Lagardere SA

DB:LAG Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.6b

Lagardere Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

Lagardere has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 50.7%, while the Media industry saw earnings growing at 2.3% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 13.4% per year. Lagardere's return on equity is 26.4%, and it has net margins of 2.2%.

Key information

50.73%

Earnings growth rate

51.27%

EPS growth rate

Media Industry Growth-2.36%
Revenue growth rate13.38%
Return on equity26.42%
Net Margin2.21%
Next Earnings Update25 Feb 2027

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

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

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:LAG Revenue, expenses and earnings (EUR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Jun 269,4962102,4570
31 Mar 269,4602072,4500
31 Dec 259,4232032,4420
30 Sep 259,2972082,4090
30 Jun 259,1702122,3750
31 Mar 259,0851902,3410
31 Dec 248,9991682,3070
30 Jun 248,623742,2640
31 Mar 248,3771072,2490
31 Dec 238,1311392,2330
30 Jun 237,6552162,1270
31 Mar 237,3161712,0390
31 Dec 226,9771261,9500
30 Jun 226,118101,7560
31 Mar 225,645-461,6660
31 Dec 215,171-1031,5750
30 Sep 214,821-2431,5210
30 Jun 214,470-3841,4660
31 Mar 214,475-5121,4700
31 Dec 204,480-6401,4730
30 Sep 205,264-4311,5730
30 Jun 206,047-2231,6730
31 Mar 206,671-151,7600
31 Dec 197,2951921,8470
30 Jun 196,905671,7940
31 Mar 196,9281201,8320
31 Dec 186,9511721,8690
30 Sep 187,2832182,2950
30 Jun 187,2252552,2670
31 Mar 187,2022162,3970
31 Dec 177,1781762,5260
30 Sep 177,3191672,5250
30 Jun 177,4591582,5230
31 Mar 177,5591672,5280
31 Dec 167,6581752,5320
30 Sep 167,6181422,4980
30 Jun 167,5781092,4640
31 Mar 167,517922,4050
31 Dec 157,456742,3450
30 Sep 157,442802,3220

Quality Earnings: LAG has a large one-off loss of €115.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th June, 2026.

Growing Profit Margin: LAG's current net profit margins (2.2%) are lower than last year (2.3%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: LAG has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 50.7% per year.

Accelerating Growth: LAG's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: LAG had negative earnings growth (-0.9%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Media industry average (-12.9%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: Whilst LAG's Return on Equity (26.42%) is high, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/20 02:48
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/18 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Lagardere SA is covered by 16 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
JULIEN ROCHBarclays
Christophe CherblancBernstein
Annick MaasBernstein