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Global automotive components manufacturer making forged, stamped, machined and plastic-injected parts for major auto OEMs.
Global automotive components manufacturer making forged, stamped, machined and plastic-injected parts for major auto OEMs.
Wins supply awards from carmakers programme by programme, then earns on each part shipped over the model's life, so revenue follows customers' vehicle output. It makes parts using several different processes, forging, stamping, machining and moulding, in plants across Europe, the Americas and Asia, which lets it supply a wide range of parts to one carmaker.
In one line: A global automotive components manufacturer (forging, stamping, plastics).
Moat: narrow (scale, process know-how, customer qualification). Diversified manufacturing processes and a global footprint give scale and OEM qualification advantages.
Headquarters: Bilbao, Spain · Founded: 1996 · Employees: 25,902
Size CIE Automotive (CIE.MC) is a Spain Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $3.46B, the 37th largest of 97 Spain companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €25.80 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.7%, against -13.1% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Spain market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is 13.9% (peer median 7.5%).
Valuation It trades at 8.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (4th cheapest of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -13 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.0 points above its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 1 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €4.06B | €3.96B | €3.96B | €3.96B | €3.84B |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | 0% | +3% | — |
| Gross profit | €877M | €852M | €848M | €779M | €713M |
| EBITDA | €768M | €746M | €728M | €713M | €633M |
| Net income | €341M | €336M | €326M | €320M | €300M |
| Free cash flow | €394M | €395M | €298M | €303M | €369M |
| Capital expenditure | €229M | €209M | €250M | €223M | €221M |
| Total debt | n/a | €2.09B | €2.29B | €2.25B | €2.22B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIE Automotive CIE.MC | $3.46B | -11% | +4% | 14% | 8.5× | -6.7% |
| Mistras MG | $642M | +14% | +5% | 7% | 16.4× | 7.6% |
| Linamar LNR.TO | $3.63B | -9% | +9% | 9% | 7.1× | -8.4% |
| Gestamp Automocion GEST.MC | $1.77B | -13% | -3% | 5% | 7.3× | -5.7% |
| Martinrea International MRE.TO | $475M | -10% | -3% | 5% | 4.2× | -6.2% |
| Bharat Forge BHARATFORG.NS | $9.01B | -13% | +18% | 11% | 51.4× | 46.3% |
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 | CIE.MC | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +2.8% | -7.0% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -10.7% | -13.1% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -21.8% | -33.2% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.2% | +8.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 7.5% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.5× | 13.6× | 4th cheapest of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -6.7% | 4.5% | 4th least demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.5% | +10.3% | 4th lowest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -13.2 pp | -7.9 pp | 5th least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.0 pp | +0.9 pp | 5th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | 5.2× | 5th most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4× | 0.5× | 4th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIE Automotive CIE.MC | Spain | $3.46B | -11% | +4% | 14% | 8.5× | -6.7% | +6.5% |
| Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery 002126.SZ | China | $3.53B | -39% | +28% | 7% | 23.0× | 14.6% | +19.9% |
| Aumovio AMV0.DE | Germany | $3.57B | -12% | -6% | -6% | n/a | 10.2% | n/a |
| Sensteed Hi-Tech 000981.SZ | China | $3.36B | -42% | -15% | -39% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Zhongding Sealing Parts 000887.SZ | China | $3.32B | -3% | +9% | 8% | 15.1× | 3.8% | +11.4% |
| Linamar LNR.TO | Canada | $3.63B | -9% | +9% | 9% | 7.1× | -8.4% | +12.0% |
| Bethel Automotive Safety Systems 603596.SS | China | $3.70B | -11% | +21% | 10% | 16.0× | 7.0% | +31.7% |
| Garrett Motion GTX | United States | $3.72B | -31% | +7% | 15% | 9.9× | -6.9% | +3.4% |
| Exide Industries EXIDEIND.NS | India | $3.20B | -2% | +13% | 8% | 21.7× | 27.5% | +11.7% |
| NHK Spring 5991.T | Japan | $3.18B | -14% | +3% | 6% | 9.8× | 5.2% | +7.4% |
| ZCZL Industrial Technology 0564.HK | Hong Kong | $3.80B | -29% | +9% | 9% | 4.4× | -5.3% | +8.5% |
| Toyoda Gosei 7282.T | Japan | $3.81B | +26% | +13% | 7% | 9.8× | 0.5% | +9.7% |
| Jtekt 6473.T | Japan | $3.82B | -1% | +4% | 5% | 11.4× | 1.2% | +9.1% |
| Inter Cars CAR.WA | Poland | $3.83B | +38% | +12% | 6% | 13.9× | 9.5% | +18.3% |
| Fulin Precision 300432.SZ | China | $3.84B | -47% | +95% | 5% | 20.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Valeo FR.PA | France | $3.00B | -15% | -2% | 4% | 7.3× | -8.2% | +4.9% |
| Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems 601799.SS | China | $2.92B | -45% | +2% | 9% | 13.4× | -0.6% | +15.8% |
| Atmus Filtration Technologies ATMU | United States | $4.13B | -9% | +13% | 17% | 16.2× | 8.1% | +7.4% |
| Shanghai Daimay Automotive Interior 603730.SS | China | $2.90B | -18% | -2% | 13% | 22.7× | 13.0% | +10.3% |
| WuHu Foresight Technology 301529.SZ | China | $2.89B | +66% | +4% | 9% | 113.6× | 55.9% | +29.9% |
| NSK 6471.T | Japan | $2.87B | -27% | +26% | 5% | 12.9× | 1.9% | +4.0% |