Why is Sanofi ?
1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 11.13%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 11.13% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 19.70
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 1.85% and Operating profit at 7.70% over the last 5 years
4
Flat results in Jun 25
- INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 1.36%
5
With ROE of 10.62%, it has a Attractive valuation with a 1.49 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -8.13%, its profits have risen by 14.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.8
6
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- Even though the market (France CAC 40) has generated returns of 8.73% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -8.13% returns
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Sanofi should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Sanofi for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Sanofi
-8.13%
-0.34
25.13%
France CAC 40
8.73%
0.52
16.76%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
1.85%
EBIT Growth (5y)
7.70%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
19.70
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.68
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.11
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.45
Tax Ratio
17.98%
Dividend Payout Ratio
88.23%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.07%
ROCE (avg)
11.13%
ROE (avg)
12.55%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.49
EV to EBIT
11.09
EV to EBITDA
7.92
EV to Capital Employed
1.46
EV to Sales
2.76
PEG Ratio
0.80
Dividend Yield
4.63%
ROCE (Latest)
13.12%
ROE (Latest)
10.62%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
Bearish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Technical Movement
6What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)
Highest at 3,142.13
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -4.96% (YoY
CASH AND EQV(HY)
Highest at EUR 15,359 MM
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at 9.89 %
EPS(Q)
Highest at EUR 4.72
-1What is not working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 1.36%
Here's what is working for Sanofi
Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 3,142.13
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving
Operating Profit to Interest
EPS
Highest at EUR 4.72
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders
EPS (EUR)
Cash and Eqv
Highest at EUR 15,359 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 9.89 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -4.96% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
Here's what is not working for Sanofi
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 1.36%
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed
Inventory Turnover Ratio






