BIC chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 50.80
Dividend & Yield2.56€ (4.18%)
Beta 0.33
Market capitalization 2.68B
Operating cash flow 300M
ESG Scores 24.0

Company description

Société BIC SA manufactures and sells stationery, lighter, shaver, and other products worldwide. It offers ball and coloring felt pens, markers, sticky notes, leads, whiteboards, and correction tapes, as well as graphite, coloring, mechanical, and other pencils; reusable notebooks, smart pens, erasers, crayons, art and craft kits, refillable shavers, razors shave cream, body and face lotions, finger painting products, and watercolors; permanent, single, metallic, and temporary tattoo markers; gel ink, roller, and fineliner pens; and ball and gel pen, color, and mechanical refills. The company also provides pocket, utility, decorated, non-decorated classic, electronic, and multipurpose lighters. In addition, it sells pantyhoses, batteries, and shaving preps; and advertising and promotional products. Further, the company is involved in the provision of delivery services; production of industrial equipment; and manufacture and distribution of IT solutions and consumer products, as well as in real estate and insurance activities. It markets its products primarily under the BIC, BIC Kids, Cello, Lucky, RocketBook, Tipp-Ex, BIC Wite-Out, DJEEP, BIC Soleil, Us, MADE FOR YOU, BIC Evolution, and BodyMark brands through a range of channels, including retail mass-market distributors, traditional stores, and office product stationers, as well as an e-commerce site. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Clichy, France.

Sector: Consumer Defensive - Industry: Household & Personal Products

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio1.65
Working Capital0.37
Return On Equity0.18
Debt To Equity0
Fixed Asset Ratio0.03
Fixed Interest Cover73.84

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Change To Liabilities 41.24M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -110.8M -149.26M 57.57M -172.5M
Net Borrowings -14.7M 58.37M -28.64M -5M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -209.84M -61.11M -148.27M -175.2M
Change To Operating Activities -21.1M 129.75M 34.69M -29.2M
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 176.09M 93.72M 314.19M 208.9M
Change In Cash -2.95M 117.89M 203.68M -53.2M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 440k -29.39M 13.82M -5.6M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 317.25M 357.65M 280.56M 300M
Depreciation 112.21M 110.17M 106.7M 128.2M
Change To Account Receivables 1.18M 1.18M 1.18M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities 33k -1.73M 142k -21.7M
Change To Netincome 44.66M 19.02M -125.5M -7.9M
Capital Expenditures -99.55M -76.73M -66.18M -96.3M

Income Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 251.44M 155.34M 447.79M 290.6M
Net Income 176.09M 93.72M 314.19M 208.9M
Selling General Administrative 475.54M 453.13M 491.01M 774.5M
Gross Profit 977.32M 824.22M 930.75M 1.08B
Ebit 332.52M 222.4M 275.88M 303.5M
Operating Income 332.52M 222.4M 275.88M 303.5M
Interest Expense -4.96M -4.56M -3.74M -12.9M
Income Tax Expense 75.35M 61.61M 133.59M 81.7M
Total Revenue 1.95B 1.63B 1.83B 2.23B
Cost Of Revenue 972.11M 803.69M 901.14M 1.16B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -81.07M -67.07M 171.91M -12.9M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 176.09M 93.72M 314.19M 208.9M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 176.09M 93.72M 314.19M 208.9M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Total Liabilities 784.11M 713.23M 772.02M 807.2M
Total Stockholder Equity 1.61B 1.46B 1.72B 1.88B
Other Current Liabilities 191.75M 176.7M 219.57M 347.5M
Total Assets 2.39B 2.17B 2.5B 2.68B
Common Stock 173.93M 173.41M 170.67M 1.88B
Other Current Assets 39.16M 51.42M 48.43M 79.7M
Retained Earnings 1.64B 1.62B 1.82B
Treasury Stock -220.39M -356.4M -295.37M
Cash 198.56M 265.74M 468.91M 416.3M
Total Current Liabilities 488.45M 463.05M 566.36M 605.1M
Other Stockholder Equity -218.32M -354.8M -294.37M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 713.49M 613.37M 588.8M 612.6M
Total Current Assets 1.24B 1.11B 1.43B 1.5B
Net Tangible Assets 1.35B 1.15B 1.4B 1.47B
Net Receivables 545.61M 409.62M 418.19M 414.7M
Accounts Payable 126.4M 99.47M 149.15M 181.1M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to BIC:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
NO DATA

