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France's largest poultry producer, selling branded chicken and turkey products under Loue and Le Gaulois.
France's largest poultry producer, selling branded chicken and turkey products under Loue and Le Gaulois.
Sells poultry and prepared dishes mostly to French supermarket chains and food-service buyers, with contract farmers raising the birds, so earnings follow feed costs and the prices retailers accept. Owning the chain from hatchery to processing keeps control of quality and supply.
Moat: narrow (brand, scale, distribution). Leading French poultry brands with scale in farming/processing and strong retail distribution relationships.
Headquarters: Sable-sur-Sarthe, France · Employees: 28,392
Size Ldc (LOUP.PA) is a France Consumer Staples company (Agricultural Commodities/Milling) with a market value of $4.35B, the 70th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €108.40 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.6%, against -16.1% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 15.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.0%); the operating margin is 6.2% (peer median 4.8%).
Valuation It trades at 11.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.4× (4th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.7 points above its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €7.28B | €7.28B | €6.32B | €6.20B | €5.85B |
| Revenue growth | — | +15% | +2% | +6% | — |
| Gross profit | €515M | €515M | €359M | €395M | €371M |
| EBITDA | €720M | €720M | €526M | €578M | €555M |
| Net income | €321M | €321M | €244M | €304M | €225M |
| Free cash flow | €256M | €256M | €113M | €197M | €248M |
| Capital expenditure | €381M | €381M | €324M | €293M | €261M |
| Total debt | n/a | €718M | €602M | €423M | €544M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ldc LOUP.PA | $4.35B | -6% | +15% | 6% | 11.7× | -7.7% |
| Tyson Foods TSN | $20.6B | -13% | +3% | 3% | 17.4× | 6.7% |
| Pilgrim's Pride PPC | $6.79B | -2% | 0% | 5% | 13.0× | -4.8% |
| Cranswick CWK.L | $3.94B | +7% | +10% | 8% | 17.2× | 5.7% |
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 | LOUP.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +6.7% | +0.1% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -5.6% | -16.1% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -14.9% | -28.2% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +15.2% | +7.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 4.8% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.7× | 15.4× | 4th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -7.7% | -4.1% | 4th least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.5% | +9.4% | 5th highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -18.2 pp | -13.0 pp | 4th least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.7 pp | +1.1 pp | 4th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.2× | 7.7× | 2nd cheapest of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.2× | 1.0× | 2nd least indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ldc LOUP.PA | France | $4.35B | -6% | +15% | 6% | 11.7× | -7.7% | +10.5% |
| New Hope Liuhe 000876.SZ | China | $4.71B | -19% | +7% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Patanjali Foods PATANJALI.NS | India | $4.75B | -11% | +19% | 4% | 27.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Zhengbang Technology 002157.SZ | China | $3.97B | -17% | +15% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nisshin Seifun 2002.T | Japan | $3.94B | +14% | +3% | 5% | 15.4× | -1.1% | +4.9% |
| Cofco Sugar 600737.SS | China | $3.94B | -18% | -29% | 6% | 22.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Fujian Wanchen Food 300972.SZ | China | $3.86B | -43% | +46% | 7% | 9.9× | -18.7% | +157.9% |
| Heilongjiang Agriculture 600598.SS | China | $3.66B | -18% | -12% | 24% | 59.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nichirei 2871.T | Japan | $3.42B | +13% | +10% | 5% | 24.2× | 2.4% | +4.6% |
| Godrej Industries GODREJIND.NS | India | $3.41B | -22% | +17% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Seaboard SEB | United States | $3.38B | -22% | +7% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fujian Sunner Development 002299.SZ | China | $3.28B | -7% | +13% | 5% | 19.1× | -1.0% | +7.9% |
| First Resources Ltd. (Singapore) EB5.SI | Singapore | $3.27B | -26% | +51% | 30% | 7.6× | -7.1% | +19.0% |
| Ebro Foods EBRO.MC | Spain | $3.12B | +1% | -4% | 10% | 13.2× | -7.7% | +4.4% |
| Cal-Maine Foods CALM | United States | $3.02B | -15% | -43% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Lihua Animal Husbandry 300761.SZ | China | $2.94B | +2% | +7% | 3% | 29.1× | 4.0% | +16.8% |
| Schouw & SCHO.CO | Denmark | $2.90B | +30% | -1% | 4% | 15.1× | -3.3% | +9.9% |
| Pilgrim's Pride PPC | United States | $6.79B | -2% | 0% | 5% | 13.0× | -4.8% | +8.9% |
| Golden Agri-Resources E5H.SI | Singapore | $2.68B | -18% | +9% | 6% | 4.2× | -13.7% | +11.6% |
| Yunnan Shennong Agricultural Industry 605296.SS | China | $2.60B | +10% | +2% | -19% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Curaleaf CURA.TO | Canada | $2.50B | -18% | +5% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |