profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
Sodexo
€61.85+0.98% today
+41.9% since Dec 23, 25
1-year low €38.621-year high €61.85
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, 2021 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay €53.60 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 Sodexo sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €17.4 billion in 2021 to €23.8 billion in 2024, with €168 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Sodexo handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
€1.4B
Free cash flow 2024€962M
Bought back its own shares€52M
Paid as dividends€1.4B
Cash vs. debt€2.1B vs. €5.4B
Sodexo vs. similar companies
Sodexo grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from €100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per €1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodexo | 53.6× · Expensive | ||
 Cintas | 44.9× · Expensive | ||
 RELX | 25.8× · Fair price | ||
 Thomson Reuters | 31.5× · Expensive | ||
 Copart | 19.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Sodexo'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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,428 | 20,263 | 22,637 | 23,798 | |
| 2,422 | 2,456 | 2,720 | 2,845 | |
| – | 757 | 890 | 1,025 | |
| – | 1,293 | 1,366 | 1,628 | |
| 139 | 695 | 794 | 168 | |
| 0.94 | 4.69 | 5.38 | 1.13 | |
| 13.9% | 12.1% | 12.0% | 12.0% | |
| – | 3.7% | 3.9% | 4.3% | |
| 0.8% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 0.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 18,991 | 20,920 | 20,794 | 15,024 |
| Cash | – | 3,225 | 2,025 | 2,122 |
| Total debt | – | 6,660 | 6,383 | 5,436 |
| Total liabilities | 15,816 | 16,495 | 16,241 | 11,227 |
| 3,168 | 4,415 | 4,541 | 3,781 | |
| – | 148 | 148 | 148 | |
| – | 5.7% | 6.2% | 9.4% | |
| 4.4% | 15.7% | 17.5% | 4.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 982 | 1,035 | 1,333 | 1,320 | |
| 296 | 266 | 338 | 358 | |
| 686 | 769 | 995 | 962 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 294 | 352 | 1,373 |
| 11 | 13 | 57 | 52 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 53.6×
- –
- 8.47
- 2.3×
- 0.4×
- 9.4×
- 7.6×
- 10.7%
- 1.9%
- 15.2%
Profitability
- 12.0%
- 4.3%
- 0.7%
- –
- 5.0%
- 6.9%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +10.9%
- +6.3%
- –
- –
- −0.1%
Financial health
- 3.4×
- 1.23
- –
- 3.4×
- 0.88
- –
- –
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 26%of 982
Bottom 21%of 991
Bottom 11%of 875
Top 31%of 988
Top 13%of 988
15.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$152a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
817.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 142.7%
News
Sodexo reports FY resultsSeeking Alpha · Oct 23, 2026Insider 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
0/7Passes 0 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
39No pass
Benjamin Graham
33No pass
Philip Fisher
24No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
15No pass
Terry Smith
24No pass
Questions about Sodexo
Is Sodexo a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 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 Sodexo AI analysis
What does Sodexo do?
Sodexo S.A. engages in the provision of food services and facilities management services in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in Business and Administration, Sodexo Live, Healthcare and Seniors, and Education segments. It is in Specialty Business Services, based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, with 314,292 employees.
Does Sodexo pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 15.2% a year. In 2024 it paid out €1.37 billion in dividends.
Is Sodexo stock halal?
No. Sodexo does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 60% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are Sodexo'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 Sodexo's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.