Société BIC Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Société BIC has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 5.5%, while the Commercial Services industry saw earnings growing at 26% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 5.8% per year. Société BIC's return on equity is 13.1%, and it has net margins of 10.4%.

Key information

5.5%

Earnings growth rate

6.9%

EPS growth rate

Commercial Services Industry Growth	9.7%
Revenue growth rate	5.8%
Return on equity	13.1%
Net Margin	10.4%
Next Earnings Update	18 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Société BIC makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:BIF0 Revenue, expenses and earnings (EUR Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
30 Sep 24	2,205	230	567
30 Jun 24	2,226	216	604
31 Mar 24	2,246	210	603
31 Dec 23	2,263	227	597
30 Sep 23	2,264	204	617
30 Jun 23	2,284	181	602
31 Mar 23	2,257	192	597
31 Dec 22	2,234	199	570
30 Sep 22	2,144	213	762
30 Jun 22	2,042	223	516
31 Mar 22	1,937	220	675
31 Dec 21	1,832	314	491
30 Sep 21	1,805	291	302
30 Jun 21	1,769	302	467
31 Mar 21	1,682	230	279
31 Dec 20	1,628	94	453
30 Sep 20	1,719	114	290
30 Jun 20	1,765	109	463
31 Mar 20	1,891	162	478
31 Dec 19	1,949	176	476
30 Sep 19	1,961	198	530
30 Jun 19	1,951	192	494
31 Mar 19	1,950	164	500
01 Jan 19	1,950	173	497
30 Sep 18	1,913	230	465
30 Jun 18	1,928	229	488
31 Mar 18	1,962	291	481
01 Jan 18	2,041	294	503
30 Sep 17	2,032	265	518
30 Jun 17	2,066	275	512
31 Mar 17	2,026	283	514
31 Dec 16	2,026	286	498
30 Sep 16	2,252	286	590
30 Jun 16	1,891	289	459
31 Mar 16	2,248	299	558
31 Dec 15	1,993	319	486
30 Sep 15	2,196	313	572
30 Jun 15	2,145	303	518
31 Mar 15	2,056	289	532
31 Dec 14	1,979	262	490
30 Sep 14	1,945	258	498
30 Jun 14	1,919	259	490
31 Mar 14	1,893	249	485
31 Dec 13	1,888	241	492

Quality Earnings: BIF0 has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: BIF0's current net profit margins (10.4%) are higher than last year (9%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BIF0's earnings have grown by 5.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BIF0's earnings growth over the past year (12.8%) exceeds its 5-year average (5.5% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: BIF0 earnings growth over the past year (12.8%) did not outperform the Commercial Services industry 19.1%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: BIF0's Return on Equity (13.1%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/29 02:35
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Société BIC SA is covered by 21 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Armelle Moulin	AlphaValue
Hubert D'Aillieres	Banco BPI, S.A.
Seth Peterson	Berenberg