VIE-TECH : revenue, balance sheet and financial ratios

In 2025, VIE-TECH achieves revenue of 1.9 M€. Over the period 2016-2025, the company shows strong growth with a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of +11.6%. Significant drop of -17% vs 2024. After deducting consumption (470 k€), gross margin stands at 1.4 M€, i.e. a rate of 75%. This ratio measures the ability to generate value from commercial activity. EBITDA (= Gross margin - Personnel expenses - Taxes) reaches 220 k€, representing 11.7% of revenue. Positive scissor effect: EBITDA margin improves by +2.2 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 36 k€, i.e. 1.9% of revenue. This profit can be retained or distributed to shareholders.

The debt ratio (= Financial debt / Equity x 100) stands at 175%. 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 29%. The balance between equity and debt is satisfactory. Debt repayment capacity (= Financial debt / Cash flow) indicates it would take 3.7 years of cash flow to repay all financial debt. This ratio remains within usual banking standards. Cash flow represents 10.4% 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 212.18. 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 7.5x. 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: 113 days (formula: Customer receivables / Revenue incl. VAT x 360). Supplier term: 69 days. The gap of 44 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 55 days (= Average inventory / Cost of goods x 360). Overall, WCR represents 212 days of revenue, i.e. 1.1 M€ to permanently finance. Over 2016-2025, WCR increased by +79%, requiring additional financing.

Based on 50 transactions of similar company sales (all years), the value of VIE-TECH is estimated at 521 525 € (range 185 005€ - 892 450€). With an EBITDA of 220 316€, the sector multiple of 2.7x is applied. The price/revenue ratio is 0.37x (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.
Medium reliability: estimate to be confirmed with in-depth analysis.