ALCIS.PA

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Catering International & Services Société Anonyme · Industrials · France · $165M cap · $52K/day traded

EUR 19.10 -0.5% · close 2 Nov · scored 3 Nov

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Quality
72
Value
75
Momentum
72

As of 3 Nov 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Catering International & Services Société Anonyme (ALCIS.PA) is 99/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 72, Value 75, Momentum 72, each scored against its sector).

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P/E (TTM)
13.3x
peers 15.1x
ROE
18.0%
peers 10.7%
D/E
0.4x
peers 1.0x
Dividend %
1.5%
trailing yield
AI REVIEW

Catering International & Services provides catering, remote accommodation, and facilities management services for extraction and infrastructure projects across frontier markets. While high crude oil prices encourage upstream capital expenditures that support remote site utilization, catering remains an asset-light but low-margin, competitive contracting business. The firm contends with ongoing sovereign and political risks across Africa and the Middle East, alongside food commodity inflation that can rapidly squeeze fixed-price commercial agreements without offering proprietary technological moats.

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Catering International & Services Société Anonyme provides catering, accommodation, and facilities and utility management services.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY (EUR)

Year2022202320242025CAGRTTM2026E2027EFwd CAGR
Revenue325.7M326.2M422.8M489.2M14.5%526.7M572.5M582.7M9.1%
EPS (EUR)1.100.400.611.172.0%1.442.271.7923.8%
Shares7.8M7.8M7.8M7.8M+0.2%7.8M———
Debt31.2M18.5M24.4M27.5M-4.1%31.0M———
Equity62.9M63.6M64.6M70.3M3.8%————
Op CF15.2M-0.1M14.5M45.7M44.2%50.2M———
Inv CF-4.5M-5.8M-3.6M-5.9M—————
Fin CF-15.7M5.9M-11.5M-24.9M—————
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PRICE (1Y) · EUR-9.5%
17.518.519.420.321.222 Sep13 Oct2 Nov
SMA 50SMA 200

Price checkNo clear trendExperimental

No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.

SwingsAverage

Calmer than 64% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 35% a year).

How this is worked out

StockRank weighs the business, its price and its trend. The price check reads only the chart: the price side of the Momentum score, in words.

The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.

In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.

What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.

What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.

Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.

Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.

Close
EUR 19.10
RSI (14)
63.0
52-Week Range-16.6% from high
Low EUR 11.82High EUR 22.90

SCORE BREAKDOWN

Quality
72
ROIC
30.2%94.5
ROE
18.0%81.4
GP/Assets
50.6%93.2
Op. Margin
6.6%42.6
FCF/Assets
14.6%93.2
Piotroski
656.1
Int. Cover
4.2x34.2
D/E Ratio
0.40x46.1
Current Ratio
1.39x34.3
Value
75
P/E (TTM)
13.3x67.2
EV/EBITDA
3.1x94.9
P/FCF
3.8x91.7
P/B
2.0x46.2
P/S
0.3x90.9
Div Yield
1.5%39.5
Momentum
72
52W High %
83%72.0
RS 6M
17%82.9
SMA 50/200
1.13x87.3
EPS Rev 4W
—N/A
EPS Rev 12W
—N/A
EPS Improve
+24%37.0
Q Growth
60%73.6

FUNDAMENTALS

Market Cap
$165M
P/E (Forward)
10.7x
Gross Margin
25.3%

SECTOR PEERS

Closest peers in Industrials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of ALCIS.PA are excluded.

TickerCompanyMkt CapStockRankSignal
ALCIS.PACatering International & Services Société Anonyme(you)$165M99Strong Buy
ALHG.PALouis Hachette Group S.A.$2.0B91Strong Buy
GLO.PAGL Events SA$1.0B75Buy
TEP.PATeleperformance SE$5.4B99Strong Buy
PLX.PAPluxee N.V.$2.3B72Buy
ELIS.PAElis SA$5.5B70Buy
SW.PASodexo S.A.$9.8B77Buy
SFPI.PAGROUPE SFPI SA$176M96Strong Buy
ALPM.PAPrecia S.A.$121M89Strong Buy
ALFRE.PAFreelance.com SA$133M86Strong Buy

Peer medians: ROE 10.7% · P/E 15.1x · Gross margin 36.9%

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Catering International & Services Société Anonyme (ALCIS.PA): Stock Score Summary

Catering International & Services Société Anonyme (ALCIS.PA) has a MoatMap StockRank of 99/100 based on Quality (72/100), Value (75/100), and Momentum (72/100) factor scores. The current signal is Strong Buy. Catering International & Services provides catering, remote accommodation, and facilities management services for extraction and infrastructure projects across frontier markets. While high crude oil prices encourage upstream capital expenditures that support remote site utilization, catering remains an asset-light but low-margin, competitive contracting business. The firm contends with ongoing sovereign and political risks across Africa and the Middle East, alongside food commodity inflation that can rapidly squeeze fixed-price commercial agreements without offering proprietary technological moats.

Catering International & Services Société Anonyme provides catering, accommodation, and facilities and utility management services.

Key Financial Metrics

PriceEUR 19.10
Market Cap$165M
P/E (TTM)13.33
P/E (Forward)10.73
Price/Book2.01
Return on Equity18.0%
Return on Invested Capital30.2%
Debt/Equity0.40x
Gross Margin25.3%
Operating Margin6.6%
Revenue Growth16.4%
Dividend Yield1.5%
Free Cash Flow$43M

Catering International & Services Société Anonyme operates in the Specialty Business Services industry, part of the Industrials sector (France).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Catering International & Services Société Anonyme’s (ALCIS.PA) StockRank?
MoatMap’s StockRank for Catering International & Services Société Anonyme (ALCIS.PA) is 99/100, with a Strong Buy signal. It is a composite of Quality (72), Value (75), and Momentum (72), each scored against its sector. The composite is then ranked across MoatMap’s universe of 24,000+ stocks.
Does Catering International & Services Société Anonyme have an economic moat?
Catering International & Services Société Anonyme (ALCIS.PA) has a Quality factor score of 72/100. Quality blends several measures of profitability and financial strength, led by gross profit to assets, return on invested capital and free cash flow to assets. A high score describes the financial record a durable advantage tends to leave; it does not prove a moat.
Is Catering International & Services Société Anonyme a buy, hold, or sell?
MoatMap’s current signal for Catering International & Services Société Anonyme (ALCIS.PA) is Strong Buy, based on a StockRank of 99/100. It is the band the score falls in, worked out from the score alone: a description, not a recommendation.
What sector is Catering International & Services Société Anonyme in?
Catering International & Services Société Anonyme (ALCIS.PA) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Specialty Business Services industry (France).