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French maker of disposable consumer products including ballpoint pens, lighters and shavers sold worldwide.
French maker of disposable consumer products including ballpoint pens, lighters and shavers sold worldwide.
Sells low-priced everyday goods in very large volumes, mostly through mass retailers, convenience stores and office chains, so income depends on volume, shelf space and passing plastic and other raw-material costs on to buyers. The founding Bich family still holds control of the company.
In one line: The original disposable-products company, akin to a mini Newell Brands.
Moat: narrow (brand, scale, distribution). Iconic low-cost brand with massive global distribution, but faces private-label and e-cigarette substitution.
Headquarters: Clichy, France · Founded: 1945 · Employees: 11,046
Size Societe BIC (BB.PA) is a France Industrials company (Industrial Conglomerates) with a market value of $2.92B, the 90th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €64.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.8%, against +3.2% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 8 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is 14.6% (peer median 10.7%).
Valuation It trades at 13.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.2× (2nd most expensive of 8).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.5 points above its cost of capital (6.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 24 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €2.05B | €2.09B | €2.20B | €2.26B | €2.23B |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | -3% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | €1.03B | €1.02B | €1.10B | €1.15B | €1.08B |
| EBITDA | €412M | €383M | €432M | €443M | €423M |
| Net income | €118M | €86.3M | €212M | €227M | €199M |
| Free cash flow | €301M | €225M | €281M | €280M | €218M |
| Capital expenditure | €84.0M | €86.7M | €87.1M | €105M | €96.3M |
| Total debt | n/a | €318M | €335M | €156M | €119M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Societe BIC BB.PA | $2.92B | +11% | -4% | 15% | 13.4× | -11.9% |
| Newell Brands NWL | $2.33B | +20% | +1% | 9% | 8.2× | 0.4% |
| Edgewell Personal Care EPC | $1.29B | +32% | -7% | 6% | 12.4× | 4.1% |
| Procter & Gamble PG | $383B | +13% | +4% | 24% | 23.4× | -0.3% |
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 | BB.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.5% | -7.3% | 4th highest of 8 |
| 6-month return | +10.8% | +3.2% | 4th highest of 8 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -7.2% | -23.4% | 2nd highest of 8 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.8% | +5.8% | 3rd lowest of 8 |
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 10.7% | 4th highest of 8 |
| Forward P/E | 13.4× | 10.2× | 2nd most expensive of 8 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -11.9% | -7.5% | 3rd least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.1% | +14.3% | 2nd lowest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.0 pp | -25.1 pp | 4th most demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +7.5 pp | +7.9 pp | 4th lowest of 8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.1× | 7.1× | 2nd cheapest of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.2× | -0.8× | 3rd most indebted of 7 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Societe BIC BB.PA | France | $2.92B | +11% | -4% | 15% | 13.4× | -11.9% | +5.1% |
| Sankyo 6417.T | Japan | $2.68B | +16% | -23% | 31% | 10.2× | -18.7% | +25.3% |
| 3M India 3MINDIA.NS | India | $3.29B | -16% | +16% | 17% | 39.8× | 28.0% | +14.3% |
| ADEKA 4401.T | Japan | $2.53B | +3% | +5% | 11% | 11.8× | 3.6% | +5.0% |
| Cirsa Enterprises, S.A.U CIRSA.MC | Spain | $3.69B | +54% | +6% | 23% | 11.8× | -7.5% | +25.2% |
| DCM Shriram DCMSHRIRAM.NS | India | $1.47B | -29% | +14% | 7% | 9.2× | 16.6% | +10.7% |
| Posco International 047050.KS | South Korea | $6.03B | -45% | +7% | 4% | 8.1× | -16.6% | +8.6% |
| Tsuburaya Fields 2767.T | Japan | $963M | +72% | -5% | 10% | 10.1× | -10.3% | +35.0% |