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French producer of natural flavors, fragrances and aromatic ingredients used by perfume, cosmetics and food makers.
French producer of natural flavors, fragrances and aromatic ingredients used by perfume, cosmetics and food makers.
Supplies perfume and flavor houses with natural extracts and blended compositions, selling both as raw material to large fragrance companies and as finished scents and flavors to brand owners. It is a family-controlled firm based in Grasse, France's perfume town.
In one line: A natural-ingredients focused, smaller IFF.
Moat: narrow (process know-how, brand, distribution). Vertical integration into natural raw-material sourcing gives traceability edge over synthetic-focused rivals.
Headquarters: Grasse, France · Founded: 1850 · Employees: 2,750
Size Robertet (RBT.PA) is a France Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $1.84B, the 110th largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €830.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.8%, against +2.4% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 0.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.0%); the operating margin is 15.3% (peer median 6.9%).
Valuation It trades at 18.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.1× (10th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.2 points above its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 21 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €842M | €844M | €808M | €721M | €703M |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +12% | +3% | — |
| Gross profit | €139M | €147M | €133M | €103M | €108M |
| EBITDA | €162M | €168M | €148M | €121M | €120M |
| Net income | €99.1M | €103M | €90.1M | €74.6M | €76.0M |
| Free cash flow | €72.5M | €67.1M | €73.8M | €84.5M | €24.1M |
| Capital expenditure | €45.3M | €44.2M | €38.6M | €17.3M | €22.8M |
| Total debt | n/a | €233M | €291M | €326M | €298M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertet RBT.PA | $1.84B | +4% | 0% | 15% | 18.3× | -0.4% |
| Givaudan GIVN.SW | $45.8B | +47% | -2% | 18% | 34.0× | 10.6% |
| International Flavors & Fragrances IFF | $20.7B | +2% | -17% | 11% | 23.4× | 17.9% |
| DSM-Firmenich DSFIR.AS | $29.5B | +62% | -45% | 8% | 30.1× | 24.3% |
| Symrise SY1.DE | $15.1B | +30% | -1% | 12% | 24.8× | 8.1% |
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.
| Measure | RBT.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +9.5% | +3.5% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +3.8% | +2.4% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.0% | -14.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +0.3% | +3.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 6.9% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.3× | 18.1× | 10th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -0.4% | 2.2% | 7th least demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.4% | +7.8% | 5th highest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -9.8 pp | -4.9 pp | 4th least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.2 pp | +2.3 pp | 7th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.6× | 8.3× | 6th most expensive of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5× | 0.8× | 5th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertet RBT.PA | France | $1.84B | +4% | 0% | 15% | 18.3× | -0.4% | +9.4% |
| Anhui Jinhe Industrial 002597.SZ | China | $1.83B | -8% | +22% | 4% | 19.4× | 10.3% | +6.0% |
| Cloetta CLA-B.ST | Sweden | $1.82B | +16% | 0% | 14% | 20.9× | -0.3% | +8.4% |
| Nongshim 004370.KS | South Korea | $1.74B | +8% | +5% | 6% | 11.8× | -16.1% | +5.9% |
| Corbion CRBN.AS | Netherlands | $1.73B | +37% | -3% | 8% | 19.6× | 11.5% | +5.1% |
| Nissui 1332.T | Japan | $1.97B | -16% | +8% | 4% | 10.8× | 0.9% | +8.7% |
| J & J Snack Foods JJSF | United States | $1.68B | +18% | -5% | 6% | 24.1× | 6.8% | +9.1% |
| Three Squirrels 300783.SZ | China | $1.66B | -12% | -13% | 2% | 21.5× | 19.5% | +0.8% |
| Chongqing Fuling Zhacai 002507.SZ | China | $2.04B | -6% | +3% | 28% | 18.0× | -0.9% | +1.4% |
| UTZ Brands UTZ | United States | $2.05B | +90% | +2% | 4% | 17.9× | 31.8% | +8.3% |
| Nomad Foods NOMD | United States | $1.64B | +24% | +3% | 13% | 7.3× | -4.1% | +3.6% |
| Sanquan Foods 002216.SZ | China | $1.56B | -18% | +7% | 5% | 18.1× | 2.6% | -1.1% |
| Weilong Delicious Global 9985.HK | Hong Kong | $2.22B | -20% | +13% | 25% | 9.6× | -6.3% | +11.1% |
| Kagome 2811.T | Japan | $1.51B | +3% | +3% | 7% | 24.0× | 2.2% | +10.0% |
| Sichuan Teway Food 603317.SS | China | $2.24B | -18% | +22% | 21% | 20.4× | 2.9% | +7.8% |
| NIPPN 2001.T | Japan | $1.50B | +8% | +2% | 5% | 11.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Gambol Pet 301498.SZ | China | $2.25B | -32% | +14% | 7% | 43.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Chacha Food 002557.SZ | China | $1.46B | -17% | +8% | 8% | 15.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Yantai North Andre Juice 2218.HK | Hong Kong | $2.31B | +27% | -14% | 18% | 21.9× | 21.9% | +14.0% |
| Premier Foods PFD.L | United Kingdom | $2.34B | +3% | +2% | 18% | 12.6× | -1.3% | +4.4% |
| Kanematsu 8020.T | Japan | $2.35B | +2% | +4% | 5% | 9.6× | -2.4% | +10.5% |