The heads of gondolas do not always reflect what can be found in all rays. If the bi-annual benefit of Casino, doped by transfers of assets, rose by 27, its operating income has increased by 6. Worse, this figure hides a decline of 8.4 in France, main market of the group. And if it follows from the essential political winback consumers, based on price reductions, it is clear that the margin of Casino has twice suffered most of Carrefour. But the leader returned 0.6 point of market share in France while giant lost yet 0.2 point. Just as Leader Price, nugget group discount. In addition, it sees its margin decrease by 1.1 point to return to 7. The implementation of the strategy of Casino is therefore less effective than that of Carrefour. And the successes abroad may not be sufficient to restore the profitability of the group, which makes three quarters of its activity in France. If Jean-Charles Naouri is poised to succeed his financial gamble, with already EUR 1.5 billion of assignments obtained on the objective of 2 billion, and its refocusing international is paying, the brilliant Inspector of finance must still earn its stripes of grocer in the hexagon.
The price of the difference
Ambition has its requirements. When it feeds as Steria, buy growth and pay partly in paper, it must maintain its course and its ratios. The challenge is not thin when it services market is of a poor readability and Atos Origin, pioneer of sector procurement, multiplied "profit warnings" and underperformance. That is, whether the appointment of the semi-annual was crucial for Steria. With higher expectations operating margins, the Group has more than succeeded. Of course, the effect of surprise is a little artificial insofar as society was shown to be very conservative in its forecast. The addition of its margin remains to validate the duration because it is not from the heart of its costs. But, clearly, the stock market is again responsive to the argument of the difference dear to François Enaud, Steria President. With profitability which hollow gap on a panel with Capgemini, Atos, Logica and Getronics, the Steria group is now four years on a well dynamic to him. After the sharp rise of yesterday, the title has almost reconstructed in price/earnings per share ratio, its purchasing power of prior to the purge of the spring. Remains it to find a target that degrades too much his profile, is not too expensive and does not present risk of execution. This is not the easiest.
The trot and Gallop
The latter are not always the first. Presenting its results after LVMH, PPR and Richemont, Hermes suffers in comparison with its predecessors. Of course, the stock market hardly did account, preferring to focus on relief introduced by the assignment of Leica, unfortunate diversification in photography. Fact remains that the champion of the squares of silk is distinguished by a single-digit sales growth and a result to the diapason has nothing of flamboyant. Figures contrast with the performance of LVMH fashion-leather goods, perfumes and watches and with those of Gucci or Bottega Veneta. The modesty of the Hermès sales is even more striking when we see that the 7.3 growth recorded in the first half including hiding a stagnation in fashion (20 of turnover), a pale progress of 4 in leather (40 of sales) and a quiet thrill of 2.8 in the iconic silk (10). The bond of 40 of the watches (7 of activity) cannot therefore be enough to boost sustainable growth. This is perhaps why the announcement of the multiplication of openings and renovations of stores has helped reassure investors.
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