Onshore and Offshore WindIndustrial AutomationClean EnergyPower GridOptical InfrastructureEnergy Efficiency
Description
Nexans S.A. operates through Building & Territories, Generation & Transmission, Industry & Solutions, and other activities segments. The company offers cables for the energy distribution networks, as well as equipment cables for buildings. It also pr…
Analysis
Bargain bin
Nexans S.A. is priced cheaply, and that invites the natural question of why, since the underlying business scores below average.
On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 39.7×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 15% a year, against analyst forecasts of 29%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.
Growth is tepid; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.
No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.
360° rank · history
1007550250
Jan 202386
71
2023202420252026
All-time high
86
Jan 2023
All-time low
28
Jan 2025
Average rank
58
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
71
67
76
77
Price/Earnings
49
57
55
54
Price/Book
60
39
54
51
Dividend Yield
77
68
55
51
Value (overall)
84
61
53
72
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.