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Caltagirone Editore S.p.A.CED.MICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Italy · EUR·Communication Services›Publishing: Newspapers
Momentum strong 64
Mkt cap
$309M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
9%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$31,441
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-8.9 pp
WACC 7.3%
Hurdle
-9 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · EUR€2.58
1D+0.8%
1W+0.8%
1M-1.9%
3M-5.8%
6M+18.9%
YTD+49.1%
1Y+39.5%
ATR %1.9%
52w lowhigh6.5% off high

What Caltagirone Editore does

Employees: 562

Caltagirone Editore at a glance

Size Caltagirone Editore (CED.MI) is an Italy Communication Services company (Publishing: Newspapers) with a market value of $309M, the 123rd largest of 123 Italy companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €2.58 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 18.9%, against -2.8% for the median peer and +3.1% for the Italy market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 7 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.4%); the operating margin is -19.1% (peer median 6.6%).

Valuation It trades at 2.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.8× (3rd most expensive of 7).

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 -3%, so the hurdle is -9 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.9 points below its cost of capital (7.3% WACC).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026CED.MI 119Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Caltagirone Editore against the median of its 6 peers (local-currency closes).

Caltagirone Editore financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€95.5M€98.5M€102M€109M€110M
Revenue growth—-4%-6%-1%—
Gross profit€16.0M€17.3M€19.4M€25.8M€24.8M
EBITDA-€10.8M-€10.7M-€8.57M-€2.37M-€2.58M
Net income€10.3M€626,000€8.19M€16.2M€7.00M
Free cash flow€41.7M€20.7M€18.0M€18.0M€18.7M
Capital expenditure€2.70M€2.69M€761,000€560,000€404,000
Total debtn/a€26.5M€26.5M€21.0M€23.3M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Caltagirone Editore competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%-5%0%+5%POLTCL-ARCS000607DJCOTDAYCED.MI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Caltagirone Editore is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-40%-20%0%+20%2×4×POLTCL-ARCS000607DJCOTDAYCED.MIRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Caltagirone Editore is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%0%20%POLTCL-ARCS000607DJCOTDAYCED.MIGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Caltagirone Editore is the large dot.

Caltagirone Editore competitors and peer comparison

How Caltagirone Editore 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.

Caltagirone Editore against its 6 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCED.MIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.9%-0.1%2nd lowest of 7
6-month return+18.9%-2.8%2nd highest of 7
Distance from 52-week high-6.5%-25.0%highest of 7
Revenue growth (TTM)-5.5%-1.4%3rd lowest of 7
Operating margin-19.1%6.6%2nd lowest of 7
EV / Sales2.9×0.8×3rd most expensive of 7
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-11.8%4.3%2nd least demanding of 7
Growth delivered (Del g)-3.3%+1.1%3rd lowest of 7
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-8.6 pp+7.3 pp2nd least demanding of 7
ROIC minus cost of capital-8.9 pp-0.4 pp2nd lowest of 6

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Caltagirone Editore CED.MIItaly$309M+19%-6%-19%2.9×-11.8%-3.3%
Polaris Media POL.OLNorway$307M+4%0%2%0.8×11.5%+1.2%
Transcontinental TCL-A.TOCanada$338M0%-43%11%0.6×-12.6%+1.3%
RCS MediaGroup RCS.MIItaly$484M-15%-3%8%0.7×-5.9%+1.0%
Zhejiang Huamei 000607.SZChina$598M-5%+3%-23%3.6×-1.2%-5.7%
Daily Journal DJCOUnited States$885M+28%+23%13%4.8×22.0%+11.9%
USA TODAY TDAYUnited States$965M-14%-7%6%0.9×9.8%-7.5%

Questions

Which companies are Caltagirone Editore's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Polaris Media (POL.OL), Transcontinental (TCL-A.TO), RCS MediaGroup (RCS.MI), Zhejiang Huamei (000607.SZ), Daily Journal (DJCO), USA TODAY (TDAY).
Is Caltagirone Editore expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 2.9× against a peer median of 0.8×, 3rd most expensive of 7 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -3%, so the hurdle is -9 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Caltagirone Editore stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +18.9% against -2.8% for the median peer; over one year +39.5%.

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.