9 insiders bought €2.6M of shares over the last 90 days, the latest filed 10 Oct 2026.
Cluster: 3 buyers in 30 daysDEUTZ Aktiengesellschaft, founded in 1864, is a Industry company based in Cologne, Germany. Its directors and officers file their transactions with BaFin. Between 18 October 2025 and 18 October 2026, 11 insiders published 33 filings.
The record shows 31 purchases on the open market worth €3.5M, made by 11 insiders, against 2 sales worth €49k by 1 insider. On balance, insiders were net buyers of €3.4M. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. One trade stands out by size: a purchase of €983k from Schulte, Dr. Sebastian C., disclosed on 7 August 2026, or 0.056% of market capitalisation. The buyers include 5 board members and 5 senior executives.
In all, 30 purchases were made within 30 days of a purchase by another insider of the company. When several insiders buy within a few weeks of each other, analysts speak of a cluster purchase. The latest purchase is recent: it was published 7 days ago, on 10 October 2026. Typically, a trade is published a median of 1 day after it takes place. For comparison, MAR article 19 gives managers three business days to notify a trade.
Compared with its exchange (287 companies, median 5 filings), a count of 33 filings is above the norm. Looking back to 2025, when coverage begins, insiders filed 33 purchases and 2 sales.
In the same sector, recent insider purchases at Tennant Co and Butler National Corp also feature in our signals. Every figure here comes from the filings published by BaFin and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
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Analysts rate DEUTZ Aktiengesellschaft Strong Buy (bullish), based on 6 analysts. Average price target: €15.72.
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DEUTZ Aktiengesellschaft is a German industrial company listed on Xetra/Frankfurt (DAX/MDAX/SDAX) in Germany under ticker DEZ.DE. Founded in 1864 in Cologne, DEUTZ is widely recognized as the world’s oldest engine company. Its headquarters remain in Cologne, which also hosts a significant part of its industrial footprint and corporate functions. For international investors, DEUTZ should be viewed not only as a traditional engine manufacturer but increasingly as a systems and services provider in off-highway mobility and power applications.
The company’s core business is the development, production, and commercialization of drive systems for off-highway use. This includes engines and related solutions for construction equipment, material handling, stationary power generation, commercial vehicles, rail applications, and selected industrial uses. Around this engine platform, DEUTZ has built a broad service offering that includes maintenance and repair, spare parts, remanufacturing, and an expanding layer of digital and data-driven services. The group operates through roughly 1,000 sales and service locations in more than 120 countries, giving it global reach and a strong aftersales network.
DEUTZ has historically been associated with diesel and gas engines, but its strategy has evolved materially in recent years. Management has positioned the group as a system provider for innovative and sustainable mobility and energy solutions, including alternative drives such as electrification and hydrogen-related technologies. Reflecting this shift, DEUTZ changed its reporting structure from Classic/Green to Engines & Services and Solutions as of 2025. This reorganization highlights the company’s ambition to broaden its addressable market beyond pure internal combustion engines and to capture more value from service, technology and application know-how.
From a competitive standpoint, DEUTZ benefits from a long-standing brand, an installed base, engineering expertise, and a service-led model that can support customer retention and margin resilience over time. Its geographic footprint is diversified, with manufacturing and assembly activities in Germany, China, the United States, Morocco and Spain. Germany remains the company’s main production and employment base, while Cologne serves as the global headquarters.
Recent developments are strategically important. In 2025, DEUTZ reported a robust first quarter, and in 2026 it announced growth and one of the strongest profit performances in its recent history despite a challenging market environment. The company also expanded its defense exposure through the acquisition of SOBEK in 2025 and a partnership with ARX Robotics, aiming to become a systems provider in the growing ecosystem of unmanned defense systems. This combination of industrial heritage, service expansion, and targeted acquisitions supports DEUTZ’s positioning as a cyclical but increasingly diversified German industrial stock.
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Over the last 90 days, 25 filings published between 7 August and 10 October 2026: 23 open-market purchases by insiders for €2.5M, 2 sales for €49k. Largest amounts: Schulte, Dr. Sebastian C. (Management Board), purchases of €1.0M; Freytag, Melanie (Supervisory board), purchases of €563k; Voggenreiter, Dr. Dietmar (Supervisory board), purchases of €365k.
Summary written automatically from public filings, without human review. General information, identical for every reader: it is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Investing involves a risk of capital loss. Generated on 14 October 2026 (UTC)
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