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Publicis Groupe

PAR:PUB · FR0000130577
MediaLarge

360

84
EV / EBIT56
Price / Owner Earnings34
Owner Earnings Yield73
Dividend Yield59
Price/Sales21
EV / Gross Profit50
Price/Book25
Return on Capital89
Cash Return on Capital85
Return on Equity82
EBIT Margin83
Gross Profitability35
Cash Conversion37
Accruals33
Owner Earnings Margin85
Sales growth59
Profit Growth100
Long-Term EPS Growth60
Owner Earnings Growth62
Reinvestment20
Price momentum62
Debt load54
Refinancing21
Debt Payback49
Liquidity74
Analyst ratings71
Opinion Changes81
Price Target Upside28
Market mood100
Value Creation14/20strong value creator
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Publicis Groupe generates returns well above its cost of capital, the foundation of durable shareholder value.

Profile

CountryFrance
IndustryMedia
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeENXTPA
Founded1954
Employees16,243
Websitepublicisgroupe.com/en
ISINFR0000130577
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
CAC 40 (France)CAC All (France)SBF 120 (France)
Themes
Social Media MarketingBrand MarketingDigital MediaAd NetworkAdvertisingMarketingPublic Relations

Description

Publicis Groupe S.A. provides marketing, communication, and digital business transformation services in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. The company is organized around four main services: Communicatio…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Publicis Groupe S.A. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 12.7×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 0% a year, against analyst forecasts of 5%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 14/20 on our value-creation score: strong value creator.

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
66
2023202420252026

All-time high

95

Jan 2025

All-time low

33

Jan 2023

Average rank

72

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
21
38
47
71
Price/Earnings
38
55
69
84
Price/Book
25
58
53
69
Dividend Yield
59
70
68
72
Value (overall)
13
47
40
73

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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