French multinational retail corporation operating hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience stores across Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
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Carrefour: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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Carrefour Profile & Fundamentals
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Company and Market Context
Company Profile & Ownership
Carrefour SA operates as a food retailer in France, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Brazil, Argentina, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and internationally. The company operates hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, club stores, and cash and carry stores; soft discount stores; and e-commerce sites. It is also involved in the provision of financial services; banking and insurance services; property development; travel ticketing and leisure; agency; shopping mall rental; and franchise activities. Carrefour SA was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Massy, France.
Company profile record
Carrefour SA
Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Food Retail
Company
- Company / asset
- Carrefour SA
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry
- Food Retail
- HQ
- 🇫🇷 France
- Head office
- 93, avenue de Paris, Massy, France, 91300
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Mr. Alexandre Bompard
- CEO year born
- 1972
- Full-time employees
- 298.6K
- Fiscal year end
- December
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- EUR 11.1B
- P/E
- 10.6x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- EUR 40.4B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- EUR 30.0M
- Dividend Yield
- 5.6%
- Revenue (FY 25)
- EUR 84.0B
- Shares in public float
- 585.3M
- Insider ownership
- 16.48%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- CA.PAR
- Listing
- 🇫🇷 France | Dividend Tax: 25%
- Ticker Currency
- EUR
- Income Statement Currency
- EUR
- Balance Sheet Currency
- EUR
- Cash Flow Currency
- EUR
- EPS Currency
- EUR
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- FR0000120172
- Asset ID
- equity_75ae4da5-3238-5400-93cc-d8f0bb660019
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 707.0M | Max: 808.2M | Min: 669.2M
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
82.79%
585.3M latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
16.48%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
--
Latest reported short interest / float
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Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 764,126,400 |
| 2018-01-01 | 782,478,600 |
| 2019-01-01 | 789,462,200 |
| 2020-01-01 | 808,166,300 |
| 2021-01-01 | 785,583,300 |
| 2022-01-01 | 744,384,300 |
| 2023-01-01 | 707,782,800 |
| 2024-01-01 | 672,930,600 |
| 2025-01-01 | 669,207,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 707,000,000 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
Carrefour's reported financial figures present a sharp contrast between headline accounting profits and underlying cash generation. In fiscal 2025, consolidated revenue contracted 3.7 percent to 84.0 billion euros, while net income dropped to 319 million euros due to non-cash asset impairments, hyperinflation adjustments in Argentina, and integration costs for Cora and Match stores. However, recurring operating profit held steady at 2.16 billion euros. First-half 2026 performance confirmed operational resilience, with recurring operating income rising 4 percent to 757 million euros and adjusted earnings per share climbing 18.3 percent. Crucially, a meaningful portion of this per-share gain came from lower interest costs after refinancing Brazilian debt. Investors should monitor whether ongoing trading gains can replace these one-time financing benefits.
Carrefour's reported financial figures present a sharp contrast between headline accounting profits and underlying cash generation. In fiscal 2025, consolidated revenue contracted 3.7 percent to 84.0 billion euros, while net income dropped to 319 million euros due to non-cash asset impairments, hyperinflation adjustments in Argentina, and integration costs for Cora and Match stores. However, recurring operating profit held steady at 2.16 billion euros. First-half 2026 performance confirmed operational resilience, with recurring operating income rising 4 percent to 757 million euros and adjusted earnings per share climbing 18.3 percent. Crucially, a meaningful portion of this per-share gain came from lower interest costs after refinancing Brazilian debt. Investors should monitor whether ongoing trading gains can replace these one-time financing benefits.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: EUR 84.0B | Max: EUR 84.9B | Min: EUR -254.0M
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: 9x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Profit margins highlight the competitive realities of modern food retailing. Consolidated gross margin dropped from 19.4 percent in 2024 to 16.6 percent in 2025, reflecting deliberate shelf-price reductions implemented to defend customer foot traffic against rival discounters. Despite this gross margin squeeze, recurring operating margin held steady at 2.57 percent. This stability was made possible by extracting over 1.0 billion euros in corporate cost reductions and increasing private-label food sales. While management aims to expand operating margins toward 3.2 percent by 2028, persistent retail discounting means future margin gains will require further administrative efficiencies and high-margin retail media advertising revenue rather than unconstrained customer price hikes.
Profit margins highlight the competitive realities of modern food retailing. Consolidated gross margin dropped from 19.4 percent in 2024 to 16.6 percent in 2025, reflecting deliberate shelf-price reductions implemented to defend customer foot traffic against rival discounters. Despite this gross margin squeeze, recurring operating margin held steady at 2.57 percent. This stability was made possible by extracting over 1.0 billion euros in corporate cost reductions and increasing private-label food sales. While management aims to expand operating margins toward 3.2 percent by 2028, persistent retail discounting means future margin gains will require further administrative efficiencies and high-margin retail media advertising revenue rather than unconstrained customer price hikes.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 19.1% | Max: 22.0% | Min: -0.3%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31
Gross Margin
19.1%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
2.6%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
0.4%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
2.4%
Free cash flow / revenue
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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 82,999,060,000 | 790,760,000 | 589,360,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 95,090,520,000 | -302,260,000 | 564,060,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 84,248,280,000 | -214,320,000 | 624,720,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 83,039,040,000 | 1,264,480,000 | 1,704,640,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 88,023,000,000 | 782,020,000 | 2,172,820,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 81,806,400,000 | 1,222,080,000 | 2,289,120,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 88,905,230,000 | 1,442,360,000 | 2,500,590,000 |
| 2023-12-31 | 93,401,000,000 | 1,824,900,000 | 3,080,000,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 86,791,120,000 | 751,920,000 | 2,525,120,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 98,308,080,000 | 373,230,000 | 2,375,100,000 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 9.14 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2024-12-31 | 3.88 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2023-12-31 | 4.17 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2022-12-31 | 8.64 | Annual net income |
| 2021-12-31 | 11.81 | Annual net income |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 21.35 | 2.97 | 0.95 | 0.71 |
| 2017-12-31 | 22.02 | 2.65 | -0.32 | 0.59 |
| 2018-12-31 | 21.5 | 2.6 | -0.25 | 0.74 |
| 2019-12-31 | 18.89 | 2.83 | 1.52 | 2.05 |
| 2020-12-31 | 18.58 | 3.01 | 0.89 | 2.47 |
| 2021-12-31 | 18.16 | 3.06 | 1.49 | 2.8 |
| 2022-12-31 | 17.25 | 2.86 | 1.62 | 2.81 |
| 2023-12-31 | 18.67 | 2.06 | 1.95 | 3.3 |
| 2024-12-31 | 19.32 | 2.73 | 0.87 | 2.91 |
| 2025-12-31 | 19.07 | 2.57 | 0.38 | 2.42 |
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