Why Bureau Veritas stock moves
Bureau Veritas fell with the market.
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Why today
16,292 news analyzed todayBureau Veritas fell with the market.
In the last session, Bureau Veritas fell clearly, moving in line with the CAC 40, which also fell clearly.
Over the last five trading days, Bureau Veritas rose clearly, in line with a rising CAC 40.
Likely, the broad market selloff drove the move, since the stock tracked the index closely.
The shares are trading near their highest close of the past year.
Today's move of −0.89% was 1.6 times a normal day's 0.6%. CAC 40 moved −0.81% on the same day.
Bureau Veritas −0.89%CAC 40 −0.81%In step with the market
What analysts expect, and how often they have been right
Analysts’ estimates for Bureau Veritas.
Ratings
Price targets
Latest price 29.95 EUR
For the current fiscal year, expected earnings per share changed from 1.54 EUR three months ago to 1.50 EUR now. 2026 estimate: 1.50 EUR. 2027 estimate: 1.62 EUR.
Has the share price followed the business?
Price and earnings moved in the same direction: 1 out of 2 years. Across European companies, that happens in about 65% of years. In 2024, the price changed +28% and earnings per share +14%.
Revenue, profit and market cap
RevenueProfitMarket capHatched bars: analysts’ estimates.bn EUR
Assets, liabilities and market cap
AssetsLiabilitiesMarket capbn EUR
Price and earnings moved in the same direction: 1 out of 2 years.Market cap (Now): 13.2 bn EURRevenue 2025: 6.5 bn EUR
What the key figures say about Bureau Veritas
The figures connect what Bureau Veritas earns with what investors pay.
The line shows the share price in the same year, on its own scale. Hatched bars: analysts’ estimates.
Profit divided by the number of shares. Each share represents this much of the earnings.
2022–2025: 1.02 EUR–1.25 EUR. Peers: Enento Group 0.62 EUR, Rejlers 7.48 SEK, Latour 11.57 SEK. 2026 estimate: 1.50 EUR (1.38 EUR–1.60 EUR). 2027 estimate: 1.62 EUR (1.41 EUR–1.78 EUR).
What the company sold during the year.
2022–2025: 5.7 bn EUR–6.5 bn EUR. Peers: Enento Group 157 m EUR, Rejlers 4.9 bn SEK, Latour 28.5 bn SEK. 2026 estimate: 6.5 bn EUR (6.2 bn EUR–6.9 bn EUR). 2027 estimate: 6.9 bn EUR (6.7 bn EUR–7.4 bn EUR).
The percentage of revenue left after the costs of running the business.
2022–2025: 14.0%–14.6%. Peers: Enento Group 16.9%, Rejlers 7.0%, Latour 14.3%.
Profit as a percentage of shareholders’ money in the company.
2022–2025: 25.1%–34.4%. Peers: Enento Group 5.6%, Rejlers 8.7%, Latour 16.8%.
The price investors pay for each unit of annual earnings per share. Not shown for a loss.
2022–2025: 20.8–24.1. Peers: Enento Group 26.6, Rejlers 18.0, Latour 20.3. 2026 estimate: 20.0. 2027 estimate: 18.5.
What investors pay for each unit the company sells.
2022–2025: 1.77–2.11. Peers: Enento Group 2.48, Rejlers 0.62, Latour 5.26. 2026 estimate: 2.03. 2027 estimate: 1.92.
Money paid to shareholders per share, summed by calendar year.
2017–2025: 0.00 EUR–0.90 EUR.
The ordinary yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price.
2022–2025: 2.2%–3.4%. Peers: Enento Group 6.1%, Rejlers 3.9%, Latour 2.2%.
Net debt divided by operating earnings before depreciation and amortisation.
2022–2025: 1.18–1.35. Peers: Enento Group 3.45, Rejlers 2.57, Latour 2.62.
More key figures
Market cap divided by shareholders’ equity, what remains after liabilities.
2022–2025: 5.36–7.05. Peers: Enento Group 1.52, Rejlers 1.45, Latour 3.22.
Market cap plus net debt, divided by operating earnings. This includes debt.
2022–2025: 13.8–15.6.
Cash left after investments, divided by the number of shares.
2022–2025: 1.46 EUR–1.94 EUR. Peers: Enento Group 1.67 EUR, Rejlers 10.09 SEK, Latour 6.34 SEK.
The percentage of assets financed by shareholders’ equity.
2022–2025: 24.2%–29.1%.
The dividend explained
A dividend is money paid to shareholders. Bureau Veritas paid 0.92 EUR per share in the twelve months through November 6, 2026.
On the ex-dividend day, May 26, 2026, Bureau Veritas traded without the right to the 0.92 EUR dividend. The price went from 27.05 EUR to 25.86 EUR; including the dividend, the day's change was −1.0%. Entitlement passes from the company to shareholders on the ex-day; payment comes later.
