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LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SEMC.PACompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

France · EUR·Consumer Discretionary›Apparel/Footwear

World's largest luxury goods group, owning fashion, leather goods, wines/spirits, perfumes, watches and jewelry brands like Louis Vuitton and Dior.

≈ No direct US peer; closest fragment is Tapestry plus Estee Lauder.Momentum weak 38
Mkt cap
$226B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
49%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$288M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
18.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+2.1 pp
WACC 11.3%
Hurdle
-2 pp
Req g minus delivered
Official | Implied
AA- / AA+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · EUR€408.75
1D-2.4%
1W+5.6%
1M+7.3%
3M-14.6%
6M-11.3%
YTD-36.6%
1Y-35.4%
ATR %2.7%
52w lowhigh37.6% off high

What LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton does

World's largest luxury goods group, owning fashion, leather goods, wines/spirits, perfumes, watches and jewelry brands like Louis Vuitton and Dior.

Earns most of its income from fashion and leather goods, where Louis Vuitton and Dior carry the group, sold mainly through its own stores rather than wholesalers; wines and spirits, perfumes and the Sephora retail chain are smaller. Bernard Arnault and his family control it. Tiffany was bought in 2021.

In one line: No direct US peer; closest fragment is Tapestry plus Estee Lauder..

Products and services

  • Fashion & leather goods (Louis Vuitton, Dior)
  • Wines & spirits (Moet Hennessy)
  • Perfumes & cosmetics
  • Watches & jewelry (Tiffany, Bulgari)

Customers

  • Affluent/luxury consumers globally

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer/luxury goods
  • Luxury fashion & leather goods
  • Multi-category luxury brand portfolio

What could go right

  • Global luxury demand (China, US, travel retail)
  • Brand pricing power

What could go wrong

  • Chinese consumer demand slowdown
  • Luxury spending cyclicality

Moat: wide (brand, scale, distribution). Portfolio of century-old luxury brands with global store networks and pricing power few can replicate.

Headquarters: Paris, France · Founded: 1987 · Employees: 211,000

Named competitors

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton at a glance

Size LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (MC.PA) is a France Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear) with a market value of $226B, the 2nd largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €408.75 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.3%, against +3.7% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 3.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 21.8% (peer median 17.9%).

Valuation It trades at 18.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.4× (11th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.1 points above its cost of capital (11.3% WACC).

Credit LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has 13 bonds outstanding ($14.8B), rated AA- by the agencies and trading like AA+ at a weighted spread of 50 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 105MC.PA 90
Six months, rebased to 100: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€79.6B€80.8B€84.7B€86.2B€79.2B
Revenue growth—-5%-2%+9%—
Gross profit€52.9B€53.5B€56.8B€59.3B€54.2B
EBITDA€24.0B€24.3B€26.1B€28.8B€26.6B
Net income€10.9B€10.9B€12.6B€15.2B€14.1B
Free cash flow€15.1B€15.0B€14.2B€11.6B€13.4B
Capital expenditure€4.38B€4.67B€5.55B€7.81B€5.08B
Total debtn/a€36.3B€40.7B€38.5B€35.1B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+10%+20%+30%RMSNKEADS2020NXTRL79367453MONCLULUONONDECKLEVI2313VFC300979CROX3998BIRKBCMC.PA6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%10×20×30×RMSNKEADS2020NXTRL79367453MONCLULUONONDECKLEVI2313VFC300979CROX3998BIRKBCMC.PARevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%-10%0%10%20%RMSNKEADS2020NXTRL79367453MONCLULUONONDECKLEVI2313VFC300979CROX3998BIRKBCMC.PAGrowth 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. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is the large dot.

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MC.PA vs KER.PA vs CFR.SW vs RMS.PA)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton MC.PA$226B-11%-4%22%18.6×10.2%
Kering KER.PA$25.7B-23%-9%11%30.9×12.2%
Compagnie Financiere Richemont CFR.SW$122B+10%+2%21%24.8×10.5%
Hermes International SCA RMS.PA$160B-14%+3%42%30.9×17.9%
Estée Lauder Companies (The) EL$39.9B+28%+6%13%31.1×16.8%

How LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton 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.

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMC.PAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+7.3%+10.5%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-11.3%+3.7%5th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-37.6%-15.9%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-3.8%+7.1%2nd lowest of 21
Operating margin21.8%17.9%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E18.6×18.4×11th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)10.2%7.2%9th most demanding of 21
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.6%+15.9%7th lowest of 21
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-2.4 pp-5.9 pp8th most demanding of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital+2.1 pp+13.2 pp3rd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA9.5×10.1×8th cheapest of 19
Net debt / EBITDA1.0×0.4×7th most indebted of 19
Bond spread50 bp92 bptightest of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton MC.PAFrance$226B-11%-4%22%18.6×10.2%+12.6%
Hermes International SCA RMS.PAFrance$160B-14%+3%42%30.9×17.9%+20.2%
Nike NKEUnited States$57.3B-13%-1%9%30.4×7.0%+0.8%
adidas ADS.DEGermany$33.2B+19%+8%9%18.3×3.5%+6.1%
Anta Sports 2020.HKHong Kong$28.2B+2%+17%21%12.5×-0.7%+16.9%
Next NXT.LUnited Kingdom$23.8B+24%+13%19%18.8×12.5%+14.3%
Ralph Lauren RLUnited States$22.4B+5%+15%17%18.6×11.0%+13.0%
Asics 7936.TJapan$20.7B+10%+28%19%27.1×14.1%+19.8%
Ryohin Keikaku 7453.TJapan$16.4B+31%+18%11%32.4×9.5%+15.3%
Moncler MONC.MIItaly$13.8B-11%+3%29%19.5×10.8%+16.8%
Lululemon Athletica LULUUnited States$12.8B-16%+2%18%13.4×-8.9%+20.3%
On Holding AG Class A ONONUnited States$12.3B+6%+29%14%20.0×22.0%+51.6%
Deckers Brands DECKUnited States$11.6B-14%+6%23%11.0×-3.3%+16.5%
Levi Strauss & LEVIUnited States$8.77B+1%+5%13%14.6×5.2%+7.1%
Shenzhou Intl 2313.HKHong Kong$8.08B-7%+2%16%11.8×-4.5%+5.4%
V.F VFCUnited States$8.01B+7%-2%8%16.6×11.1%+0.8%
Huali Industrial 300979.SZChina$7.09B+6%-10%14%19.7×-4.4%+12.4%
Crocs CROXUnited States$6.94B+47%+1%23%9.6×1.1%+23.9%
Bosideng International 3998.HKHong Kong$6.64B+3%+8%18%10.3×-10.8%+14.2%
Birkenstock BIRKUnited States$6.64B-5%+20%24%13.9×7.4%+19.9%
Brunello Cucinelli BC.MIItaly$6.61B+4%+10%18%37.8×20.6%+20.9%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton bonds and credit

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has 13 bonds outstanding with $14.8B face value. The agencies rate it AA-; its bonds trade like AA+. Weighted yield 3.66%, a spread of 50 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton's main competitors?
Named competitors: Kering (KER.PA), Richemont (CFR.SW), Hermes International (RMS.PA), Estee Lauder (EL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Hermes International SCA (RMS.PA), Nike (NKE), adidas (ADS.DE), Anta Sports (2020.HK), Next (NXT.L), Ralph Lauren (RL).
Is LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 18.6× against a peer median of 18.4×, 11th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -11.3% against +3.7% for the median peer; over one year -35.4%.

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.