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to BIC. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on BIC

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to BIC. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on BIC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to BIC:

BIC automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -18.3% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-18.3 %

Latent gain

-332.6 €

Invested capital

1817.6 €

Annualized return

-4.49 %
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Momentum strategy results on BIC

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to BIC. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on BIC

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on BIC:

BIC momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -19.74% of return on BIC. That represents -913.38€ of latent gain with 4625.88€ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -16.9% of return on BIC. That represents -453.05€ of latent gain with 2680.55€ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-19.74 %

Latent gain

-913.38 €

Invested capital

4625.88 €

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-16.9 %

Latent gain

-453.05 €

Invested capital

2680.55 €

Annualized return

-4.69 %

Momentum equity curve on BIC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to BIC:

BIC momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by BIC are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BIC

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on BIC since the beginning:

BIC

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250€, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000€.


Buy the dip strategy result on BIC

Buy the dip entry openings on BIC

BIC

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on BIC is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0€ of employed capital. The following chart shows BIC stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of BIC, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 €

Invested capital

0.0 €

Annualized return

0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to BIC

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to BIC:

BIC

Note: the dividends potentially given by BIC are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BIC

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on BIC:

BIC

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on BIC

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to BIC.

Equity curve comparison on BIC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

BIC investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on BIC

BIC investment comparison

Performance comparison on BIC

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -18.3% -332.6€ 1817.6€ -4.49%
Momentum 1 quarter -19.74% -913.38€ 4625.88€ -5.14%
Momentum 2 quarters -16.9% -453.05€ 2680.55€ -4.69%
Non-directional 0% 0.0€ 0.0€ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-4.49 %

Momentum 1Q

-4.69 %

Momentum 2Q

-4.69 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with BIC:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year

  • BIC

  • Most correlated stocks last 3 months

  • Genetic Technologies Ltd
  • TIANJIN
  • BIC
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  • Negative correlation

    Most negatively correlated stocks this year


    Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months


    Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between BIC and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of BIC does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


    Company information

    Company name BIC
    Country France
    City Clichy
    Address 14 rue Jeanne d'Asnieres
    Phone 33 1 45 19 52 00
    Website fr.bic.com/fr
    FullTime employees
    Industry Household & Personal Products
    Sector Consumer Defensive
    Exchange XPAR
    Ticker BB.XPAR
    Market www.euronext.com

    BIC ESG Scores

    Environment scores

    Environment ESG Factors Scores
    Environment Score 8.4
    Peer Environment Performance 9.5294117647059
    Environment Percentile unknown
    Palm Oil no
    Nuclear no
    Fur Leather no
    GMO no
    Coal no
    Pesticides no
    Animal Testing yes

    Social scores

    Social ESG Factors Scores
    Social Score 8.1
    Peer Social Performance 9.4911764705882
    Social Percentile unknown
    Highest Controversy 0
    Peer Highest Controversy Performance 1.4117647058824
    Adult no
    Gambling no
    Alcoholic no
    Tobacco no
    Catholic no
    Controversial Weapons no
    Small Arms no
    Military Contract no
    Peer Count yes

    Related Controversy:


    Governance scores

    Governance ESG Factors Scores
    Governance Score 7.5
    Peer Governance Performance 7.8258823529412
    Governance Percentile unknown

    ESG at glance
    Total ESG Scores: 24.0
    Environment Score: 8.4
    Social Score: 8.1
    Governance Score: 7.5

    ESG Performance: AVG_PERF

    Peer Group: Household Products

    Peer Esg Score Performance: 26.845882352941

    Rating Year: 2023

    Rating Month: 1

    Max Age: 86400

    Percentile: 41