PARC EOLIEN DE CHATEAU GARNIER : revenue, balance sheet and financial ratios

In 2024, PARC EOLIEN DE CHATEAU GARNIER achieves revenue of 3.2 M€. Over the period 2017-2024, the company shows strong growth with a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of +15.7%. Significant drop of -16% vs 2023. After deducting consumption (0 €), gross margin stands at 3.2 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 2.1 M€, representing 65.5% of revenue. Warning negative scissor effect: despite revenue change (-16%), EBITDA varies by -27%, reducing margin by 9.5 pts. This reflects costs rising faster than revenue. This high EBITDA margin provides strong self-financing capacity and resilience to uncertainties. Ultimately, net income (= EBIT +/- financial result +/- exceptional - corporate tax) amounts to 13 k€, i.e. 0.4% of revenue. This profit can be retained or distributed to shareholders.

The debt ratio (= Financial debt / Equity x 100) stands at 177%. 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 34%. The balance between equity and debt is satisfactory. Debt repayment capacity (= Financial debt / Cash flow) indicates it would take 7.7 years of cash flow to repay all financial debt. Beyond 7 years, banks generally consider credit risk as high. Cash flow represents 49.3% 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 228.51. 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 26.7x. 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: 56 days (formula: Customer receivables / Revenue incl. VAT x 360). Supplier term: 96 days. Excellent situation: suppliers finance 40 days of the operating cycle (retail model). WCR is negative (-637 days): operations structurally generate cash. Notable WCR improvement over the period (-198%), freeing up cash.

Based on 85 transactions of similar company sales (all years), the value of PARC EOLIEN DE CHATEAU GARNIER is estimated at 3 252 735 € (range 416 707€ - 13 095 441€). With an EBITDA of 2 125 564€, the sector multiple of 2.4x is applied. The price/revenue ratio is 0.69x (in line with sector norms). 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.
Medium reliability: estimate to be confirmed with in-depth analysis.