profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
Elis SA
€24.18+0.25% today
+0.9% since Dec 18, 25
1-year low €20.981-year high €28.20
Trading in the middle of its range for 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 €14.51 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 Elis SA sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €3.82 billion in 2022 to €4.80 billion in 2025, with €367 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Elis SA handed back 42% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks €154M€105M
Free cash flow 2025€620M
Bought back its own shares€154M
Paid as dividends€105M
Cash vs. debt€398M vs. €4.1B
Elis SA vs. similar companies
Elis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elis SA | 14.5× · Cheap | ||
 Cintas | 44.3× · Expensive | ||
 RELX | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Thomson Reuters | 31.3× · Expensive | ||
 Copart | 19.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Elis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,821 | 4,309 | 4,574 | 4,797 | |
| 1,169 | 1,416 | 1,504 | 1,610 | |
| 433 | 559 | 612 | 615 | |
| 1,177 | 1,401 | 1,588 | 1,669 | |
| 203 | 262 | 338 | 367 | |
| 0.85 | 1.06 | 1.34 | 1.46 | |
| 30.6% | 32.9% | 32.9% | 33.6% | |
| 11.3% | 13.0% | 13.4% | 12.8% | |
| 5.3% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 8,634 | 9,307 | 9,393 | 9,573 |
| Cash | 286 | 665 | 622 | 398 |
| Total debt | 3,950 | 4,229 | 4,266 | 4,122 |
| Total liabilities | 5,422 | 5,831 | 5,794 | 5,760 |
| 3,212 | 3,475 | 3,598 | 3,813 | |
| 251 | 263 | 261 | 259 | |
| 4.0% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 6.1% | |
| 6.3% | 7.5% | 9.4% | 9.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,091 | 1,326 | 1,452 | 1,511 | |
| 700 | 824 | 887 | 890 | |
| 391 | 502 | 565 | 620 | |
| Dividends paid | 33 | 62 | 101 | 105 |
| 0 | – | 2 | 154 | |
| 20 | 23 | 27 | 35 |
Valuation
- 14.5×
- –
- 0.73
- 1.5×
- 1.1×
- 8.6×
- 5.4×
- 11.7%
- 6.9%
- 2.0%
Profitability
- 33.6%
- 12.8%
- 7.6%
- –
- 6.1%
- 5.3%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.9%
- +19.8%
- –
- –
- +1.1%
Financial health
- 2.2×
- 1.08
- –
- 4.2×
- 0.81
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 37%of 979
Top 31%of 984
Top 26%of 862
Top 45%of 983
Top 10%of 986
2.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$20a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
28.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 16.9%
News
No recent news on file.
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
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
64Pass
Philip Fisher
57No pass
Peter Lynch
68Pass
Joel Greenblatt
36No pass
Charlie Munger
34No pass
Terry Smith
39No pass
Questions about Elis SA
Is Elis SA a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 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 Elis SA AI analysis
What does Elis SA do?
Elis SA provides flat linen, workwear, and hygiene and well-being solutions in France, Central Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Southern Europe, and internationally. It is in Specialty Business Services, based in Saint-Cloud, France, with 58,445 employees.
Does Elis SA pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.0% a year, about 29% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €105 million in dividends.
Is Elis SA stock halal?
No. Elis SA does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 78% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are Elis SA's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Cintas, RELX, Thomson Reuters and Copart. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Elis SA's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.