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Safilo Group S.p.A.SFL.MICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Italy · EUR·Health Care›Medical Specialties
Momentum leader 82
Mkt cap
$890M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$981,055
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
16.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+3.2 pp
WACC 10.0%
Hurdle
-5 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
130 days
16 Mar 2027
Close · EUR€2.04
1D-1.6%
1W+3.7%
1M+11.2%
3M-6.0%
6M+24.2%
YTD+5.9%
1Y+14.5%
ATR %3.1%
52w lowhigh10.4% off high

What Safilo does

Employees: 3,400

Safilo at a glance

Size Safilo (SFL.MI) is an Italy Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $890M, the 88th largest of 123 Italy companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €2.04 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 24.2%, against -14.8% for the median peer and +3.1% for the Italy market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 4.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.1%); the operating margin is 9.2% (peer median 12.2%).

Valuation It trades at 16.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.4× (6th cheapest of 17).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.2 points above its cost of capital (10.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 16 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SFL.MI 131Peer median 85
Six months, rebased to 100: Safilo against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Safilo financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€958M€983M€993M€1.02B€1.08B
Revenue growth—-1%-3%-5%—
Gross profit€587M€570M€562M€545M€563M
EBITDA€124M€102M€88.7M€74.1M€96.9M
Net income€51.4M€48.6M€22.3M-€24.6M€54.2M
Free cash flow€119M€81.3M€64.6M€37.2M-€3.58M
Capital expenditure€11.8M€10.9M€48.7M€13.2M€15.9M
Total debtn/a€98.3M€130M€158M€191M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Safilo 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

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%-10%0%+10%603367BVS7730603108360000265868810813026888050965303046MCAP3015807780BBNX2190301122688575600855SFL.MI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Safilo is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%20×40×60×603367BVS773060310836000026586881081302MCAP3015802190301122688575SFL.MIRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Safilo is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%0%50%100%603367BVS77306031083600688108130268880509653030463015802190SFL.MIGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Safilo is the large dot.

Safilo competitors and peer comparison

How Safilo 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.

Safilo against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSFL.MIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+11.2%-6.2%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+24.2%-14.8%4th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-10.4%-36.2%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-4.1%+11.1%5th lowest of 21
Operating margin9.2%12.2%8th lowest of 21
Forward P/E16.0×21.4×6th cheapest of 17
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-0.5%6.2%5th least demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+4.7%+11.9%6th lowest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-5.2 pp-4.3 pp8th least demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital+3.2 pp+1.9 pp10th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA6.4×10.3×2nd cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA0.0×-1.2×4th most indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Safilo SFL.MIItaly$890M+24%-4%9%16.0×-0.5%+4.7%
Cisen Pharmaceutical 603367.SSChina$890M-15%-6%8%8.3×-12.9%-1.3%
Bioventus BVSUnited States$894M+1%+4%10%13.1×6.9%+12.1%
Mani 7730.TJapan$909M-15%+10%30%18.4×1.5%+13.9%
Shanghai Runda Medical Technology 603108.SSChina$909M-25%-12%-2%25.1×22.2%-0.2%
Modern Dental 3600.HKHong Kong$871M+19%+12%22%8.8×-7.0%+11.3%
Beijing SDL Technology 002658.SZChina$910M-21%-13%9%23.6×18.0%+2.9%
Sino Medical Sciences Technology 688108.SSChina$868M-35%+22%19%69.2×31.0%+9.9%
LifeTech Scientific 1302.HKHong Kong$914M-18%+1%12%23.5×13.3%+15.5%
Ningbo Jansen Superconducting Technologies 688805.SSChina$915M-30%+36%14%n/a47.2%+17.1%
Seegene 096530.KSSouth Korea$915M+26%+12%13%15.9×-3.4%-15.9%
JINS 3046.TJapan$865M-12%+14%10%16.6×-7.2%+11.7%
MedCap MCAP.STSweden$864M+6%+17%15%26.4×2.9%+20.9%
Aidite (Qinhuangdao) Technology 301580.SZChina$919M-20%+17%18%27.1×19.9%+23.3%
Menicon 7780.TJapan$854M+12%+5%9%19.3×n/an/a
Beta Bionics BBNXUnited States$854M+63%+44%-73%n/an/an/a
Zylox-Tonbridge Medical Technology 2190.HKHong Kong$851M-13%+39%25%15.9×5.5%+105.8%
Caina Technology 301122.SZChina$938M+60%+61%0%72.0×n/an/a
Shantou Institute of Ultrasonic Instruments 301602.SZChina$944M-19%+4%30%n/a13.1%+4.6%
Shenzhen YHLO Biotech 688575.SSChina$950M-20%+3%12%37.2×3.1%+12.7%
Beijing Aerospace Changfeng 600855.SSChina$832M-35%-10%-19%n/an/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Safilo's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Cisen Pharmaceutical (603367.SS), Bioventus (BVS), Mani (7730.T), Shanghai Runda Medical Technology (603108.SS), Modern Dental (3600.HK), Beijing SDL Technology (002658.SZ), Sino Medical Sciences Technology (688108.SS), LifeTech Scientific (1302.HK).
Is Safilo expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 16.0× against a peer median of 21.4×, 6th cheapest of 17 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Safilo stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +24.2% against -14.8% for the median peer; over one year +14.5%.

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.