profit from every €100 of sales.

Publicis Groupe
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.
You pay €15.97 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What Publicis Groupe sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €14.2 billion in 2022 to €17.4 billion in 2025, with €1.65 billion of profit last year.
Publicis Groupe handed back 34% of the cash it generated last year.
Publicis Groupe vs. similar companies
Publicis Groupe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Publicis Groupe | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
AppLovin | 40.7× · Expensive | ||
Omnicom Group | No profit yet | ||
Focus Media Information Technology | 26.9× · Fair price | ||
The Trade Desk | 16.7× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Publicis Groupe'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,196 | 14,802 | 16,030 | 17,399 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 2,061 | 2,095 | 2,421 | 2,587 | |
| 2,675 | 2,686 | 3,153 | 3,171 | |
| 1,222 | 1,312 | 1,660 | 1,653 | |
| 4.82 | 5.17 | 6.55 | 6.52 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 14.5% | 14.2% | 15.1% | 14.9% | |
| 8.6% | 8.9% | 10.4% | 9.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 35,898 | 36,716 | 39,854 | 40,010 |
| Cash | 4,616 | 4,250 | 3,644 | 4,031 |
| Total debt | 6,173 | 5,540 | 5,175 | 5,661 |
| Total liabilities | 26,298 | 26,968 | 28,818 | 29,586 |
| 9,635 | 9,788 | 11,060 | 10,447 | |
| 254 | 254 | 254 | 253 | |
| 8.8% | 9.5% | 11.2% | 11.4% | |
| 12.7% | 13.4% | 15.0% | 15.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,417 | 2,048 | 2,301 | 2,943 | |
| 198 | 180 | 238 | 250 | |
| 2,219 | 1,868 | 2,063 | 2,693 | |
| Dividends paid | 603 | 726 | 853 | 903 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 64 | 85 | 91 | 89 |
Valuation
- 16.0×
- –
- 1.51
- 2.1×
- 1.5×
- 9.8×
- 8.8×
- 10.2%
- 6.3%
- 3.4%
Profitability
- –
- 14.9%
- 9.5%
- –
- 11.4%
- 10.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.0%
- +10.6%
- –
- –
- −0.0%
Financial health
- 0.5×
- 0.54
- –
- 12.1×
- 0.97
- –
- –
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
How safe it looks
54.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 33.5%
News
LiveRamp ticks higher as it's set to be delisted before Monday open on Publicis dealSeeking Alpha · Oct 30, 2026Insider trades
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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.
Questions about Publicis Groupe
Is Publicis Groupe 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 Publicis Groupe AI analysis
What does Publicis Groupe do?
Publicis Groupe S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides marketing, communications, and digital business transformation services in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, and internationally. It is in Advertising Agencies, based in Paris, France, with 112,317 employees.
Does Publicis Groupe pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.4% a year, about 55% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €903 million in dividends.
Is Publicis Groupe stock halal?
Yes. Publicis Groupe passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 21% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
Who are Publicis Groupe's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are AppLovin, Omnicom Group, Focus Media Information Technology and The Trade Desk. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Publicis Groupe's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



