Industry: Specialty Chemicals

Sector: Basic Materials

Koninklijke DSM N.V., a science-based company, engages in health and nutrition businesses in the Netherlands, Switzerland, rest of Europe, North America, Latin America, China, rest of Asia, and internationally. It operates through Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH); Health, Nutrition & Care (HNC); and Food & Beverage segments. The Animal Nutrition & Health segment offers essential products, including vitamins, premixes, and carotenoids; performance solutions, such as enzymes, microbes, and eubiotics; precision services comprising support with data analysis to measure animal health and environmental footprint on farm level and feed safety; and methane reducing feed additive for ruminants. The Health, Nutrition & Care segment provides solutions for the early life nutrition, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical, medical nutrition, personal care and aroma, and biomedical materials markets. It offers vitamins, nutritional lipids, minerals, carotenoids, nutraceuticals, digestive enzymes, probiotics and prebiotics, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and sunscreen filters, as well as a range of biomedical solutions; premix, market-ready solutions, and personalized nutrition solutions; and regulatory affairs and formulation expertise, and customized solutions. The Food & Beverage segment provides ingredients and solutions for use in a range of food products, such as dairy; bakery, cereals, and bars; savory foods; beverages and brewing; confectionery and fruit; plant-based meat and fish alternatives; and petfood. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Heerlen, the Netherlands.

Royal DSM N.V. is evaluated using Mavefund's quality framework: growing earnings, durable profit margins, conservative leverage, strong return on equity, and disciplined share repurchases.