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North Atlantic EnergiesNAE.PACompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

France · EUR·Energy›Oil Refining/Marketing

French oil refiner and fuel distributor (formerly Esso France) that also has a small oil exploration and production business.

≈ A French, smaller Marathon Petroleum refinerMomentum leader 85
Mkt cap
$1.09B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
12%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$591,228
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+13.4 pp
WACC 5.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · EUR€75.60
1D+1.1%
1W-2.1%
1M-7.3%
3M+5.9%
6M+30.1%
YTD+73.9%
1Y-22.6%
ATR %5.5%
52w lowhigh32.6% off high

What North Atlantic Energies does

French oil refiner and fuel distributor (formerly Esso France) that also has a small oil exploration and production business.

Buys crude and sells the fuels refined from it, so earnings depend on the gap between product prices and crude costs, which swing with refinery outages and global supply. Output is sold mainly in France through distributors and industrial buyers.

In one line: A French, smaller Marathon Petroleum refiner.

Products and services

  • Crude oil refining
  • Fuel & specialty product distribution (diesel, heating oil,
  • Oil exploration & production

Customers

  • Fuel distributors/retailers
  • Industrial fuel users

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy
  • Downstream oil & gas
  • Refining & fuel distribution

What could go right

  • Refining margin cycles
  • French fuel demand stability

What could go wrong

  • Refining margin volatility
  • Energy-transition pressure on fossil fuel demand

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base, regulatory licence). Owns one of France's few refineries with an established distribution network, but refining margins are commodity-driven.

Headquarters: Gravenchon (Port-Jerome), France · Founded: 1933 · Employees: 1,112

Named competitors

  • TotalEnergies TTE.PA
  • ExxonMobil XOM
  • Motiva (Aramco, private) private or unlisted
  • Varo Energy (private) private or unlisted

North Atlantic Energies at a glance

Size North Atlantic Energies (NAE.PA) is a France Energy company (Oil Refining/Marketing) with a market value of $1.09B, the 136th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €75.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 30.1%, against +2.5% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 22.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.1%); the operating margin is 3.3% (peer median 7.6%).

Valuation It trades at 0.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.4× (cheapest of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.4 points above its cost of capital (5.7% WACC).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026NAE.PA 130Peer median 103
Six months, rebased to 100: North Atlantic Energies against the median of its 18 peers (local-currency closes).

North Atlantic Energies financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€11.4B€11.4B€17.9B€19.2B€24.9B
Revenue growth—-37%-7%-23%—
Gross profit€561M-€41.7M€88.5M€802M€1.26B
EBITDA€456M€40.7M€86.6M€774M€1.14B
Net income-€38.4M-€92.8M€106M€676M€719M
Free cash flow-€574M-€684M€549M€1.79B-€1.13B
Capital expenditure€100M€132M€100M€59.5M€41.3M
Total debtn/a€830M€16.5M€40.3M€774M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

North Atlantic Energies 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

-50%-25%0%+25%-20%0%000059CASTROLINDCHENNPETRO0067308132000554VEADOFGMRPLIEPPARRCLMTHQU03385021CVIDKNAE.PA6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. North Atlantic Energies is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×2×4×6×000059CASTROLINDCHENNPETRO0067308132000554SGUDOFGMRPLIEPPARRCLMTHQU0338NAE.PARevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. North Atlantic Energies is the large dot.

North Atlantic Energies competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NAE.PA vs TTE.PA vs XOM)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
North Atlantic Energies NAE.PA$1.09B+30%-23%3%0.1×n/a
TotalEnergies TTE.PA$200B+2%+11%17%1.1×-15.6%
ExxonMobil XOM$677B+16%+21%14%1.8×-5.9%

How North Atlantic Energies 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.

North Atlantic Energies against its 18 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNAE.PAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.3%-12.5%8th highest of 19
6-month return+30.1%+2.5%3rd highest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-32.6%-26.8%9th lowest of 19
Revenue growth (TTM)-22.8%+12.1%lowest of 19
Operating margin3.3%7.6%6th lowest of 19
EV / Sales0.1×0.4×cheapest of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+13.4 pp+8.4 pp6th highest of 18
Net debt / EBITDA1.6×1.0×7th most indebted of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
North Atlantic Energies NAE.PAFrance$1.09B+30%-23%3%0.1×n/an/a
North Huajin Chemical Industries 000059.SZChina$1.10B-20%+3%1%0.4×-8.0%+4.6%
Castrol India CASTROLIND.NSIndia$2.00B+3%+17%20%2.9×10.7%+13.8%
Chennai Petroleum CHENNPETRO.NSIndia$2.27B+34%+31%10%0.3×-12.0%+28.6%
Seobu T&D 006730.KSSouth Korea$479M-31%+52%27%7.0×8.2%+24.0%
SHINANEN 8132.TJapan$463M+7%-3%2%0.2×-3.2%+6.6%
SINOPEC Shandong Taishan Petroleum 000554.SZChina$445M-24%-8%9%0.9×-6.7%+5.6%
Star Group LP SGUUnited States$432M+2%+8%6%0.3×-17.8%+4.0%
Viva Energy VEA.AXAustralia$3.04B+19%-2%4%0.3×-15.1%+18.2%
DOF DOFG.OLNorway$3.24B-12%+22%26%2.1×0.9%+28.0%
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals MRPL.NSIndia$3.26B+13%+38%6%0.3×-6.0%+22.9%
Icahn Enterprises L.P IEPUnited States$3.38B-41%+16%-7%0.7×n/an/a
Par Pacific PARRUnited States$3.41B+6%+29%13%0.3×n/an/a
Calumet CLMTUnited States$3.48B+24%+13%1%1.3×39.0%+12.8%
Oiltek International HQU.SISingapore$339M-52%-5%19%6.1×11.6%+17.6%
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical 0338.HKHong Kong$3.71B-8%-6%-2%0.4×n/an/a
Cosmo Energy 5021.TJapan$3.74B-10%0%9%0.4×-18.5%+3.7%
CVR Energy CVIUnited States$3.83B+14%+34%11%0.5×-17.9%+12.8%
Delek US DKUnited States$3.92B+39%+11%6%0.6×-10.1%+8.0%

Questions

Who are North Atlantic Energies's main competitors?
Named competitors: TotalEnergies (TTE.PA), ExxonMobil (XOM), Motiva (Aramco, private) (private or unlisted), Varo Energy (private) (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes North Huajin Chemical Industries (000059.SZ), Castrol India (CASTROLIND.NS), Chennai Petroleum (CHENNPETRO.NS), Seobu T&D (006730.KS), SHINANEN (8132.T), SINOPEC Shandong Taishan Petroleum (000554.SZ).
Is North Atlantic Energies expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.1× against a peer median of 0.4×, cheapest of 19 in its peer set.
How has North Atlantic Energies stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +30.1% against +2.5% for the median peer; over one year -22.6%.

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.