GL Events SA
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
6.857.04
Price/Sales ratio
0.270.26
Earnings per Share (EPS)
€2.56€2.49

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
11.2211.9112.1015.8710.1712.89-3.8033.149.059.577.9112.89
Price/Sales ratio
0.360.380.400.580.410.600.610.670.360.400.340.60
Price/Book Value ratio
0.971.080.971.470.891.450.911.501.151.301.210.89
Price/Cash Flow ratio
4.276.362.466.604.284.02-2.204.712.652.122.574.02
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
300.60-8.4011.0127.3115.125.73-1.6710.424.003.617.065.73
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.052.6416.821.850.902.720.01-0.270.030.680.212.72
Dividend Yield
3.93%3.63%3.47%2.70%3.52%2.74%N/AN/AN/A1.82%3.87%3.52%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
92.72%93.33%93.09%94.25%94.65%93.38%-5.18%14.24%18.64%93.35%58.82%93.38%
Operating Profit Margin
6.87%7.33%8.08%8.85%8.47%10.89%-13.80%3.12%7.49%9.96%9.85%8.47%
Pretax Profit Margin
5.71%5.90%6.19%7.04%7.14%8.86%-20.53%5.53%5.74%6.78%6.68%8.86%
Net Profit Margin
3.27%3.26%3.34%3.67%4.05%4.69%-16.13%2.04%4.02%4.22%4.34%4.05%
Effective Tax Rate
35.99%33.35%38.44%31.93%29.31%30.72%20.56%40.40%20.80%25.75%26.48%30.72%
Return on Assets
2.22%2.19%1.96%2.11%2.39%2.15%-3.21%0.53%1.75%1.96%2.11%2.15%
Return On Equity
8.71%9.14%8.02%9.31%8.76%11.30%-23.92%4.54%12.77%13.63%15.37%8.76%
Return on Capital Employed
8.35%8.64%8.39%8.63%8.94%7.58%-3.77%1.12%4.99%7.38%7.88%7.88%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.90N/A
Quick Ratio
0.830.810.750.830.800.850.961.301.000.850.850.80
Cash ratio
0.330.250.280.300.350.460.550.830.600.470.430.35
Days of Sales Outstanding
72.42116.0769.8374.8966.8052.6697.9396.8388.9255.7260.7752.66
Days of Inventory outstanding
226.60247.37246.34237.48257.85181.3923.8922.2115.78236.9534.70181.39
Operating Cycle
299.03363.45316.18312.37324.66234.05121.83119.05104.71292.6895.47234.05
Days of Payables Outstanding
948.471.05K1.17K1.38K1.38K1.10K113.09140.4099.511.33K227.261.10K
Cash Conversion Cycle
-649.43-695.23-862.26-1.06K-1.06K-873.318.73-21.355.20-1.03K-131.79-1.06K
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.360.370.360.390.360.340.430.420.370.340.340.34
Debt Equity Ratio
1.421.571.491.721.331.823.233.582.702.362.501.33
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.510.540.530.580.460.580.730.760.670.650.660.46
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.580.610.590.630.570.640.760.780.730.700.710.57
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A6.37N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.160.100.260.120.150.19-0.120.080.160.250.180.15
Company Equity Multiplier
3.914.164.074.393.655.257.448.477.276.927.263.65
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.080.060.160.080.090.15-0.270.140.130.180.130.09
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.01-0.750.220.240.280.701.320.450.660.580.360.28
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.160.100.260.120.150.19-0.120.080.160.250.180.15
Short Term Coverage Ratio
0.610.471.110.670.450.87-1.001.060.711.370.850.45
Dividend Payout Ratio
44.16%43.32%42.06%43.01%35.81%35.38%N/AN/AN/A17.50%15.54%35.38%