SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DU PARC EOLIEN LES NEUFS CHAMPS : revenue, balance sheet and financial ratios

In 2024, SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DU PARC EOLIEN LES NEUFS CHAMPS achieves revenue of 1.5 M€. Revenue is growing positively over 9 years (CAGR: +2.7%). Significant drop of -17% vs 2023. After deducting consumption (9 k€), gross margin stands at 1.5 M€, i.e. a rate of 99%. This ratio measures the ability to generate value from commercial activity. EBITDA (= Gross margin - Personnel expenses - Taxes) reaches 826 k€, representing 56.6% of revenue. Warning negative scissor effect: despite revenue change (-17%), EBITDA varies by -30%, reducing margin by 9.7 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 474 k€, i.e. 32.5% of revenue. This profit can be retained or distributed to shareholders.

The debt ratio (= Financial debt / Equity x 100) stands at 489%. 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 15%. Low autonomy: the company heavily depends on external financing (banks, suppliers). Debt repayment capacity (= Financial debt / Cash flow) indicates it would take 7.8 years of cash flow to repay all financial debt. Beyond 7 years, banks generally consider credit risk as high. Cash flow represents 34.1% 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 245.15. 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 20.4x. 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: 79 days (formula: Customer receivables / Revenue incl. VAT x 360). Supplier term: 154 days. Excellent situation: suppliers finance 75 days of the operating cycle (retail model). WCR is negative (-615 days): operations structurally generate cash. Over 2016-2024, WCR increased by +62%, requiring additional financing.

Based on 85 transactions of similar company sales (all years), the value of SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DU PARC EOLIEN LES NEUFS CHAMPS is estimated at 1 575 476 € (range 238 630€ - 6 294 771€). With an EBITDA of 826 268€, 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.