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Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A.

CO.PA
26
Grocery Stores · Consumer Defensive
Also trades as: 0HB1.L
Price
€0.18
+0.00 (+1.65%)
Market Cap
€74.0M
Exchange
Euronext Paris
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+37058.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.1M (2021) → 401.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon is a French grocery retailer that sells food and everyday household products to regular shoppers. It operates supermarkets, hypermarkets, and convenience stores across France under brand names like Géant Casino, Casino Supermarché, and Monoprix. It also has a presence in Latin America through subsidiaries.

The company earns money primarily by selling goods in its stores, taking a margin between what it pays suppliers and what customers pay at checkout. Casino has faced serious financial trouble in recent years, including heavy debt and asset sales, and completed a major debt restructuring in 2023 that left it significantly smaller. The financial metrics shown — including an unusually high operating margin and ROIC — likely reflect accounting distortions from that restructuring process rather than normal business performance. The key risk going forward is whether Casino can stabilize its remaining French retail operations in a highly competitive grocery market where larger rivals like Carrefour and E.Leclerc hold stronger positions.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

€0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€595M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A.'s revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
280.9%
Exceptional — 280.9% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-3.5%
Shrinking sales (-3.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-1.7%
Burning cash (-1.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.04
Heavy debt load (2.04)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
23.16x
Comfortably covers interest (23.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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