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Employees: 14,979
Size Worldline (WLN.PA) is a France Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $732M, the 152nd largest of 206 France companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €11.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.8%, against -5.7% for the median peer and -0.4% for the France market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 18.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.6%); the operating margin is 2.1% (peer median 1.2%).
Valuation It trades at 5.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 25.3× (cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.7 points below its cost of capital (6.6% WACC).
Credit Worldline has 4 bonds outstanding ($2.39B), rated BB by the agencies and trading like B at a weighted spread of 438 bp.
Next results Next results expected around 23 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €3.72B | €4.03B | €4.16B | €4.61B | €4.36B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | -10% | +6% | — |
| Gross profit | €1.58B | €1.66B | €1.82B | €1.93B | €1.92B |
| EBITDA | €668M | €731M | €932M | €1.07B | €1.03B |
| Net income | -€998M | -€5.16B | -€297M | -€817M | €299M |
| Free cash flow | €30.2M | €166M | €344M | €465M | €724M |
| Capital expenditure | €234M | €248M | €263M | €333M | €325M |
| Total debt | n/a | €3.12B | €3.78B | €4.05B | €4.13B |
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| Measure | WLN.PA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +12.6% | -0.1% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +8.8% | -5.7% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -49.2% | -34.8% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -18.1% | +8.6% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 1.2% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 5.4× | 25.3× | cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 17.6% | 3.1% | most demanding of 9 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.4% | +11.7% | 4th lowest of 9 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +7.3 pp | -8.8 pp | most demanding of 9 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -5.7 pp | -7.4 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.8× | 8.7× | cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6× | 1.5× | 4th most indebted of 8 |
| Bond spread | 438 bp | n/a | — |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldline WLN.PA | France | $732M | +9% | -18% | 2% | 5.4× | 17.6% | +10.4% |
| Wuxi Jinyang Precision Manufacturing 301210.SZ | China | $729M | +8% | +57% | 6% | 40.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Credit CCP.AX | Australia | $738M | +37% | +7% | 26% | 9.5× | 2.1% | +11.1% |
| China Machinery Huanyu Certification & Inspection 301508.SZ | China | $738M | -20% | +10% | 21% | n/a | 6.8% | +15.4% |
| Msscorps 6830.TW | Taiwan | $744M | -57% | +17% | 3% | 96.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Funai Soken 9757.T | Japan | $721M | +5% | +6% | 26% | 16.0× | -8.3% | +5.9% |
| Shenzhen L&A Design 300949.SZ | China | $744M | +103% | 0% | -28% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gubra A/S GUBRA.CO | Denmark | $746M | -6% | -90% | -72% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Delphi Laser 688170.SS | China | $717M | -23% | +20% | 1% | 78.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Guizhou Zhenhua E-Chem 688707.SS | China | $754M | -40% | +15% | -17% | n/a | 3.7% | +6.6% |
| IPH IPH.AX | Australia | $709M | +13% | +1% | 18% | 9.5× | -7.3% | +14.6% |
| SEP Analytical (Shanghai) 301228.SZ | China | $757M | -24% | +5% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Aubay AUB.PA | France | $707M | -5% | +27% | 9% | 12.9× | 2.5% | +7.1% |
| Duolun Technology 603528.SS | China | $706M | -13% | -6% | -30% | 31.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Johnson Service JSG.L | United Kingdom | $704M | +10% | +2% | 11% | 11.0× | 8.3% | +18.4% |
| Danyang Syngen Intelligent Technology 603007.SS | China | $702M | -25% | +929% | -34% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Sinyuan ZM Technology 301398.SZ | China | $700M | -5% | +42% | -18% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xi'an Xice Testing Technology 301306.SZ | China | $766M | -53% | +21% | -27% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Calian CGY.TO | Canada | $699M | +22% | +16% | 6% | 18.7× | 13.4% | +12.4% |
| Zhejiang Zhongxin Fluoride Materials 002915.SZ | China | $767M | -17% | +8% | 2% | 66.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Dark Horse Technology 300688.SZ | China | $770M | +18% | -32% | -33% | 57.9× | n/a | n/a |
Worldline has 4 bonds outstanding with $2.39B face value. The agencies rate it BB; its bonds trade like B. Weighted yield 7.54%, a spread of 438 bp over government bonds.