Louis Hachette Group/€ALHG
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About Louis Hachette Group
- Ticker
- €ALHG
- Sector
- Communication
- Primary listing
- PAR
- Employees
- 34,000
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Website
- www.louishachettegroup.com
ALHG Metrics
BasicAdvanced
€1.8B
88.35
€0.02
-
€0.06
3.06%
Price and volume
Market cap
€1.8B
52-week high
€1.90
52-week low
€1.41
Average daily volume
1M
Dividend rate
€0.06
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.779
Quick ratio
0.335
Long term debt to equity
1.436
Total debt to equity
1.79
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
256.52%
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.02%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
833
Gross margin (TTM)
63.65%
Net profit margin (TTM)
0.24%
Operating margin (TTM)
4.71%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
39.79%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
€290,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.34%
Return on equity (TTM)
4.15%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
88.353
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.18
Price to book
0.82
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-0.68
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
1.598
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
62.59%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.106
Dividend yield (TTM)
3.39%
Forward dividend yield
3.06%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
2.76%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-33.32%
Bulls say / Bears say
Louis Hachette Group delivered resilient first-half 2026 performance: revenue rose 2.0% to €4.545 billion, EBITA reached €218 million, free cash flow increased to €38 million and net debt declined €232 million year over year to €1.726 billion. (Louis Hachette Group)
Lagardère Publishing is showing quality growth: first-half like-for-like revenue increased 1.3%, EBITA rose to €105 million, margin improved to 7.8%, and growth was supported by audiobooks, Latin America, partworks and board games. (Louis Hachette Group)
Management is actively improving the portfolio and adding content optionality: the Prisma luxury division was sold to Vivendi alongside a 13.58% Vivendi stake in Prisma Group, while Hachette Livre and STUDIOCANAL launched a joint venture to develop film and television adaptations from Hachette’s catalog. (Louis Hachette Group)
Prisma Media remains a material drag: first-half 2026 revenue fell 24.9% like-for-like, with declines in both print circulation and digital advertising; EBITA was flat only because of cost savings. (Louis Hachette Group)
Lagardère Travel Retail faces margin pressure despite growth: first-half EBITA declined 5.1% to €111 million and margin fell to 3.7% from 4.1%, reflecting Middle East disruption, adverse foreign-exchange movements and North Asian restructuring. (Louis Hachette Group)
Underlying shareholder earnings remain weak: first-half 2026 net income attributable to the group was negative €8 million, while cash flow after interest and taxes was negative €19 million, highlighting the burden of financing, lease interest and minority interests. (Louis Hachette Group)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 9 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing ALHG
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | €ALHG weighting |
|---|---|---|
Xtrackers MSCI Europe Small Cap€DX2J | €3.2B | 0.08% |
Xtrackers MSCI Europe Small Cap£XXSC | £2.8B | 0.08% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | £6.7B | 0.01% |
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