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Holding company with operating interests in electricity storage/terminal manufacturing and equity stakes in the Bollore/Socfin group of companies.
Holding company with operating interests in electricity storage/terminal manufacturing and equity stakes in the Bollore/Socfin group of companies.
Income comes mostly from dividends on stakes in companies tied to the Bollore and Socfin groups, so its fortunes follow those holdings more than its own operating activity.
Moat: none (scale). Primarily a holding company; value depends on the operating and equity assets it holds rather than its own operations.
Headquarters: Puteaux, France · Founded: 1956
Size Societe Industrielle & Financiere de l'Artois (ARTO.PA) is a France Information Technology company (Computer Peripherals) with a market value of $2.55B, the 97th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €8,550 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 25.6%, against -13.1% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.0%); the operating margin is -8.4% (peer median 9.7%).
Valuation It trades at 16.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.3× (2nd most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.0 points below its cost of capital (6.6% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €141M | €137M | €161M | €159M | €148M |
| Revenue growth | — | -15% | +1% | +7% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | -€10.5M | -€7.70M | -€4.88M | -€2.50M |
| EBITDA | n/a | -€12.3M | -€8.06M | -€6.23M | -€3.88M |
| Net income | €3.92M | €8.34M | €20.3M | €30.3M | €20.9M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | -€780,000 | €9.43M | €26.9M | €8.84M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | €4.00M | €2.95M | €2.16M | €2.83M |
| Total debt | n/a | €67.7M | €53.9M | €57.7M | €41.4M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Societe Industrielle & Financiere de l'Artois ARTO.PA | $2.55B | -26% | -6% | -8% | 16.2× | n/a |
| Bollore BOL.PA | $11.8B | -28% | -83% | -7% | 3.1× | 37.0% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | ARTO.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -13.6% | -10.1% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -25.6% | -13.1% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -34.2% | -40.0% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -5.9% | +9.0% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -8.4% | 9.7% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 16.2× | 2.3× | 2nd most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.0 pp | +12.9 pp | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Societe Industrielle & Financiere de l'Artois ARTO.PA | France | $2.55B | -26% | -6% | -8% | 16.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Newland Digital Technology 000997.SZ | China | $2.56B | -14% | +29% | 11% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Venustech 002439.SZ | China | $2.58B | -9% | 0% | -16% | 6.4× | 19.0% | -8.6% |
| VusionGroup VU.PA | France | $2.61B | +11% | +45% | 10% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Netweb Technologies India NETWEB.NS | India | $2.37B | -12% | +175% | 13% | 5.8× | 46.1% | +72.5% |
| Innodisk 5289.TWO | Taiwan | $2.76B | -35% | +334% | 49% | 2.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Kardex KARN.SW | Switzerland | $2.35B | -9% | +3% | 9% | 2.3× | 11.8% | +12.5% |
| AURAS Technology 3324.TWO | Taiwan | $2.90B | -10% | +71% | 16% | 3.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Extreme Networks EXTR | United States | $3.15B | 0% | +11% | 6% | 2.4× | 27.3% | +4.9% |
| ADATA Technology 3260.TWO | Taiwan | $3.16B | -33% | +125% | 34% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Tianma Microelectronics 000050.SZ | China | $2.05B | -27% | -3% | -1% | 1.2× | -6.2% | +4.4% |
| Beijing Dahao Technology 603025.SS | China | $2.04B | -25% | +23% | 29% | 3.9× | 7.4% | +29.2% |
| Transcend Information 2451.TW | Taiwan | $3.22B | -13% | +286% | 67% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Chicony Electronics 2385.TW | Taiwan | $1.96B | -31% | -8% | 7% | 0.6× | -9.6% | +0.1% |
| Micro-Star International 2377.TW | Taiwan | $3.50B | +43% | +1% | 5% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou EZVIZ Network 688475.SS | China | $3.53B | -4% | +8% | 12% | 3.2× | 15.7% | +13.8% |
| Sichuan Changhong Electric 600839.SS | China | $3.55B | -41% | +4% | 0% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| InfoVision Optoelectronics (Kunshan) 688055.SS | China | $1.56B | -23% | -24% | -19% | 5.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Nancal Technology 603859.SS | China | $1.49B | -5% | +10% | 12% | 5.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Toyou Feiji Electronics 300302.SZ | China | $1.49B | -24% | +5% | -15% | 25.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Visionox Technology 002387.SZ | China | $1.35B | -20% | -1% | -35% | 4.9× | 50.6% | +18.9% |