Savencia SA (FR:SAVE)
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Savencia
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Rating:56Neutral
Price Target:
€72.00
▲(16.13% Upside)
Action:Downgraded
Date:03/20/26
Overall score is driven mainly by financial performance: 2025 showed weaker revenue, margin compression, and notably poorer free-cash-flow conversion, which limits flexibility. Technicals are slightly negative with weak momentum and price below the 200-day average, while valuation (moderate P/E and ~2.7% yield) offers some offsetting support.
Positive Factors
Diversified revenue streams: consumer brands and B2B ingredients
Savencia’s dual model—retail branded cheeses and B2B dairy ingredients/functional products—provides durable revenue diversification. This reduces dependence on a single channel, supports stable volume through industrial contracts, and preserves pricing and shelf presence advantages across cycles.
Negative Factors
Recent revenue decline and slowing growth
A decline in revenue signals weakening demand or market share pressure. Over several quarters this can erode scale economies, reduce negotiation leverage with retailers, and constrain investment in product innovation or marketing, impairing medium-term growth prospects.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Diversified revenue streams: consumer brands and B2B ingredients
Savencia’s dual model—retail branded cheeses and B2B dairy ingredients/functional products—provides durable revenue diversification. This reduces dependence on a single channel, supports stable volume through industrial contracts, and preserves pricing and shelf presence advantages across cycles.
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Savencia (SAVE) vs. iShares MSCI France ETF (EWQ)
Market Cap
€962.79M
Dividend Yield2.73%
Average Volume (3M)1.01K
Price to Earnings (P/E)11.5
Beta (1Y)0.31
Revenue Growth-2.56%
EPS Growth-28.90%
CountryFR
Employees22,751
SectorGeneral
Sector StrengthN/A
IndustryPackaged Foods
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)5.73
Shares Outstanding14,032,930
10 Day Avg. Volume636
30 Day Avg. Volume1,015
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.41
Price to Book (P/B)0.52
Price to Sales (P/S)0.13
P/FCF Ratio14.73
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price Target
€79.00Price Target Upside27.42% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering1
EPS Forecast (FY)10.03
Revenue Forecast (FY)€7.22B
Savencia Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Savencia SA is a French-headquartered enterprise, established in 1956, specializing in the production of dairy items for both domestic and international markets. The company's product portfolio encompasses a diverse range of cheeses, along with bu...
How the Company Makes Money
Savencia makes money primarily by selling (1) branded consumer products—most notably cheese and other dairy products—through retail distribution channels, and (2) dairy ingredients and related specialty products sold business-to-business to food m...
Savencia Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
56
Neutral
Balance Sheet
62
Positive
Cash Flow
50
Neutral
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 6.96B | 7.14B | 6.79B | 6.55B | 5.61B |
| Gross Profit | 2.36B | 2.41B | 2.21B | 279.49M | 291.00M |
| EBITDA | 405.54M | 464.55M | 412.74M | 373.25M | 372.31M |
| Net Income | 74.70M | 106.97M | 96.48M | 68.05M | 82.94M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 4.88B | 4.95B | 4.65B | 4.58B | 4.32B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 684.84M | 753.34M | 636.14M | 572.63M | 572.62M |
| Total Debt | 1.24B | 1.21B | 1.19B | 1.08B | 1.09B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.94B | 2.96B | 2.83B | 2.76B | 2.62B |
| Stockholders Equity | 1.68B | 1.74B | 1.58B | 1.59B | 1.48B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 59.45M | 138.77M | 81.70M | 66.65M | 72.36M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 313.85M | 386.89M | 260.61M | 255.05M | 301.79M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -427.70M | -243.88M | -236.29M | -196.95M | -230.59M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -108.28M | -10.74M | 28.18M | -59.01M | -120.07M |
Savencia Technical Analysis
Neutral
62.00
Price Trends
65.27
Positive
61.90
Positive
60.54
Positive
Market Momentum
1.71
Positive
53.68
Neutral
36.00
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For FR:SAVE, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 62 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 70.64, below the 50-day MA of 65.27, and above the 200-day MA of 60.54, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 1.71 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 53.68 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 36.00 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for FR:SAVE.
Savencia Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (55)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 Outperform | €4.27B | 13.08 | 11.24% | 1.76% | 15.18% | 30.42% | |
64 Neutral | €42.98B | 23.34 | 11.27% | 2.80% | -0.34% | -9.82% | |
57 Neutral | €99.46M | 23.71 | ― | 5.18% | 3.64% | -71.49% | |
56 Neutral | €962.79M | 11.50 | 5.22% | 2.73% | -2.56% | -28.90% | |
55 Neutral | $6.65B | 3.83 | -15.92% | 6.20% | 10.91% | 7.18% | |
54 Neutral | €258.86M | 4.13 | 3.16% | 1.98% | -3.63% | ― |
* General Sector Average
FR:SAVE
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70.20
10.17
16.93%
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