Wendel Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 4/6

Wendel has a total shareholder equity of €5.0B and total debt of €6.2B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 125.3%. Its total assets and total liabilities are €15.3B and €10.3B respectively. Wendel's EBIT is €924.7M making its interest coverage ratio 7.2. It has cash and short-term investments of €4.2B.

Key information

125.3%

Debt to equity ratio

€6.24b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	7.2x
Cash	€4.24b
Equity	€4.98b
Total liabilities	€10.30b
Total assets	€15.28b

Recent financial health updates

No updates

Recent updates

Wendel Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Mar 22

Increases to CEO Compensation Might Be Put On Hold For Now at Wendel (EPA:MF)

Jun 23

Three Things You Should Check Before Buying Wendel (EPA:MF) For Its Dividend

Apr 05

Wendel's (EPA:MF) Shareholders Are Down 31% On Their Shares

Mar 09

We Might See A Profit From Wendel (EPA:MF) Soon

Feb 09

Do Institutions Own Wendel (EPA:MF) Shares?

Jan 13

Should Wendel (EPA:MF) Be Part Of Your Dividend Portfolio?

Dec 17

If You Had Bought Wendel's (EPA:MF) Shares Three Years Ago You Would Be Down 32%

Nov 26

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: MF's short term assets (€7.0B) exceed its short term liabilities (€3.1B).

Long Term Liabilities: MF's short term assets (€7.0B) do not cover its long term liabilities (€7.2B).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: MF's net debt to equity ratio (40.1%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: MF's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 214.2% to 125.3% over the past 5 years.

Balance Sheet

Cash Runway Analysis

For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.

Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable MF has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.

Forecast Cash Runway: MF is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 4.4% per year.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/01 23:53
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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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

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Analyst Sources

Wendel is covered by 14 analysts. 4 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
Grégoire Hermann	Berenberg
Mourad Lahmidi	BNP Paribas Exane
Alexandre Tissieres	BofA Global Research

Wendel Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 4/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

Wendel completed the acquisition of 50% stake in Globeducate from Providence Equity Partners L.L.C.

Safran Electronics & Defense SAS acquired Preligens SAS from Tikehau Capital (ENXTPA:TKO), Definvest a fund managed by Bpifrance Investissement SAS, 360 Capital Partners SAS, Wendel (ENXTPA:MF) and the management for an enterprise value of €220 million.

First half 2024 earnings released: €7.01 loss per share (vs €0.43 profit in 1H 2023)

Wendel to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Jul 30, 2025

Wendel entered into an agreement to acquire 50% stake in Globeducate from Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. for €625 million.

Upcoming dividend of €4.00 per share

Wendel (EPA:MF) Not Lagging Market On Growth Or Pricing

Full year 2023 earnings released

One Rock Capital Partners, LLC completed the acquisition of Constantia Flexibles Group GmbH from Wendel (ENXTPA:MF), Maxburg Capital Partners GmbH and others.

Subdued Growth No Barrier To Wendel's (EPA:MF) Price

Wendel Provides Revenue Guidance for the Year 2023

Wendel in Exclusive Talks to Acquire Controlling Stake in IK Partners

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 47%

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Market Cool On Wendel's (EPA:MF) Earnings

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: €2.05 (vs €2.54 loss in 1H 2022)

One Rock Capital Partners, LLC entered into an agreement to acquire Constantia Flexibles Group GmbH from Wendel (ENXTPA:MF) and others for €1.1 billion.

Wendel, Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

Wendel (ENXTPA:MF) along with management completed the acquisition of Scalian SAS from Cobepa S.A.

Wendel Appoints Cyril Marie as Executive Vice-President Strategy and Corporate Development with Effect from July 25, 2023

Upcoming dividend of €3.20 per share at 3.2% yield

Wendel's (EPA:MF) Dividend Will Be Increased To €3.20

Wendel Promotes Benoît Drillaud to Chief Financial Officer

Wendel (EPA:MF) Is Increasing Its Dividend To €3.20

Wendel's (EPA:MF) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Wendel (EPA:MF) Is Increasing Its Dividend To €3.20

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: €1.64 (vs €23.07 in FY 2021)

Is Now The Time To Put Wendel (EPA:MF) On Your Watchlist?

Wendel (ENXTPA:MF) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire an unknown minority stake in TaDaweb S.A. for €15 million.

Wendel Announces Board Promotions

Wendel Appoints Laurent Mignon as Member of the Executive Board, January 1 2023

Wendel to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Mar 17, 2023

First half 2022 earnings released

Consensus forecasts updated

Generali Vie S.A. entered into binding agreement to acquire Headquarter building on Taitbout from Wendel.

Generali Vie S.A. entered into binding agreement to acquire Headquarter building on Taitbout from Wendel.

Wendel Announces Executive Changes

Upcoming dividend of €3.00 per share

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

Wendel Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Wendel Appoints Sébastien Metzger as General Counsel M&A and Finance

Colibri Group and Wendel (ENXTPA:MF) entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement to acquire Financial Services Segment of Adtalem Global Education Inc. (NYSE:ATGE) for $1 billion.

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS €2.97 (vs €2.66 loss in 1H 2020)

Price target increased to €143

Upcoming dividend of €2.90 per share

Increases to CEO Compensation Might Be Put On Hold For Now at Wendel (EPA:MF)

Three Things You Should Check Before Buying Wendel (EPA:MF) For Its Dividend

Full year 2020 earnings released: €3.72 loss per share (vs €4.59 loss in FY 2019)

Wendel Proposes Dividend for the Year 2020, Payable on July 5, 2021

Wendel's (EPA:MF) Shareholders Are Down 31% On Their Shares

New 90-day low: €93.10

We Might See A Profit From Wendel (EPA:MF) Soon

Wendel Announces Promotion of Harper Mates to Managing Director

Do Institutions Own Wendel (EPA:MF) Shares?

New 90-day high: €99.40

Should Wendel (EPA:MF) Be Part Of Your Dividend Portfolio?

New 90-day high: €96.75

If You Had Bought Wendel's (EPA:MF) Shares Three Years Ago You Would Be Down 32%

New 90-day high: €91.65

Wendel Announces Board Changes

A South African consortium of investors and management agreed to acquire unknown minority stake in Tsebo Outsourcing Group Proprietary Limited from Wendel (ENXTPA:MF).

An undisclosed investor acquired 15.25% stake in Legrand S.A. (ENXTPA: LR) from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR) and Wendel (ENXTPA: MF) for €1.2 billion.

New 90-day low: €77.15

An investor group controlled by Warburg Pincus completed the acquisition of approximately 6% ownership interest in Allied Universal from Wendel (ENXTPA:MF) for approximately $200 million.

Wendel to Report First Half, 2021 Results on Jul 29, 2021