EFC Stock Overview

Engages in the retail, wholesale, food service, and other activities in Belgium, France, and internationally. More details

EFC fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 29% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 5.09% per year

Risk Analysis

Profit margins (3.3%) are lower than last year (10%)

Unstable dividend track record

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Colruyt Group N.V. Competitors

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Colruyt Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	€8.95
52 Week High	€11.70
52 Week Low	€8.95
Beta	0.25
1 Month Change	-2.72%
3 Month Change	-12.25%
1 Year Change	-13.94%
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	5.92%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	EFC	DE Consumer Retailing	DE Market
7D	0%	1.1%	3.0%
1Y	-13.9%	-16.4%	13.2%

Return vs Industry: EFC exceeded the German Consumer Retailing industry which returned -16.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: EFC underperformed the German Market which returned 13.2% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is EFC's price volatile compared to industry and market?
EFC volatility
EFC Average Weekly Movement	2.9%
Consumer Retailing Industry Average Movement	7.0%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	10.8%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: EFC has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: EFC's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1928	33,000	Stefan Goethaert	www.colruytgroup.com

Colruyt Group N.V., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retail, wholesale, food service, and other activities in Belgium, France, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Retail, Wholesale and Foodservice, and Other Activities. The company offers food, health and well-being products, and non-food products.

Colruyt Group N.V. Fundamentals Summary

How do Colruyt Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
EFC fundamental statistics
Market cap	€4.44b
Earnings (TTM)	€353.50m
Revenue (TTM)	€10.82b

12.6x

P/E Ratio

0.4x

P/S Ratio

Is EFC overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
EFC income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€10.82b
Cost of Revenue	€7.67b
Gross Profit	€3.15b
Other Expenses	€2.80b
Earnings	€353.50m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Jun 17, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	2.87
Gross Margin	29.10%
Net Profit Margin	3.27%
Debt/Equity Ratio	31.9%

How did EFC perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.8%

Current Dividend Yield

49%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/22 23:59
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/22 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Colruyt Group N.V. is covered by 40 analysts. 8 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
Robert Jan Vos	ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Nishant Choudhary	AlphaValue
Ivan Lathouders	Banque Degroof