N279157 |archive-date=7 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[China–United States trade war|US–China trade war]] as well as uncertainties related to [[Brexit]] were identified as contributing factors.<ref name=":1" /> However, overall third quarter profit beat expectations as the acquisition of [[Bayer AG]]'s [[agrochemical]] and [[seed]] business help to offset some of the effects of the trade war.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-24/basf-beats-estimates-as-agriculture-sales-help-offset-slowdown |title=BASF Beats Estimates as Farming Helps Offset Trade-War Pain |last=Noel |first=Andrew MArc |newspaper=Bloomberg |date=24 October 2019 |agency=Bloomberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107094316/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-24/basf-beats-estimates-as-agriculture-sales-help-offset-slowdown |archive-date=7 November 2019}}</ref>
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|-
!Year
!Revenue<br />in bn. €
!Net income<br />in bn. €
!Total assets<br />in bn. €
!Employees
|-
|2013
|73.973
|4.842
|64.382
|112,206
|-
|2014
|74.326
|5.155
|71.359
|113,292
|-
|2015
|70.449
|3.987
|70.836
|112,435
|-
|2016
|57.550
|4.056
|76.496
|113,830
|-
|2017
|61.223
|6.078
|78.768
|115,490
|-
|2018
|62.675
|4.707
|86.556
|122,404
|-
|2019
|59.316
|8.421
|86.950
|117,628
|-
|2020
|59.149
|−1.060
|80.292
|110,302
|-
|2021
|78.598
|5.523
|87.383
|111,047
|-
|2022
|87.327
|−0.627
|84.472
|111,481
|-
|2023
|68.902
|0.225
|77.395
|111,991
|}