Barco NV/€BAR
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About Barco NV
Barco NV is a technology company that operates in the visualization and display industry, focusing on designing and developing innovative visualization solutions. Its core segments include Entertainment, Enterprise, and Healthcare. The company produces projection technology, image processing, and wireless collaboration solutions. Headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, Barco serves a global market with a footprint that touches multiple international regions. A competitive strength of Barco is its emphasis on providing high-quality, technologically advanced products that meet the demands of diverse professional environments. Established in 1934, the company has a long history of expertise in technological development.
- Ticker
- €BAR
- Sector
- Digital Hardware
- Primary listing
- BSE
- Employees
- 3,673
- Headquarters
- Kortrijk, Belgium
- Website
- www.barco.com
Barco NV Metrics
BasicAdvanced
€597M
13.73
€0.53
0.66
€0.39
5.25%
Price and volume
Market cap
€597M
Beta
0.66
52-week high
€14.36
52-week low
€7.39
Average daily volume
86K
Dividend rate
€0.39
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.779
Quick ratio
0.895
Long term debt to equity
0.047
Total debt to equity
0.201
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
103.08%
Interest coverage (TTM)
16.80%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
81.399
Gross margin (TTM)
39.82%
Net profit margin (TTM)
4.68%
Operating margin (TTM)
5.12%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
16.51%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
€250,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.64%
Return on equity (TTM)
6.38%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
13.731
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.643
Price to book
0.88
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.32
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
-340.15
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
-0.29%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
-0.022
Dividend yield (TTM)
5.25%
Forward dividend yield
5.25%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-4.02%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-39.24%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-5.71%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-1.25%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-17.03%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
15.33%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
7.72%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
8.20%
Bulls say / Bears say
Barco’s order book strengthened materially to €568.3 million at June 30, 2026, versus €492.8 million at year-end 2025, with positive book-to-bill and particularly strong Control Rooms order intake across regions. (Barco)
Cinema is showing attractive replacement-cycle momentum: 1Q26 Entertainment orders rose 6% year over year, while Cinema order intake grew at a double-digit rate on lamp-to-laser upgrades, premium formats, and growing HDR by Barco adoption. (Euronext)
1H26 showed significant operating deterioration: sales fell 8% year over year to €418.1 million, EBITDA declined to €26.1 million from €48.0 million, and free cash flow turned negative at €36.7 million. (Barco)
Healthcare orders and sales declined by double digits, mainly because of continued weakness in the surgical portfolio and the expiration of several large contracts; Enterprise also remains exposed to weakness in Meeting Experience and declining BYOD demand. (Barco)
The investment case remains dependent on a second-half recovery: management said 2026 growth would be skewed toward 2H and conditional on macroeconomic conditions not deteriorating, while geopolitical uncertainty and currency effects continue to reduce visibility. (Barco)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 10 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Barco NV
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | €BAR weighting |
|---|---|---|
Xtrackers MSCI Europe Small Cap€DX2J | €3.2B | 0.03% |
Xtrackers MSCI Europe Small Cap£XXSC | £2.8B | 0.03% |
L&G Global Quality Dividends£LDGG | £279M | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.01% |
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