How does EXPLP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

EXPLP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.6x) compared to the peer average (17.6x).

How does EXPLP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

EXPLP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.6x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (17.9x).

What is EXPLP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate EXPLP's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of EXPLP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

EXPLP (€137.25) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (€404.98)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

EXPLP Stock Overview

Engages in the manufacture, storage, and distribution of explosives in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Americas. More details

EXPLP fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 66.1% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 19.51% per year

Earnings grew by 20.8% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Shares are highly illiquid

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for EPC Groupe
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	€137.25
52 Week High	€0
52 Week Low	€0
Beta	0.58
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	78.25%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	EXPLP	GB Chemicals	GB Market
7D	0%	-1.4%	1.3%
1Y	n/a	-22.0%	4.3%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how EXPLP performed against the UK Chemicals industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how EXPLP performed against the UK Market.

Price Volatility

Is EXPLP's price volatile compared to industry and market?
EXPLP volatility
EXPLP Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	6.0%
Market Average Movement	4.7%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.5%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: EXPLP has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine EXPLP's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1893	2,112	Olivier Obst	www.epc-groupe.com

EPC Groupe engages in the manufacture, storage, and distribution of explosives in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Americas. The company also provides drilling and mining services; logistics services; and demolition services, including mechanical demolition, deconstruction and blasting of buildings, waste management, and asbestos removal. In addition, it produces 2-ethylhexyl nitrate, a diesel fuel additive that reduces emissions and enhances diesel engine performance.

EPC Groupe Fundamentals Summary

How do EPC Groupe's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
EXPLP fundamental statistics
Market cap	€311.30m
Earnings (TTM)	€21.35m
Revenue (TTM)	€487.72m

14.6x

P/E Ratio

0.6x

P/S Ratio

Is EXPLP overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
EXPLP income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€487.72m
Cost of Revenue	€309.34m
Gross Profit	€178.38m
Other Expenses	€157.03m
Earnings	€21.35m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2023

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	10.15
Gross Margin	36.57%
Net Profit Margin	4.38%
Debt/Equity Ratio	64.2%

How did EXPLP perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.7%

Current Dividend Yield

10%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/08/17 20:34
End of Day Share Price	2024/05/20 00:00
Earnings	2023/12/31
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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

EPC Groupe is covered by 1 analysts. 1 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
Julien Thomas	TPICAP Midcap

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