Employees: 4,603
Size Quadient (QDT.PA) is a France Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $560M, the 168th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €14.74 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 24.1%, against -23.5% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — highest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 10.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.3%); the operating margin is 11.9% (peer median -6.5%).
Valuation It trades at 8.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.8× (cheapest of 9).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is 0%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.9 points below its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 29 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €966M | €1.04B | €1.09B | €1.06B | €1.07B |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | +3% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | €731M | €771M | €818M | €788M | €785M |
| EBITDA | €200M | €215M | €242M | €242M | €228M |
| Net income | -€79.8M | -€68.0M | €66.3M | €68.7M | €9.90M |
| Free cash flow | €132M | €83.8M | €108M | €99.6M | €109M |
| Capital expenditure | €68.2M | €85.5M | €98.0M | €101M | €87.3M |
| Total debt | n/a | €797M | €1.11B | €827M | €894M |
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| Measure | QDT.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -1.5% | -10.9% | 4th highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | +24.1% | -23.5% | highest of 19 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -12.1% | -48.6% | highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -10.2% | +6.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | -6.5% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.1× | 21.8× | cheapest of 9 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -2.4% | 12.2% | 2nd least demanding of 6 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +0.1% | +7.9% | 3rd lowest of 6 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -2.5 pp | +4.3 pp | 3rd least demanding of 6 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.9 pp | -10.1 pp | 6th highest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | 7.6× | 3rd cheapest of 5 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4× | -0.8× | most indebted of 7 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadient QDT.PA | France | $560M | +24% | -10% | 12% | 8.1× | -2.4% | +0.1% |
| ENC Digital Technology 603869.SS | China | $559M | -26% | -10% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Electronic Soul Network Technology 603258.SS | China | $562M | -7% | -9% | -79% | 10.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Niewiadow Polish Military Group Joint Stock GNS.WA | Poland | $557M | -22% | +490% | -73% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Atos ATO.PA | France | $555M | -35% | -14% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Manycore Tech 0068.HK | Hong Kong | $567M | -90% | +9% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Seshaasai Technologies STYL.NS | India | $554M | +20% | -2% | 23% | 19.0× | 12.2% | +7.9% |
| Rezolve AI RZLV | United States | $550M | -45% | +2,224% | -94% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangxi Xinxunda Technology 300518.SZ | China | $571M | -20% | -35% | -105% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Elice 0158S0.KS | South Korea | $572M | n/a | +14% | 14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Bewinner Communications 002148.SZ | China | $573M | -25% | +5% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Curiox Biosystems 445680.KS | South Korea | $577M | -55% | +37% | -245% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Linkage Software 688588.SS | China | $541M | -21% | -10% | 12% | n/a | 17.6% | +10.8% |
| Broadleaf 3673.T | Japan | $534M | 0% | +12% | 13% | 27.0× | 6.4% | -0.3% |
| NetDragon Websoft 0777.HK | Hong Kong | $534M | -13% | -16% | 13% | 9.7× | -14.5% | -6.8% |
| Mininglamp Technology 2718.HK | Hong Kong | $533M | -89% | +9% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sansec Technology 688489.SS | China | $590M | -13% | +18% | -7% | 112.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Sinovatio Technology 002912.SZ | China | $592M | -2% | +7% | -10% | 24.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Golden Bridge Info Tech 603918.SS | China | $530M | -27% | -15% | -9% | 36.1× | n/a | n/a |
| UISEE Technologies (Beijing) 1511.HK | Hong Kong | $593M | n/a | +24% | -71% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gresgying Digital Energy Technology 600212.SS | China | $594M | -34% | -8% | -6% | 12.5× | 23.5% | +38.2% |