Employees: 406
Size Sidetrade (ALBFR.PA) is a France Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $327M, the 201st largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €204.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 24.1%, against -11.9% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 12.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.7%); the operating margin is 4.5% (peer median 16.2%).
Valuation It trades at 30.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.6× (3rd most expensive of 10).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 34% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is +18 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.8 points below its cost of capital (6.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 6 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €66.9M | €61.4M | €55.0M | €43.7M | €36.8M |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +26% | +19% | — |
| Gross profit | €7.17M | €7.05M | €5.24M | €1.15M | -€864,506 |
| EBITDA | €4.12M | €4.88M | €6.75M | €4.42M | €1.63M |
| Net income | €9.64M | €9.02M | €7.90M | €5.63M | €3.37M |
| Free cash flow | €7.53M | €4.22M | €8.57M | €5.30M | €3.23M |
| Capital expenditure | €1.20M | €1.02M | €1.00M | €3.40M | €804,000 |
| Total debt | n/a | €31.0M | €7.90M | €10.3M | €12.0M |
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| Measure | ALBFR.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +13.5% | -6.8% | 3rd highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | +24.1% | -11.9% | 5th highest of 19 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.2% | -45.8% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +12.6% | +9.7% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 16.2% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 30.6× | 17.6× | 3rd most expensive of 10 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 33.9% | 4.3% | 3rd most demanding of 9 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +16.1% | +12.1% | 4th highest of 9 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +17.9 pp | -7.4 pp | 2nd most demanding of 9 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.8 pp | -1.9 pp | 8th lowest of 17 |
| EV / EBITDA | 72.9× | 12.3× | most expensive of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.0× | -1.2× | 3rd most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidetrade ALBFR.PA | France | $327M | +24% | +13% | 5% | 30.6× | 33.9% | +16.1% |
| Akatsuki 3932.T | Japan | $327M | +29% | +31% | 34% | 6.3× | -13.6% | -3.6% |
| eMudhra EMUDHRA.NS | India | $324M | -31% | +30% | 18% | 22.3× | n/a | n/a |
| toggle 652A.T | Japan | $331M | n/a | +25% | 9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| cBrain A/S CBRAIN.CO | Denmark | $332M | +84% | -1% | 24% | 39.7× | 11.6% | +15.9% |
| Stillfront SF.ST | Sweden | $320M | +9% | -12% | 16% | 4.2× | -15.4% | +7.4% |
| Reconova Technologies 7656.HK | Hong Kong | $336M | n/a | +12% | -15% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| COLOPL 3668.T | Japan | $337M | -4% | -13% | 10% | 18.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan Xingtu Xinke Electronics 688081.SS | China | $337M | -59% | -13% | -49% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zengame Technology 2660.HK | Hong Kong | $318M | -15% | +19% | 24% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| DEAR U 376300.KS | South Korea | $338M | -40% | +20% | 22% | 15.0× | 5.1% | +45.1% |
| 7Road 0797.HK | Hong Kong | $338M | +83% | +71% | 27% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Infosec Technologies 688201.SS | China | $340M | -9% | +7% | 2% | 42.1× | 56.5% | +5.5% |
| Cerillion CER.L | United Kingdom | $314M | -41% | +1% | 39% | 16.4× | 1.4% | +16.9% |
| SaverOne 2014 Ltd. ADR SVRE | United States | $342M | -85% | -68% | -6,262% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Carvolix CVX.PA | France | $342M | +62% | -100% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CELSYS 3663.T | Japan | $344M | +22% | +16% | 36% | 17.6× | 3.4% | +8.2% |
| Hangzhou Yitong New Materials 300930.SZ | China | $345M | -27% | +51% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Creator Information Technologies 300730.SZ | China | $346M | -28% | -4% | -53% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FFRI Security 3692.T | Japan | $347M | +15% | +28% | 29% | n/a | 34.6% | +21.9% |
| EHang Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR EH | United States | $309M | -61% | -3% | -86% | n/a | n/a | n/a |