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Clement Genelot

CARREFOUR: Margin improvement ensured by cost-cutting but focus remains on commercial recovery | BUY | EUR20 VS. EUR19 (+37%)

CARREFOUR - BUY | EUR20 VS. EUR19 (+37%)
Margin improvement ensured by cost-cutting but focus remains on commercial recovery

One could be concerned about tough sales comps for 2021…
…but the new cost-cutting program ensures EBIT improvement
Healthy FCF raising questions about cash utilization
Buy reiterated with a TP raised to EUR20
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Carrefour SA

Carrefour is a distribution group based in France. Co. is engaged in retailing business, primarily in Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Romania); Asia (China, India, and Taiwan); and Latin America (Argentina and Brazil). Co. offers a variety of fresh produce, products from local suppliers and major-brand products. Co. operates Hypermarkets, Supermarkets, Convenience stores and Cash & Carry stores, as well as food and non-food e-commerce sites. Co. also offers services such as financial and insurance services, travel, entertainment, after-sales services, and leasing of commercial vehicles. As of Dec 31 2013 Co. operated 10,105 stores under its brand.

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Bryan Garnier
Bryan Garnier

Since 1996, Bryan, Garnier & Co has been growing with an absolute conviction that the investment banking landscape would experience a major revolution: most of the large local generalist banking groups will disappear to the benefit of a handful of global powerhouses, and an emerging group of independent, highly specialised boutique investment banks.

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Clement Genelot

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