(SOP) Sopra Steria - PA
Sector: Technology | Industry: Information Technology Services | Exchange: PA (France) | Market Cap: 2.877m EUR | Total Return: -28% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 9.68M
Warnings
Below Avwap Earnings
Tailwinds
Idiosyncratic Leader, Confidence
Sopra Steria Group SA is a Paris-headquartered IT consulting and digital services firm that operates primarily in France and across international markets. Founded in 1968 and rebranded under its current name in 2014 following the merger that created the group, the company serves clients in sectors including aerospace, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, telecom, transport, and retail.
The business is built around four main service pillars: digital transformation consulting (covering AI, cloud, blockchain, IoT, and emerging technologies), systems integration and infrastructure management, cybersecurity, and business process services. It also develops and sells proprietary software solutions, notably in HR and property management, and offers specialized information warfare and mission-critical process outsourcing-such as operating police control rooms and managing compliance functions for financial institutions.
As a mid-cap player in the European IT services sector, Sopra Steria competes in a market dominated by large global consultancies and systems integrators. Its heavy exposure to public-sector and regulated-industry clients (defense, government, utilities, financial services) tends to produce long contract durations and stable recurring revenue, which is characteristic of European IT services peers such as Capgemini, Atos, and Tieto.
- European IT consulting demand softens amid macro slowdown
- Defense cybersecurity contracts boost segment revenue mix
- Wage inflation pressures operating margins across consulting practice
| Net Income: 296.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.09 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.75 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -2.94% < 20% (prev -4.06%; Δ 1.12% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.09 > 3% & CFO 525.7m > Net Income 296.8m |
| Net Debt (1.10b) to EBITDA (659.8m): 1.67 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.93 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (19.5m) vs 12m ago -6.28% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 10.65% > 18% (prev 11.23%; Δ -0.58% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 99.82% > 50% (prev 102.4%; Δ -2.57% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 11.18 > 6 (EBIT TTM 491.0m / Interest Expense TTM 43.9m) |
| A: -0.03 (Total Current Assets 2.20b - Total Current Liabilities 2.36b) / Total Assets 5.67b |
| B: 0.29 (Retained Earnings 1.65b / Total Assets 5.67b) |
| C: 0.09 (EBIT TTM 491.0m / Avg Total Assets 5.66b) |
| D: 0.59 (Book Value of Equity 2.09b / Total Liabilities 3.53b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.96 = BBB |
| DSRI: 1.22 (Receivables 1.56b/1.31b, Revenue 5.65b/5.78b) |
| GMI: 1.05 (GM 11.23% / 10.65%) |
| AQI: 0.99 (AQ_t 0.52 / AQ_t-1 0.53) |
| SGI: 0.98 (Revenue 5.65b / 5.78b) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 296.8m - CFO 525.7m) / TA 5.67b) |
| Beneish M = -2.82 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of June 23, 2026, the stock is trading at EUR 141.30 with a total of 52,042 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -3.35%, over one month by +3.38%, over three months by +26.65% and over the past year by -28.01%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 134.40 (which is 4.9% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Sopra Steria has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Trailing = 9.8219
P/E Forward = 8.4388
P/S = 0.5094
P/B = 1.3524
P/EG = 1.0326
Revenue TTM = 5.65b EUR
EBIT TTM = 491.0m EUR
EBITDA TTM = 659.8m EUR
Long Term Debt = 520.4m EUR (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 436.5m EUR (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.61b EUR (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 426.5m
Net Debt = 1.10b EUR (calculated: Debt 1.61b - CCE 511.8m)
Enterprise Value = 3.98b EUR (2.88b + Debt 1.61b - CCE 511.8m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 11.18 (Ebit TTM 491.0m / Interest Expense TTM 43.9m)
EV/FCF = 7.93x (Enterprise Value 3.98b / FCF TTM 501.8m)
FCF Yield = 12.62% (FCF TTM 501.8m / Enterprise Value 3.98b)
FCF Margin = 8.88% (FCF TTM 501.8m / Revenue TTM 5.65b)
Net Margin = 5.25% (Net Income TTM 296.8m / Revenue TTM 5.65b)
Gross Margin = 10.65% ((Revenue TTM 5.65b - Cost of Revenue TTM 5.05b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 9.14% (prev 12.14%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.70 (Enterprise Value 3.98b / Total Assets 5.67b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.72% (Interest Expense 43.9m / Debt 1.61b)
Taxrate = 24.12% (96.7m / 400.9m)
NOPAT = 372.6m (EBIT 491.0m * (1 - 24.12%))
Current Ratio = 0.93 (Total Current Assets 2.20b / Total Current Liabilities 2.36b)
Debt / Equity = 0.77 (Debt 1.61b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.09b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.67 (Net Debt 1.10b / EBITDA 659.8m)
Debt / FCF = 2.19 (Net Debt 1.10b / FCF TTM 501.8m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.98b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 5.25% (Net Income 296.8m / Total Assets 5.67b)
RoE = 14.96% (Net Income TTM 296.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.98b)
RoCE = 19.61% (EBIT 491.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.98b + L.T.Debt 520.4m))
RoIC = 10.75% (NOPAT 372.6m / Invested Capital 3.47b)
WACC = 5.34% (E(2.88b)/V(4.49b) * Re(7.17%) + D(1.61b)/V(4.49b) * Rd(2.72%) * (1-Tc(0.24)))
Discount Rate = 7.17% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -37.78 | Cagr: -1.69%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈540.0m ; Y1≈473.6m ; Y5≈382.6m
[DCF] Fair Price = 260.9 (EV 6.14b - Net Debt 1.10b = Equity 5.04b / Shares 19.3m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 0.0 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 22.58 | Revenue CAGR: 0.76% | SUE: 0.00 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.00 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=N/A | Analysts=0
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.00 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=N/A | Analysts=0
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=17.81 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+4.3% | GrowthRev=+2.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=19.10 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+27% | GrowthEPS=+7.2% | GrowthRev=+3.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +40%