profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
Bureau Veritas SA
€30.49+0.99% today
+12.5% since Dec 23, 25
1-year low €25.041-year high €30.49
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay €22.94 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Bureau Veritas SA sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €5.65 billion in 2022 to €6.47 billion in 2025, with €588 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Bureau Veritas SA handed back 72% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks €191M€430M
Free cash flow 2025€860M
Bought back its own shares€191M
Paid as dividends€430M
Cash vs. debt€1.4B vs. €3.1B
Bureau Veritas SA vs. similar companies
Bureau Veritas SA grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from €100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per €1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau Veritas SA | 22.9× · Fair price | ||
 Experian | 29.4× · Fair price | ||
 SGS SA | 30.5× · Expensive | ||
 Equifax | 33.3× · Expensive | ||
 TransUnion | 33.9× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Bureau Veritas SA's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,651 | 5,868 | 6,241 | 6,466 | |
| 4,030 | 4,226 | 4,501 | 4,672 | |
| 796 | 821 | 912 | 939 | |
| 1,100 | 1,144 | 1,248 | 1,270 | |
| 467 | 504 | 569 | 588 | |
| 1.02 | 1.10 | 1.25 | – | |
| 71.3% | 72.0% | 72.1% | 72.2% | |
| 14.1% | 14.0% | 14.6% | 14.5% | |
| 8.3% | 8.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,119 | 6,644 | 7,195 | 7,063 |
| Cash | 1,662 | 1,174 | 1,204 | 1,366 |
| Total debt | 3,045 | 2,538 | 2,873 | 3,085 |
| Total liabilities | 5,191 | 4,651 | 5,159 | 5,310 |
| 1,862 | 1,936 | 1,972 | 1,711 | |
| 457 | 453 | 454 | – | |
| 12.3% | 14.3% | 14.9% | 15.2% | |
| 25.1% | 26.0% | 28.9% | 34.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 835 | 820 | 1,005 | 1,007 | |
| 130 | 158 | 146 | 147 | |
| 705 | 662 | 859 | 860 | |
| Dividends paid | 281 | 396 | 407 | 430 |
| 50 | 2 | 192 | 191 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 22.9×
- –
- –
- 6.5×
- 2.1×
- 15.7×
- 12.0×
- 6.4%
- 4.4%
- 3.2%
Profitability
- 72.2%
- 14.5%
- 9.1%
- –
- 15.2%
- 14.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +4.6%
- –
- –
- –
- −0.1%
Financial health
- 1.4×
- 1.80
- –
- 10.2×
- 1.53
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 15%of 982
Top 23%of 991
Bottom 45%of 875
Bottom 40%of 988
Top 32%of 988
3.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$32a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
73.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 50.0%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
64Pass
Benjamin Graham
44No pass
Philip Fisher
57No pass
Peter Lynch
37No pass
Joel Greenblatt
40No pass
Charlie Munger
59No pass
Terry Smith
61Pass
Questions about Bureau Veritas SA
Is Bureau Veritas SA a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Bureau Veritas SA AI analysis
What does Bureau Veritas SA do?
Bureau Veritas SA provides laboratory testing, inspection, and certification services. It operates through six segments: Marine & Offshore; Agri-Food & Commodities; Industry; Buildings & Infrastructure; Certification; and Consumer Products services. It is in Consulting Services, based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, with 78,849 employees.
Does Bureau Veritas SA pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.2% a year, about 73% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €430 million in dividends.
Is Bureau Veritas SA stock halal?
Yes. Bureau Veritas SA passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 23% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
Who are Bureau Veritas SA's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Experian, SGS SA, Equifax and TransUnion. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Bureau Veritas SA's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.