Employees: 6,101
Size Manitou BF (MTU.PA) is a France Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $882M, the 147th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €20.55 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.4%, against -22.8% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — highest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.4%); the operating margin is 5.9% (peer median 6.3%).
Valuation It trades at 8.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.0× (cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.4 points below its cost of capital (11.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €2.72B | €2.56B | €2.66B | €2.87B | €2.36B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | -8% | +22% | — |
| Gross profit | €484M | €440M | €489M | €474M | €303M |
| EBITDA | €248M | €222M | €271M | €274M | €140M |
| Net income | €87.0M | €68.4M | €122M | €143M | €54.7M |
| Free cash flow | €176M | €216M | €168M | -€125M | -€177M |
| Capital expenditure | €97.8M | €116M | €114M | €105M | €93.5M |
| Total debt | n/a | €350M | €447M | €475M | €302M |
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| Measure | MTU.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +4.3% | -8.1% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -6.4% | -22.8% | highest of 19 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -15.6% | -44.8% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.7% | +8.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 6.3% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.6× | 20.0× | cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -3.6% | 8.6% | 2nd least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.1% | +11.2% | 6th highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -13.7 pp | -0.8 pp | 3rd least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.4 pp | -4.2 pp | 7th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.1× | 9.5× | cheapest of 6 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9× | 0.3× | most indebted of 6 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitou BF MTU.PA | France | $882M | -6% | +8% | 6% | 8.6× | -3.6% | +10.1% |
| Jin Tong Ling Technology 300091.SZ | China | $882M | -36% | -40% | -72% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Chunqiu Electronic Technology 603890.SS | China | $880M | -38% | +7% | 6% | 13.0× | 5.2% | +4.2% |
| Shanghai Huitong Energy 600605.SS | China | $878M | -10% | +13% | 14% | n/a | 41.3% | +2.9% |
| KraussMaffei 600579.SS | China | $888M | -15% | -22% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen LDRobot 1236.HK | Hong Kong | $876M | n/a | +60% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Hailu Heavy Industry 002255.SZ | China | $875M | -38% | -19% | 16% | 11.9× | -0.5% | +2.8% |
| Shanghai Top Numerical Control Technology 7688.HK | Hong Kong | $873M | n/a | +9% | -53% | 231.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Kale Environment Technology (Shanghai) 301070.SZ | China | $872M | -29% | -9% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trican Well Service TCW.TO | Canada | $899M | -10% | +15% | 14% | 9.3× | -11.5% | +22.5% |
| Zhejiang Headman Machinery 688577.SS | China | $864M | -31% | +35% | 6% | 60.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Sinoseal 300470.SZ | China | $903M | -18% | +1% | 20% | 14.9× | -0.7% | +13.9% |
| Banco Products (India) BANCOINDIA.NS | India | $905M | -7% | +22% | 14% | n/a | 24.8% | +20.6% |
| Hangzhou Youngsun Intelligent Equipment 603901.SS | China | $858M | -17% | +11% | 6% | 20.0× | 11.9% | +14.7% |
| KEDE Numerical Control 688305.SS | China | $853M | -29% | -31% | 11% | 78.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Tianjin Benefo Tejing Electric 600468.SS | China | $852M | -28% | +16% | 0% | n/a | 38.3% | +0.2% |
| Towa 6315.T | Japan | $851M | -39% | +29% | 16% | 15.3× | 18.8% | +12.8% |
| Kitz 6498.T | Japan | $915M | -21% | +8% | 8% | 10.1× | 4.3% | +9.5% |
| SUFA Technology Industry Co., Ltd., CNNC 000777.SZ | China | $850M | -25% | -25% | 2% | 37.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Graham GHM | United States | $916M | -21% | +21% | 7% | 44.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Vanward New Electric 002543.SZ | China | $849M | -17% | -12% | -3% | 20.1× | n/a | n/a |