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Azimut Holding SpaAZM.MICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Italy · EUR·Financials›Financial Conglomerates

Italian independent asset management group offering mutual funds and wealth management, distributed via financial advisor networks.

Momentum weak 38
Mkt cap
$5.70B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
77%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$21.1M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.62×
price to book
ROE
28.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
24.8%
what the price asks
Next earnings
125 days
11 Mar 2027
Close · EUR€35.82
1D-0.8%
1W+3.2%
1M-2.2%
3M-7.5%
6M-1.2%
YTD+0.2%
1Y+1.6%
ATR %2.2%
52w lowhigh11.3% off high

What Azimut does

Italian independent asset management group offering mutual funds and wealth management, distributed via financial advisor networks.

Earns management fees on assets in its funds, plus performance fees when funds beat targets, so income rises and falls with market levels and client flows. Funds are sold mostly through its own network of financial advisors, many of whom hold shares in the group. It has expanded by buying and building operations abroad.

Products and services

  • Active mutual funds
  • Wealth management/advisory
  • Alternative investments/private markets

Customers

  • Italian retail investors via financial advisor net
  • International institutional/HNW clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Asset management
  • Mutual funds & wealth management

What could go right

  • Net inflows from advisor network growth
  • International/private markets diversification

What could go wrong

  • Fee compression in active management
  • AUM sensitivity to market levels

Moat: narrow (distribution, brand). Independent (non-bank-owned) Italian asset manager with a large proprietary advisor distribution network.

Headquarters: Milan, Italy · Founded: 1989 · Employees: 1,099

Named competitors

Azimut at a glance

Size Azimut (AZM.MI) is an Italy Financials company (Financial Conglomerates) with a market value of $5.70B, the 40th largest of 123 Italy companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €35.82 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 1.2%, against -1.6% for the median peer and +3.1% for the Italy market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 17.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +20.0%); the operating margin is 45.8% (peer median 31.6%).

Valuation It trades at 2.62× book value against a peer median of 1.18× (4th most expensive of 20).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 24.8%; Azimut delivers 28.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10010511011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026AZM.MI 102Peer median 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Azimut against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Azimut financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€1.54B€1.46B€1.36B€1.24B€1.32B
Revenue growth—+8%+10%-6%—
Gross profit€1.09B€1.02B€946M€858M€901M
EBITDA€740M€706M€695M€656M€588M
Net income€528M€526M€576M€435M€406M
Free cash flown/a€700M€978M€824M€156M
Capital expendituren/a€60.4M€48.5M€49.5M€48.3M
Total debt€159M€137M€63.7M€573M€575M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Azimut competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%-20%0%ONEXOBDCMAINBBUCZEGAIILMF3396AKERBIONGBDCMNGROKO-B8473BMNRASSTSOL600032BAJAJHLDNGAZM.MI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Azimut is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-150%-100%-50%0%50%20×40×ONEXOBDCMAINBBUCAIIL3396AKERBIONMNGROKO-BKYIV8473BMNRASSTSOL600032AZM.MIReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Azimut is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

-150%-100%-50%0%50%-100%0%ONEXOBDCBBUCAIILAKERBIONKYIV8473BMNRASSTAZM.MIROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Azimut is the large dot.

Azimut competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AZM.MI vs BGN.MI vs FBK.MI vs AMUN.PA)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Azimut AZM.MI$5.70B-1%+17%28%2.62×24.8%
Banca Generali BGN.MI$7.73B+4%+17%39%4.91×38.7%
FinecoBank FBK.MI$15.4B+3%+5%32%5.71×43.8%
Amundi AMUN.PA$21.7B+9%+1%11%1.52×15.2%

How Azimut compares with its peers

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.

Azimut against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAZM.MIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.2%+4.0%8th lowest of 21
6-month return-1.2%-1.6%11th highest of 21
Return on equity28.5%5.2%3rd highest of 20
Price / book2.62×1.18×4th most expensive of 20
Trailing P/E9.6×12.5×5th cheapest of 15
ROE the price implies24.8%11.7%4th most demanding of 20
ROE delivered28.5%5.2%3rd highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Azimut AZM.MIItaly$5.70B-1%+17%28%2.62×24.8%28.5%
Onex ONEX.TOCanada$5.91B-7%+2%5%0.60×6.5%5.2%
Blue Owl Capital OBDCUnited States$5.39B-4%+1%4%0.77×7.1%3.9%
Main Street Capital MAINUnited States$5.33B+6%+3%15%1.68×12.3%14.9%
Brookfield Business BBUC.TOCanada$6.15B-9%+106%-24%1.11×11.6%-23.5%
Zegona Communications ZEG.LUnited Kingdom$5.17B-5%+55%n/an/an/an/a
Authum Investment & Infrastucture AIIL.NSIndia$5.14B+16%-23%10%2.59×37.9%10.0%
Wendel MF.PAFrance$4.14B0%-13%-4%1.11×12.4%-3.9%
Legend 3396.HKHong Kong$4.03B+34%+27%5%0.49×5.9%4.6%
Aker AKER.OLNorway$8.60B-7%-17%50%1.18×11.7%50.3%
BB Biotech BION.SWSwitzerland$3.45B+13%+125%39%0.87×4.6%38.7%
Golub Capital BDC GBDCUnited States$3.31B-3%-9%4%0.89×6.7%4.5%
M&G MNG.LUnited Kingdom$10.3B+7%+68%-4%2.91×32.8%-3.8%
Roko ROKO-B.STSweden$2.97B+14%+20%15%4.58×12.3%14.5%
Kyivstar KYIVUnited States$2.96B-4%+26%20%2.13×18.0%20.2%
SBI 8473.TJapan$11.2B-13%+20%28%0.91×8.0%28.4%
BitMine Immersion Technologies BMNRUnited States$11.3B-15%+1,022%-151%0.94×15.1%-151.2%
Strive ASSTUnited States$2.73B+35%+650%-138%2.72×48.9%-137.9%
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and SOL.AXAustralia$12.5B+12%+143%20%1.42×8.9%19.8%
Zhejiang Provincial New Energy Investment 600032.SSChina$2.59B-27%-6%2%1.31×8.5%2.3%
Bajaj Holdings & Investment BAJAJHLDNG.NSIndia$13.0B+4%-14%13%1.67×20.7%13.1%

Questions

Who are Azimut's main competitors?
Named competitors: Banca Generali (BGN.MI), FinecoBank (FBK.MI), Amundi (AMUN.PA). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Onex (ONEX.TO), Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Brookfield Business (BBUC.TO), Zegona Communications (ZEG.L), Authum Investment & Infrastucture (AIIL.NS).
Is Azimut expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.62× against a peer median of 1.18×, 4th most expensive of 20 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 24.8%; Azimut delivers 28.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Azimut stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -1.2% against -1.6% for the median peer; over one year +1.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.