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D'Ieteren Group S.A.

DIE.BR
53
Auto - Dealerships · Consumer Cyclical
Price
€178.30
+3.70 (+2.12%)
Market Cap
€9.38B
Exchange
Euronext Brussels
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

1.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 53.9M (2021) → 53.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

D'Ieteren Group is a Belgian holding company with two main businesses. First, it is the exclusive importer and distributor of Volkswagen Group vehicles — including VW, Audi, Porsche, and Škoda — in Belgium, making it one of the country's largest car distributors. Second, it owns a majority stake in Belron, the world's largest vehicle glass repair and replacement company, which operates brands like Carglass and Safelite across dozens of countries.

The company earns money through car sales and related services in Belgium, plus fees and profits from Belron's repair and replacement operations, which run on a mix of insurance-funded and direct consumer payments. D'Ieteren operates primarily in Europe and North America through Belron, with total revenues in the billions of euros. Its main competitive advantage is Belron's dominant global scale in a fragmented, service-driven market. The key risk is that slower new car sales in Belgium and rising electric vehicle adoption could pressure the vehicle distribution side of the business over time.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
25.8%
Modest — 25.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
4.6%
Thin — 4.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
20.4%
Exceptional — 20.4% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-1.5%
Shrinking sales (-1.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+15.5%
Earnings growing fast (+15.5% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
129%
Turns 129% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
5.4%
Thin free cash flow (5.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
134.94
Heavy debt load (134.94)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.78x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.8x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
22.6x
Growth-priced — P/E 22.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+12.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (22.6 → 9.9)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.12%
Small dividend — 1.12% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+727.3%
Dividend growing fast (727.3% YoY)

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