Stock · SAF.PA · Industrials
France · Large Cap · Revenue 12 mo. €33.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Safran SA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the aerospace and defense businesses in France, rest of Europe, the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.
Safran SA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the aerospace and defense businesses in France, rest of Europe, the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. The company operates through three segments: Aerospace Propulsion; Aircraft Equipment, Defense and Aerosystems; and Aircraft Interiors. The Aerospace Propulsion segment designs, develops, produces, and markets propulsion and mechanical power transmission systems for commercial aircraft, military transport, training and combat aircraft, civil and military helicopters, and drones; and offers maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, as well as sells spare parts. The Aircraft Equipment, Defense and Aerosystems segment provides landing gears and brakes; nacelles and reversers; avionics, such as flight controls and onboard information systems; security systems, including evacuation slides and oxygen masks; onboard computers and fuel systems; electrical power management systems and related engineering services; optronic equipment and sights, navigation equipment and sensors, infantry, and drones; MRO services; and sells spare parts. The Aircraft Interiors segment designs, develops, manufactures, and markets aircraft seats for passengers and crew; cabin equipment, overhead bins, class dividers, passenger service units, cabin interior solutions, chilling systems, galleys, electrical inserts, and trolleys; and cabin equipment and passenger comfort-focused solutions such as water distribution, lavatories, air systems, and in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions. The company's products and services are used in commercial civil and military aircrafts, and helicopters. Safran SA was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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Summary
49.6 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €4.5B (2025), it supports €49.8B. The remaining €72.5B of the market value assume it grows 12.5% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
12.5%
no growth afterwards
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q3 2026
4 more unchanged: Gross margin, EBIT margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 48.37% | 13.10% | Rank 96 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 66.25% | 19.33% | Rank 89 |
| EBIT margin | 13.29% | 11.28% | Rank 59 |
| FCF margin | 14.37% | 8.50% | Rank 81 |
| Gross margin | 14.34% | 28.98% | Rank 15 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 12.53% | 5.15% | Rank 85 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 8.01% | |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 84.69% | 12.89% | Rank 99 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.97% | 4.02% | Rank 50 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.81% | 4.42% | Rank 66 |
| FCF yield | 3.67% | 3.98% | Rank 43 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 3.87 | 2.08 | Rank 29 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 29.16 | 19.47 | Rank 20 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −12.02% | −0.01% | Rank 29 |
| Share price, 6 months | 3.70% | −1.43% | Rank 59 |
| Share price, 3 months | −12.19% | 0.53% | Rank 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −18.73% | −16.36% | Rank 44 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 8.28% | 1.39% | Rank 10 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.42% | −0.44% | Rank 12 |
| Dividend streak in years | 4 | 5 | Rank 49 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −3.97% | 0.27% | Rank 14 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 24.01% | 39.65% | Rank 18 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | −0.26 | 1.38 | Rank 80 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.36 | 0.61 | Rank 70 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 34.85% | 32.95% | Rank 42 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, €B | EBIT margin | FCF, €B | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16.6 | 20.1% | 1.9 | 424M | €2.1B |
| 2017 | 16.5 | 14.7% | 2.2 | 418M | €276.0M |
| 2018 | 21.2 | 10.2% | 2.3 | 436M | €3.8B |
| 2019 | 25.3 | 15.2% | 2.0 | 435M | €4.6B |
| 2020 | 16.8 | 5.5% | 1.3 | 440M | €3.3B |
| 2021 | 15.3 | 5.7% | 1.7 | 440M | €1.9B |
| 2022 | 19.5 | 10.5% | 2.7 | 427M | €262.0M |
| 2023 | 23.7 | 11.8% | 3.4 | 431M | −€94.0M |
| 2024 | 27.7 | 15.1% | 3.7 | 416M | −€1.5B |
| 2025 | 31.2 | 13.3% | 4.5 | 418M | −€1.5B |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Safran SA mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Safran SA is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Safran SA.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 17.2 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 8.3 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 48.4% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 24.0% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.36 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| SAF.PA | Safran SAthis page | |
| HO.PA | Thales S.A. | locked |
| BA | The Boeing Company | Low2.7 |
| RR.L | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | locked |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corporation | locked |
| AIR.PA | Airbus Group SE | locked |
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