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Employees: 2,231
Size Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (MN.MI) is an Italy Communication Services company (Publishing: Books/Magazines) with a market value of $579M, the 104th largest of 123 Italy companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €1.98 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.9%, against -2.5% for the median peer and +3.1% for the Italy market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.2% over the last twelve months (peer median -5.0%); the operating margin is 8.6% (peer median 5.8%).
Valuation It trades at 8.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.2× (2nd cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -9 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.9 points above its cost of capital (6.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €958M | €932M | €935M | €905M | €903M |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | +3% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | €82.0M | €541M | €552M | €539M | €560M |
| EBITDA | €153M | €151M | €154M | €141M | €121M |
| Net income | €52.0M | €54.0M | €60.2M | €62.4M | €52.1M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | €97.4M | €108M | €107M | €89.3M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | €45.6M | €48.4M | €40.5M | €34.1M |
| Total debt | €346M | €223M | €276M | €189M | €202M |
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| Measure | MN.MI | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.0% | +2.8% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -4.9% | -2.5% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -9.5% | -25.0% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.2% | -5.0% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 5.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.8× | 19.2× | 2nd cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.9% | 9.6% | 4th least demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.6% | +0.7% | 6th highest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -9.5 pp | +8.5 pp | 5th least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.9 pp | -0.4 pp | 8th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.5× | 13.4× | 2nd cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.0× | -0.2× | 3rd most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnoldo Mondadori Editore MN.MI | Italy | $579M | -5% | +2% | 9% | 8.8× | -4.9% | +4.6% |
| Astro Century Education & Technology 300654.SZ | China | $580M | -4% | -3% | 4% | 132.0× | 48.9% | +7.3% |
| DuZhe Publishing&Media 603999.SS | China | $577M | 0% | -6% | 2% | n/a | 24.3% | -3.5% |
| Northern United Publishing & Media (Group) 601999.SS | China | $581M | -4% | -20% | 2% | n/a | 20.0% | -3.8% |
| Dook Media 301025.SZ | China | $603M | -11% | -5% | 4% | n/a | 52.3% | -3.1% |
| Inner Mongolia Xinhua Distribution 603230.SS | China | $554M | -3% | -27% | 1% | n/a | 34.7% | +3.6% |
| Scholastic SCHL | United States | $685M | -7% | -3% | 1% | 20.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Bloomsbury Publishing BMY.L | United Kingdom | $722M | +9% | -7% | 9% | 14.1× | 0.7% | +12.0% |
| Time Publishing & Media 600551.SS | China | $761M | -5% | -25% | 4% | 11.7× | -21.0% | +0.7% |
| MPS MPSLTD.NS | India | $404M | +36% | +10% | 29% | 18.2× | 9.6% | +12.7% |
| Value Line VALU | United States | $398M | +22% | -5% | 11% | n/a | 33.3% | -3.7% |
| Thinkingdom Media 603096.SS | China | $383M | -9% | -7% | 13% | 29.1× | 6.9% | -5.9% |
| Future FUTR.L | United Kingdom | $372M | +5% | -8% | 16% | 3.1× | -6.8% | +16.8% |
| Citic Press 300788.SZ | China | $958M | -6% | -2% | 1% | 42.0× | 26.8% | -2.1% |
| Wilmington WIL.L | United Kingdom | $339M | +12% | +18% | 20% | 10.3× | 1.1% | +1.2% |
| Promotora de Informaciones PRS.MC | Spain | $338M | -23% | 0% | 8% | 50.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Storytel STORY-B.ST | Sweden | $1.01B | +37% | +9% | 12% | 20.2× | 12.0% | +12.5% |
| Heilongjiang Publishing & Media 605577.SS | China | $1.03B | +37% | +2% | 7% | n/a | 3.2% | -0.5% |
| Chinese Universe Publishing & Media 600373.SS | China | $1.57B | -6% | -5% | -4% | 26.0× | n/a | n/a |
| China Publishing & Media 601949.SS | China | $1.64B | -2% | -10% | 3% | 15.9× | 6.3% | -2.1% |
| Changjiang Publishing & Media 600757.SS | China | $1.67B | +6% | -3% | 11% | 9.9× | -9.5% | +1.2% |