Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A.

CO.PA

Grocery Stores · Consumer Defensive

Also trades as: 0HB1.L

Price

€0.20

-0.00 (-0.59%)

Market Cap

€80.8M

Exchange

Euronext Paris

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 12, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+37058.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.1M (2021) → 401.0M (2025)

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon is a French grocery retailer that sells food and everyday household products to regular shoppers. It operates supermarkets, hypermarkets, and convenience stores across France under brand names like Géant Casino, Casino Supermarché, and Monoprix. It also has a presence in Latin America through subsidiaries.

The company earns money primarily by selling goods in its stores, taking a margin between what it pays suppliers and what customers pay at checkout. Casino has faced serious financial trouble in recent years, including heavy debt and asset sales, and completed a major debt restructuring in 2023 that left it significantly smaller. The financial metrics shown — including an unusually high operating margin and ROIC — likely reflect accounting distortions from that restructuring process rather than normal business performance. The key risk going forward is whether Casino can stabilize its remaining French retail operations in a highly competitive grocery market where larger rivals like Carrefour and E.Leclerc hold stronger positions.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$595M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A.'s revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

0.0%

Thin — 0.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

0.0%

Thin — 0.0% operating margin

ROCE

0.0%

Weak — 0.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-3.5%

Shrinking sales (-3.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-1.7%

Burning cash (-1.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

2.04

Heavy debt load (2.04)

Interest Cover

23.16x

Comfortably covers interest (23.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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