Employees: 3,276
Size Jacquet Metals (JCQ.PA) is a France Industrials company (Wholesale Distributors) with a market value of $493M, the 177th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €20.90 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.3%, against -3.8% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 3.5% (peer median 3.5%).
Valuation It trades at 12.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.4× (4th cheapest of 10).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.8 points below its cost of capital (8.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 17 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €1.85B | €1.84B | €1.97B | €2.23B | €2.68B |
| Revenue growth | — | -7% | -12% | -17% | — |
| Gross profit | €223M | €206M | €193M | €252M | €439M |
| EBITDA | €106M | €95.7M | €94.6M | €140M | €298M |
| Net income | €26.4M | €10.4M | €6.02M | €50.7M | €180M |
| Free cash flow | €49.9M | €61.7M | €98.2M | €142M | €1.29M |
| Capital expenditure | €40.2M | €20.6M | €59.4M | €52.3M | €29.6M |
| Total debt | n/a | €391M | €610M | €640M | €564M |
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| Measure | JCQ.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +4.9% | -6.2% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -4.3% | -3.8% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -17.7% | -26.5% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -1.5% | +5.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 3.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.9× | 22.4× | 4th cheapest of 10 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.4% | -1.5% | 6th most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.2% | +7.6% | 7th lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -4.8 pp | -4.9 pp | 8th least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.8 pp | -1.0 pp | 7th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.4× | 10.3× | 2nd cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.0× | 2.4× | 8th least indebted of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacquet Metals JCQ.PA | France | $493M | -4% | -2% | 3% | 12.9× | 1.4% | +6.2% |
| Shinsho 8075.T | Japan | $485M | +24% | +4% | 2% | n/a | -3.3% | -5.0% |
| Haypp HAYPP.ST | Sweden | $485M | +5% | +16% | 1% | 73.5× | 35.0% | +17.4% |
| Wajax WJX.TO | Canada | $503M | +11% | -4% | 6% | 9.8× | -6.8% | +8.6% |
| Ananda Drive Techniques (Shanghai) 603350.SS | China | $481M | -21% | +6% | 4% | 22.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Huitongda Network 9878.HK | Hong Kong | $480M | -6% | +3% | 1% | 9.2× | -5.1% | +0.3% |
| National Petroleum 9937.TW | Taiwan | $508M | -4% | -3% | 4% | n/a | -0.2% | +4.2% |
| BlueLinx BXC | United States | $477M | +16% | +4% | 1% | 47.7× | 13.3% | -0.9% |
| Xinjiang Hongtong Natural Gas 605169.SS | China | $514M | -4% | -5% | 6% | n/a | 6.6% | +31.5% |
| Zhejiang Jindao Technology 301279.SZ | China | $516M | -9% | +12% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Siix 7613.T | Japan | $471M | +23% | 0% | 3% | 8.8× | -8.8% | +9.8% |
| Bourrelier ALBOU.PA | France | $468M | +36% | +3% | 3% | n/a | 11.5% | +1.1% |
| Salix SALIX.ST | Sweden | $521M | n/a | +15% | 8% | n/a | 1.1% | +14.7% |
| Titan Machinery TITN | United States | $521M | +3% | -11% | 0% | n/a | -11.7% | +11.5% |
| Symphony 1223.HK | Hong Kong | $467M | -12% | +9% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doright 300950.SZ | China | $522M | -24% | +9% | 7% | n/a | 37.0% | +17.4% |
| China National Complete Plant Import & Export 000151.SZ | China | $524M | -16% | +16% | 1% | 45.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Nichiden 9902.T | Japan | $532M | +22% | +9% | 5% | n/a | -3.8% | +6.5% |
| Kunshan TopA Intelligent Equipment 300836.SZ | China | $534M | -36% | +111% | 10% | 24.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Grand Industrial 000626.SZ | China | $536M | -24% | -7% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gansu Engineering Consulting 000779.SZ | China | $539M | -11% | +6% | 4% | 22.0× | -2.8% | -3.7% |