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French IT services group providing consulting, systems integration and software for banking, defense, aerospace and public-sector clients.
French IT services group providing consulting, systems integration and software for banking, defense, aerospace and public-sector clients.
Is paid for staff time and projects: consultants billed by the day, fixed-price system builds and longer managed-service contracts, with France and the UK its two largest markets. The 2014 merger of Sopra and Steria created it, and the Pasquier family's holding company is a leading shareholder.
In one line: A French Accenture/DXC hybrid.
Moat: narrow (scale, customer qualification, installed base). Long government/defense contracts and domain software, but competitive bidding IT-services market.
Headquarters: Paris, France · Founded: 1968 · Employees: 51,275
Size Sopra Steria (SOP.PA) is a France Information Technology company (Information Technology Services) with a market value of $4.29B, the 71st largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €196.90 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 50.3%, against +9.4% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is 9.0% (peer median 9.4%).
Valuation It trades at 11.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.1× (6th cheapest of 21).
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 +6%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.9 points above its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €5.76B | €5.65B | €5.78B | €5.47B | €5.10B |
| Revenue growth | — | -2% | +6% | +7% | — |
| Gross profit | €553M | €977M | €1.01B | €945M | €779M |
| EBITDA | €687M | €680M | €729M | €651M | €551M |
| Net income | €301M | €297M | €251M | €184M | €248M |
| Free cash flow | €494M | €491M | €579M | €551M | €401M |
| Capital expenditure | €38.7M | €59.8M | €74.8M | €101M | €94.2M |
| Total debt | n/a | €1.19B | €1.23B | €1.64B | €898M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sopra Steria SOP.PA | $4.29B | +50% | +2% | 9% | 11.2× | -0.6% |
| Capgemini CAP.PA | $24.1B | +31% | +6% | 11% | 10.4× | -0.1% |
| Atos ATO.PA | $555M | -35% | -14% | 6% | n/a | n/a |
| Accenture ACN | $154B | +44% | +6% | 15% | 17.8× | 3.7% |
| CGI GIB-A.TO | $17.2B | +27% | +6% | 17% | 12.2× | -12.0% |
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 | SOP.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +18.5% | -2.3% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +50.3% | +9.4% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -2.6% | -26.3% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.6% | +8.9% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 9.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.2× | 16.1× | 6th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -0.6% | 4.2% | 8th least demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.8% | +8.7% | 6th lowest of 19 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -6.4 pp | -1.7 pp | 8th least demanding of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.9 pp | +5.3 pp | 7th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.3× | 10.0× | 4th cheapest of 15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6× | -0.2× | 5th most indebted of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sopra Steria SOP.PA | France | $4.29B | +50% | +2% | 9% | 11.2× | -0.6% | +5.8% |
| NS Solutions 2327.T | Japan | $4.43B | +6% | +12% | 12% | 21.3× | -5.1% | +8.6% |
| Amdocs DOX | United States | $4.53B | -34% | +4% | 17% | 7.7× | -15.8% | +1.8% |
| Softcat SCT.L | United Kingdom | $4.53B | +14% | +35% | 11% | 17.9× | -4.1% | +20.3% |
| Q2 Holdings, Inc. QTWO | United States | $4.57B | +47% | +13% | 13% | 22.5× | 26.6% | +14.6% |
| Workiva WK | United States | $3.96B | +42% | +20% | 3% | 23.0× | 33.1% | +20.3% |
| Insight Enterprises NSIT | United States | $4.64B | +89% | +3% | 6% | 11.7× | 2.9% | -0.2% |
| KBR KBR | United States | $4.69B | +14% | -3% | 9% | 9.5× | -8.7% | +6.2% |
| Sterlite Technologies STLTECH.NS | India | $3.91B | +101% | +63% | 17% | 28.2× | 22.6% | -0.4% |
| Bechtle BC8.DE | Germany | $4.72B | +13% | +8% | 5% | 16.8× | 6.9% | +4.9% |
| Jiangsu Hoperun Software 300339.SZ | China | $3.65B | -31% | +11% | 3% | 141.9× | n/a | n/a |
| TravelSky Technology 0696.HK | Hong Kong | $3.59B | -5% | +7% | 28% | 9.8× | -16.5% | +9.0% |
| Parsons PSN | United States | $5.16B | -1% | -3% | 5% | 14.8× | 8.4% | +10.2% |
| LG Cns 064400.KS | South Korea | $5.29B | +14% | +4% | 9% | 15.5× | 5.6% | +7.2% |
| Pegasystems PEGA | United States | $5.30B | -10% | +1% | 12% | 13.8× | 8.8% | +11.4% |
| HyundaiAutoever 307950.KS | South Korea | $5.49B | -40% | +16% | 5% | 35.7× | 27.6% | +22.2% |
| TISI 3626.T | Japan | $5.50B | +20% | +5% | 13% | 15.1× | -7.7% | +5.9% |
| Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies 688333.SS | China | $3.22B | -11% | +12% | 6% | 69.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Box BOX | United States | $5.76B | +63% | +10% | 9% | 26.0× | 20.3% | +8.8% |
| Ingram Micro INGM | United States | $5.85B | -6% | +15% | 2% | 6.8× | 2.9% | +1.4% |
| NICE Ltd. Sponsored ADR NICE | United States | $5.87B | +4% | +8% | 17% | 7.8× | -0.7% | +12.3% |