PERCALL SOLUTIONS : revenue, balance sheet and financial ratios

In 2024, PERCALL SOLUTIONS achieves revenue of 11.0 M€. Over the period 2019-2024, the company shows strong growth with a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of +14.2%. Significant drop of -34% vs 2023. After deducting consumption (0 €), gross margin stands at 11.0 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 2.3 M€, representing 20.9% of revenue. Warning negative scissor effect: despite revenue change (-34%), EBITDA varies by -41%, reducing margin by 2.4 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 1.6 M€, i.e. 14.8% of revenue. This profit can be retained or distributed to shareholders.

The debt ratio (= Financial debt / Equity x 100) stands at 638%. 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 7%. Low autonomy: the company heavily depends on external financing (banks, suppliers). Debt repayment capacity (= Financial debt / Cash flow) indicates it would take 7.3 years of cash flow to repay all financial debt. Beyond 7 years, banks generally consider credit risk as high. Cash flow represents 14.8% 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 201.46. 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 5.9x. 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: 411 days (formula: Customer receivables / Revenue incl. VAT x 360). Supplier term: 331 days. The gap of 80 days means the company finances its customers for over a month before being paid relative to supplier payments. This weighs on cash flow. Inventory turnover is 51 days (= Average inventory / Cost of goods x 360). Overall, WCR represents 555 days of revenue, i.e. 17.0 M€ to permanently finance.

Based on 120 transactions of similar company sales (all years), the value of PERCALL SOLUTIONS is estimated at 4 161 986 € (range 1 923 948€ - 11 182 693€). With an EBITDA of 2 302 956€, the sector multiple of 2.2x 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.