2017: 0.55 EUR2018: 0.56 EUR2019: 0.56 EUR2020: 0.00 EUR2021: 0.36 EUR2022: 0.53 EUR2023: 0.77 EUR2024: 0.83 EUR2025: 0.90 EUR2026 so far: 0.92 EUR
10,000 EUR in Bureau Veritas bought on November 7, 2016 is worth 22,200 EUR today, with dividends reinvested.
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What would 10,000 EUR in Bureau Veritas be worth today?
22,200 EUR
with dividends reinvested, bought on November 7, 2016.
The five biggest days of the journey
· −10.6% · the whole market fell 1.0% the same day
· +9.3% · the whole market rose 2.7% the same day
· −8.7% · the whole market fell 5.8% the same day
· −8.6% · the whole market fell 12.3% the same day
· −8.5% · the whole market fell 4.2% the same day
Earlier days
+2.22% market +2.13% Bureau Veritas, listed in Paris, rose clearly over the week, moving in line with the CAC 40. Read →
Bureau Veritas, listed in Paris, rose clearly over the week, moving in line with the CAC 40.
The share price came close to its highest level of the past year.
Analysts at Citi raised their price target, the share price they see as fair, to 33.91 EUR, and Goldman Sachs kept its buy rating.
Early in the week the company opened a cruise technical centre in Miami, and on Wednesday it received approval in principle for a survey vessel, which supported the stock.
+2.57% market +2.34% Bureau Veritas rose, in line with the market. Read →
Bureau Veritas rose, in line with the market.
The shares moved with CAC 40, which also rose sharply that day, so the move looks market-driven.
No company news explains the move; the only items from that session are a minor cruise-industry partnership with Enppi and an emissions-focused engineering tie-up.
Over the last five trading days the shares rose clearly, again tracking a strongly rising CAC 40.
The stock sits near its highest close of the past year, well above its late-April low.
−0.17% market −0.34% Bureau Veritas barely moved without a company-news explanation. Read →
Bureau Veritas barely moved without a company-news explanation.
Over the last five trading days it rose slightly, while the CAC 40 rose clearly, so it lagged the market.
The move was an ordinary one for this stock, and the share price sits near its one-year high.
Its Miami cruise centre opening and a Goldman Sachs buy rating were already known before the session.
Goldman Sachs kept its buy rating, meaning it still expects the shares to outperform the market.
+0.31% market +2.40% Bureau Veritas was roughly unchanged this week, moving less than the CAC 40, which rose clearly. Read →
Bureau Veritas was roughly unchanged this week, moving less than the CAC 40, which rose clearly.
Company news was mostly routine: a new cruise center in Miami, a Temu product-testing deal, and treasury share buybacks.
The stock rose clearly in the last session, while the market was flat.
−0.76% market +0.51% Bureau Veritas fell, moving against the CAC 40, which rose slightly. Read →
Bureau Veritas fell, moving against the CAC 40, which rose slightly.
No company news explains the drop.
Over the last five trading days the stock rose sharply, a big move for it, while the market rose slightly.
Likely drivers include the third-quarter sales update (1.57 billion euros, 10.1% growth) and analyst target raises from Rothschild & Co Redburn and Barclays, which backed the stock earlier in the week.
The stock's share price sits near its one-year high.
+4.92% market −2.19% Bureau Veritas rose sharply over the last five trading days, moving against a clearly falling CAC 40. Read →
Bureau Veritas rose sharply over the last five trading days, moving against a clearly falling CAC 40.
Its gain was about three times a normal five-day move, which was big for this stock.
The third-quarter results were the main driver: sales grew 10.1%, with organic growth (growth excluding acquisitions and currency effects) speeding up.
Analysts also raised their price targets, the share prices they see as fair.
+2.16% market −1.37% Bureau Veritas rose sharply, against a falling market. Read →
Bureau Veritas rose sharply, against a falling market.
On Wednesday the CAC 40 fell sharply while Bureau Veritas rose sharply, so it clearly moved apart from the market.
No specific company news explains the rise, but the strong third-quarter revenue growth of 10.1% was reported earlier this week.
Likely reasons are that the strong growth figures and reiterated 2026 targets reassured investors, and that analysts raised their price targets, the share prices they see as fair.
The move was big for Bureau Veritas, about three times a normal five-day stretch, and similar moves happened about seven times in the past year.
+3.64% market +1.06% Bureau Veritas rose very sharply after its third-quarter results. Read →
Bureau Veritas rose very sharply after its third-quarter results.
Its organic growth, which strips out acquisitions and currency effects, picked up to about 6.2%, and it kept its 2026 targets.
The gain also broke above a resistance level near 27.98 euros, a price where sellers had previously stepped in.
The move was far larger than the CAC 40's modest rise, so it was company-specific rather than market-driven.
Over the past five trading days the shares rose sharply, about twice a normal five-day swing for this stock, while the market rose slightly.
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