Key figures

 

Income Statement

in €000s 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Sales 379.5 363.5 365.9 359.1 351.5
Ebitda 46.6 36.8 35.4 32.0 30.0
Operating income 37.8 28.5 24.1 21.0 21.9
Financial cost -1.0 -1.4 -1.5 -0.5 -0.2
Ordinary income before taxes 36.8 27.1 22.6 20.5 21.8
Taxes -12.8 -9.4 -7.9 -7.6 -8.9
Net group profit share 24.0 17.7 14.7 12.9 12.9
Cash flow 35.2 28.9 27.9 24.6 21.2
Free cash flow 19.5 5.7 19.4 16.1 17.6

Balance sheet

In €000s

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Balance sheet total

173.7

180.3

172.5

174.3

169.7

Shareholders equity

78.0

76.6

75.5

77.9

80.7

Gross indebtedness

18.7

34.8

25.0

28.1

19.8

Net indebtedness

16.0

29.0

24.4

17.8

12.3

Non current assets

151.3

151.4

150.9

146.5

144.8

Industrial investments

11.3

11.2

11.0

6.9

9.1

Variation in working capital requirements

-7.9

15.3

-7.4

11.6

-4.0

Working capital requirements

-46.0

-33.7

-37.7

-35.9

-37.1

Variation in WCR

4.5

12.3

-2.2

1.8

-1.2

Cash position

2.8

5.8

0.6

10.3

7.5

Change in cash position

12.4

3.0

-5.2

9.7

-2.8

  Ratios

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Net earnings per share (in €)

2.38

1.76

1.48

1.31

1.30

Cash flow per share (in €)

3.48

2.87

2.81

2.48

2.15

Net assets per share (in €)

7.72

7.62

7.61

7.87

8.15

Coverage of financial expense (1) (x times)

23.1

15.8

12.9

26.3

53.5

Leverage ratio (2) (x times)

0.34

0.79

0.69

0.55

0.41

Gearing (3)

20 %

38 %

32 %

23 %

15%

Operating margin (4)

10.0 %

7.8 %

6.6 %

5.8 %

6.2%

Net margin (5)

6.3 %

4.9 %

4.0 %

3.6 %

3.7%

Return on equity (6)

44.5 %

30.1 %

24.3 %

19.9 %

19.0%

Return on assets (7)

21.8 %

15.8 %

14.0 %

12.0 %

12.9%

Asset turnover (8)(x times)

2.2

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.1%

Return on capital employed (9) (ROCE)

24.1 %

16.1 %

13.9 %

12.0 %

12.1%

(1) Operating income/financial expenses
(2) Net bank debt/gross operating income
(3) Net debt/equity capital
(4) Operating income/sales

(5) Net income/sales
(6) Net income/equity capital (before result)

(7) Operating income/total assets
(8) Sales/total assets
(9) Operating income after tax/net fixed assets + WCR

Investments

in €000s

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Industrial (CAPEX)

19.9

28.9

11.3

11.3

11.0

7.0

9.1

Total

19.9

28.9

11.3

11.3

11.0

7.0

9.1

CAF / CAPEX

1.5

1.2

3.1

2.5

2.5

3.5

2.3

CAF / Total investments

1.5

1.2

3.1

2.5

2.5

3.6

2.3

The Group invests exclusively in France. Investments amounted to €9,058,000 in 2010 (€6,954,000 in 2009). This mainly represents renewal of vehicles over 5/6 years, acquisition of equipment to improve sales agencies and acquisition of IT equipment.
Group capital expenditure on logistics facilities over the past few years have primarily involved the Chalon sur Saône (Place du Marché) logistics hub in 2002, Argentan (Toupargel) in 2004 and Montauban (Toupargel) in 2005.
Routine capital expenditure amounted to €10 million and involved for the most part the renewal (vehicle fleet, IT) and upgrading (buildings, software) of existing plant, property and equipment. The Group has no major short or medium-term capex plans.

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