INSTITUT QUALICE MINCEUR : revenue, balance sheet and financial ratios

In 2025, INSTITUT QUALICE MINCEUR achieves revenue of 961 k€. Revenue is growing positively over 9 years (CAGR: +0.2%). Significant drop of -26% vs 2024. After deducting consumption (135 k€), gross margin stands at 826 k€, i.e. a rate of 86%. This ratio measures the ability to generate value from commercial activity. EBITDA (= Gross margin - Personnel expenses - Taxes) reaches 3 k€, representing 0.4% of revenue. Warning negative scissor effect: despite revenue change (-26%), EBITDA varies by -93%, reducing margin by 3.4 pts. This reflects costs rising faster than revenue. The operating margin remains fragile, requiring cost vigilance. Ultimately, net income (= EBIT +/- financial result +/- exceptional - corporate tax) amounts to 14 k€, i.e. 1.5% of revenue. This profit can be retained or distributed to shareholders.

The debt ratio (= Financial debt / Equity x 100) stands at -136%. This very low level reflects a solid financial structure, offering significant room for future investments or acquisitions. Financial autonomy (= Equity / Total assets x 100) reaches -9%. Low autonomy: the company heavily depends on external financing (banks, suppliers). Debt repayment capacity (= Financial debt / Cash flow) indicates it would take 31.7 years of cash flow to repay all financial debt. Beyond 7 years, banks generally consider credit risk as high. Cash flow represents 0.2% of revenue. Cash flow measures resources generated by operations, available for investment and debt repayment.

The liquidity ratio (= Current assets / Current liabilities) stands at 102.36. Concretely, the company has €2 of liquid assets for every €1 of short-term debt: no cash risk within 12 months. The interest coverage ratio (= EBIT / Interest expenses) is 98.6x. Operating income very largely covers interest expenses: high safety margin.

Working capital requirement (WCR) measures the cash timing gap between customer collections and supplier/inventory payments. Average customer payment term: 73 days (formula: Customer receivables / Revenue incl. VAT x 360). Supplier term: 84 days. Favorable situation: supplier credit is longer than customer credit by 11 days. Inventory turnover is 16 days (= Average inventory / Cost of goods x 360). Fast turnover, sign of good inventory management. Overall, WCR represents 63 days of revenue, i.e. 169 k€ to permanently finance. Notable WCR improvement over the period (-25%), freeing up cash.

Based on 121 transactions of similar company sales (all years), the value of INSTITUT QUALICE MINCEUR is estimated at 93 721 € (range 50 904€ - 208 076€). With an EBITDA of 3 380€, the sector multiple of 3.2x is applied. The price/revenue ratio is 0.27x (conservative valuation). This multiples method compares the actual sale price of similar companies to their financial indicators (Revenue, EBITDA, Net Income). It provides a market-based indicative estimate.