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Employees: 11,755
Size Groupe Crit (CEN.PA) is a France Industrials company (Personnel Services) with a market value of $534M, the 173rd largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €45.20 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 19.9%, against +11.8% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.4%); the operating margin is 2.6% (peer median 4.3%).
Valuation It trades at 8.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.0× (2nd cheapest of 20).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.4 points above its cost of capital (6.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 23 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €3.40B | €3.37B | €3.12B | €2.54B | €2.34B |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | +23% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | €192M | €202M | €105M | €98.1M | €100M |
| EBITDA | €146M | €147M | €149M | €136M | €135M |
| Net income | €34.3M | €31.2M | €73.0M | €72.8M | €67.9M |
| Free cash flow | €121M | €81.6M | €111M | €108M | €119M |
| Capital expenditure | €30.5M | €24.7M | €23.1M | €17.6M | €10.5M |
| Total debt | n/a | €193M | €224M | €146M | €137M |
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| Measure | CEN.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -3.6% | -1.5% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -19.9% | +11.8% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.1% | -12.3% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.0% | +1.4% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 4.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.3× | 14.0× | 2nd cheapest of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +4.4 pp | +7.1 pp | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.9× | -0.9× | 10th least indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groupe Crit CEN.PA | France | $534M | -20% | +1% | 3% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
| dip 2379.T | Japan | $520M | -17% | -9% | 7% | 68.1× | -1.1% | +11.0% |
| HRnetGroup CHZ.SI | Singapore | $519M | -9% | +1% | 7% | 14.0× | -13.1% | +6.2% |
| Kelly Services KELYA | United States | $507M | +40% | -10% | 1% | 10.2× | 12.8% | -1.2% |
| Quess QUESS.NS | India | $505M | +41% | -12% | 2% | 17.1× | 16.3% | +7.1% |
| en Inc. 4849.T | Japan | $504M | +60% | -11% | 7% | 9.6× | 5.3% | +6.7% |
| SThree STEM.L | United Kingdom | $481M | +65% | -9% | 2% | 42.2× | 10.2% | +1.6% |
| Beijing Career International 300662.SZ | China | $643M | -10% | +13% | 2% | 12.0× | 10.6% | +29.9% |
| Fullcast 4848.T | Japan | $401M | +12% | +33% | 9% | 11.6× | -12.6% | +12.3% |
| Barrett Business Services BBSI | United States | $725M | 0% | +6% | 4% | 18.2× | 1.9% | +7.1% |
| Synergie SDG.PA | France | $753M | -3% | +5% | 3% | 11.8× | -13.4% | +8.2% |
| Link and Motivation 2170.T | Japan | $376M | +4% | +11% | 13% | 17.5× | -0.3% | +6.2% |
| TrueBlue TBI | United States | $370M | +117% | +10% | -2% | 17.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Pasona 2168.T | Japan | $344M | -12% | 0% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Altech 4641.T | Japan | $329M | +4% | +6% | 9% | 13.7× | -13.7% | +8.0% |
| UT Group Co.,Ltd. 2146.T | Japan | $868M | +22% | -13% | 7% | 16.1× | 6.7% | +7.7% |
| Michael Page PAGE.L | United Kingdom | $896M | +60% | -3% | 2% | 43.4× | 23.5% | +4.1% |
| Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna GPP.WA | Poland | $919M | +23% | +5% | 37% | 13.1× | -1.9% | +22.1% |
| World 2429.T | Japan | $302M | +4% | +11% | 3% | 6.2× | -3.5% | +14.6% |
| Kforce KFRC | United States | $970M | +25% | +2% | 5% | 18.0× | 9.8% | -1.0% |
| Open Up 2154.T | Japan | $1.11B | +12% | -11% | 10% | 13.1× | -6.5% | +11.1% |