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Nexans
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Rating:60Neutral
Price Target:
€145.00
▲(9.68% Upside)
Action:Downgraded
Date:08/06/26
The score is primarily supported by improving multi-year profitability and consistently positive free cash flow, indicating solid underlying financial strength. This is tempered by 2025’s revenue decline and some margin pressure, plus uncertainty from unusual 2025 balance sheet/ROE reporting. Technically, indicators are mixed and valuation is a key headwind due to the very high P/E despite a modest dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Improving multi-year profitability
Sustained improvement in net income and margins over multiple years indicates durable operational improvements: better pricing, cost control, or mix shift toward higher-value projects. That trend supports reinvestment, dividend capacity and resilience across cyclical downturns.
Negative Factors
Revenue volatility and 2025 decline
Meaningful year-to-year revenue swings reduce predictability for capacity utilization and margin planning. For a project-heavy cable business, volatile top-line timing can compress margins, complicate staffing and capital allocation, and increase sensitivity to award cadence.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Improving multi-year profitability
Sustained improvement in net income and margins over multiple years indicates durable operational improvements: better pricing, cost control, or mix shift toward higher-value projects. That trend supports reinvestment, dividend capacity and resilience across cyclical downturns.
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Nexans (NEX) vs. iShares MSCI France ETF (EWQ)
Market Cap
€6.33B
Dividend Yield2.04%
Average Volume (3M)149.59K
Price to Earnings (P/E)74.6
Beta (1Y)0.88
Revenue Growth-12.95%
EPS Growth-145.02%
CountryFR
Employees25,700
SectorGeneral
Sector StrengthN/A
IndustryElectrical Equipment & Parts
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.91
Shares Outstanding43,746,790
10 Day Avg. Volume221,446
30 Day Avg. Volume149,595
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.59
Price to Book (P/B)2.79
Price to Sales (P/S)0.71
P/FCF Ratio11.98
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price Target
€171.33Price Target Upside29.60% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering6
EPS Forecast (FY)7.31
Revenue Forecast (FY)€8.31B
Nexans Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Nexans S.A., established in 1994 and headquartered in Courbevoie, France, is a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of diverse cabling solutions. The company's operations are strategically organized into four key divisions. Its Buildi...
How the Company Makes Money
Nexans primarily makes money by selling cables and complete cabling systems across multiple end-markets, with revenue recognized from both project-based contracts and recurring product sales. A major revenue stream comes from power-grid and electr...
Nexans Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
68
Positive
Balance Sheet
62
Positive
Cash Flow
71
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 7.85B | 7.81B | 8.55B | 7.79B | 8.37B | 7.37B |
| Gross Profit | 764.00M | 907.00M | 1.17B | 995.00M | 996.00M | 781.00M |
| EBITDA | 564.00M | 616.00M | 667.00M | 528.00M | 554.00M | 421.00M |
| Net Income | -56.00M | 352.00M | 279.00M | 221.00M | 245.00M | 164.00M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 9.60B | 8.04B | 7.67B | 6.54B | 6.40B | 5.59B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 1.46B | 1.63B | 1.25B | 1.13B | 1.13B | 972.00M |
| Total Debt | 2.49B | 1.90B | 1.93B | 1.34B | 1.32B | 1.05B |
| Total Liabilities | 7.45B | 6.02B | 5.84B | 4.83B | 4.74B | 4.12B |
| Stockholders Equity | 2.13B | 2.00B | 1.81B | 1.70B | 1.65B | 1.45B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 281.00M | 464.00M | 457.00M | 323.00M | 246.00M | 195.00M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 694.00M | 847.00M | 776.00M | 700.00M | 544.00M | 401.00M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -1.44B | -84.00M | -903.00M | -440.00M | -429.00M | -183.00M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 127.00M | -253.00M | 278.00M | -215.00M | 113.00M | -417.00M |
Nexans Technical Analysis
Positive
132.20
Price Trends
140.41
Positive
141.68
Positive
132.49
Positive
Market Momentum
0.65
Negative
57.64
Neutral
87.54
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For FR:NEX, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 132.2 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 134.71, below the 50-day MA of 140.41, and below the 200-day MA of 132.49, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 0.65 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 57.64 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 87.54 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for FR:NEX.
Nexans Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (55)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76 Outperform | €175.62B | 36.73 | 16.28% | 1.57% | 6.93% | 9.95% | |
66 Neutral | €37.34B | 28.24 | 17.63% | 1.77% | 9.70% | 8.18% | |
60 Neutral | €6.33B | 74.61 | 10.96% | 2.19% | -12.95% | -145.02% | |
59 Neutral | €1.02B | 62.83 | 1.79% | 2.50% | -3.46% | -68.33% | |
57 Neutral | €8.07B | 47.92 | 8.70% | 2.23% | 3.06% | 47.94% | |
55 Neutral | $6.65B | 3.83 | -15.92% | 6.20% | 10.91% | 7.18% | |
45 Neutral | €189.56M | -5.96 | -33.18% | ― | 7.21% | 47.92% |
* General Sector Average
FR:NEX
Nexans
142.50
6.39
4.70%
FR:LAT
Latecoere
0.01
<0.01
7.69%
FR:LR
LEGRAND
141.75
10.97
8.39%
FR:MRN
MERSEN
40.84
16.82
70.02%
FR:SU
Schneider Electric
309.25
92.05
42.38%
FR:SPIE
SPIE SA
47.92
-3.98
-7.67%
Nexans Corporate Events
Nexans Continues Share Buyback with July 2026 Repurchases
Aug 3, 2026
Nexans disclosed that it repurchased 6,449 of its own shares on Euronext Paris between July 30 and July 31, 2026, under its previously announced share buyback program. The transactions, executed via an investment services provider, were carried ou...
Nexans Updates Share Capital and Voting Rights, Tightens Threshold Disclosure
Aug 3, 2026
Nexans has reported that, as of July 31, 2026, its share capital consists of 43,746,793 shares, corresponding to an equal number of theoretical voting rights and 43,738,474 exercisable voting rights, after excluding treasury shares and those held ...
Nexans Launches Targeted Share Buyback to Fund Equity Incentive Plans
Jul 30, 2026
Nexans has launched a share buyback program covering up to 176,005 shares to service existing free share and performance share plans for employees and corporate officers. The mandate has been given to an investment services provider, which will ex...
Nexans lifts 2026 guidance as electrification growth and U.S. expansion fuel results
Jul 29, 2026
Nexans reported first-half 2026 standard sales of €3.25 billion, up 5% year-on-year, driven by 4.5% organic growth in its Electrification activities and contributions from recent acquisitions. Adjusted EBITDA rose 4.3% to €387.7 millio...
Nexans reshapes board committees to reinforce governance and sustainability oversight
Jul 28, 2026
Nexans has reshaped the composition of its board committees, appointing Antonio Cammisecra to the Nominations and Corporate Governance, Remuneration, and Strategic and Sustainable Development Committees, and naming Thierry Fournier to the Audit, A...
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