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Ioannis Pontikis

French Grocery Market Competition Intensifies With Online and Paris Market at the Forefront

After taking a fresh look at the two French grocers under our coverage, we are reducing our Carrefour fair value estimate to EUR 17.90 per share from EUR 18.50 and our Casino fair value estimate to EUR 32 per share from EUR 52. Although we are maintaining our no-moat ratings for both, we have changed our previously stable moat trend rating for Casino to negative and are reiterating Carrefour's negative moat trend rating on the back of intense competition in the French grocery market.
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Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA

Casino Guichard-Perrachon is a food retailer based in France. Co. operates hypermarkets, supermarkets, discount stores, convenience stores and cafeterias. Co.'s stores are discount stores selling groceries and consumer goods, and providing services like financial and insurance services, real estate, and restaurants. Co. operates hypermarkets under the brand Geant Casino; urban and rural supermarkets under the brand Casino Supermarches; city-centre supermarkets under the brand Monoprix; convenience/national superettes under the brands Petit Casino, Vival and Spar; covenience-paris area stores under the brand Marche Franprix; and discount stores under the brand Leader Price.

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