CITYA LIBERTE : revenue, balance sheet and financial ratios

In 2024, CITYA LIBERTE achieves revenue of 2.7 M€. Revenue is growing positively over 9 years (CAGR: +1.9%). Slight decline of -4% vs 2023. After deducting consumption (0 €), gross margin stands at 2.7 M€, i.e. a rate of 100%. This ratio measures the ability to generate value from commercial activity. EBITDA (= Gross margin - Personnel expenses - Taxes) reaches 367 k€, representing 13.4% of revenue. Positive scissor effect: EBITDA margin improves by +6.9 pts, sign of improved operational efficiency. This level of operating margin is satisfactory for the sector. Ultimately, net income (= EBIT +/- financial result +/- exceptional - corporate tax) amounts to 291 k€, i.e. 10.6% of revenue. This profit can be retained or distributed to shareholders.

The debt ratio (= Financial debt / Equity x 100) stands at 239%. Critical situation: debt significantly exceeds equity, severely limiting borrowing capacity and exposing the company to default risk. Financial autonomy (= Equity / Total assets x 100) reaches 6%. Low autonomy: the company heavily depends on external financing (banks, suppliers). Debt repayment capacity (= Financial debt / Cash flow) indicates it would take 3.4 years of cash flow to repay all financial debt. This ratio remains within usual banking standards. Cash flow represents 12.7% of revenue. Cash flow measures resources generated by operations, available for investment and debt repayment. This high level provides strong self-financing capacity.

The liquidity ratio (= Current assets / Current liabilities) stands at 101.36. 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 19.7x. 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: 3 days (formula: Customer receivables / Revenue incl. VAT x 360). Supplier term: 19 days. Favorable situation: supplier credit is longer than customer credit by 16 days. WCR is negative (-227 days): operations structurally generate cash. Over 2016-2024, WCR increased by +40%, requiring additional financing.

Based on 277 transactions of similar company sales (all years), the value of CITYA LIBERTE is estimated at 607 716 € (range 226 901€ - 1 645 703€). With an EBITDA of 367 404€, the sector multiple of 1.3x is applied. The price/revenue ratio is 0.29x (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.