GLOBAL RESEARCH ARCHIVE
Saint Gobain "Feedback from sell-side lunch" (Sell) Radlinger
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Saint Gobain "Feedback from sell-side lunch" (Sell) Radlinger
Global Research
19 June 2026ab
Saint Gobain Equities
FranceFeedback from sell-side lunch
Building Materials
12-month rating Sell
CEO Benoit Bazin, CFO Maud Thuaudet and the IR team hosted a sell-side lunch in Paris.
We thank the team for their time with us and share key feedback below.
12m price target €70.00
Guidance: Positive LFL sales in Q2 and slightly positive price cost for FY confirmed.
Price (18 Jun 2026) €79.76 Americas: “Reasonable” activity levels despite weaker resi. Siding remains
resilient. New resi down M-HSD% y/y - weak but not a disaster. Continued mix RIC: SGOB.PA BBG: SGO FP
shift from single-family to multi-family (affordability-driven - seeing this globally).
Trading data and key metrics
Europe: France back to growth after weather impacted Q1, Germany “OK”, 52-wk range €102.70-68.08
Nordics modestly improving and EE strong, UK soft. Market cap. €39.6b/US$45.4b
Americas margins: Roofing in line with peers; insulation below due to scale; Shares o/s 497m (ORD)
siding above. Mix (Canada/Latam) dilutive vs US. Focus remains on operational Free float 93%
improvement rather than targeting peer margin levels mechanically. Avg. daily volume ('000) 1,327
Avg. daily value (m) €99.7
US roofing: H1 margins expected broadly in line with H2 25. Capacity increasing
Common s/h equity (12/26E) €26.1b
by 2–3% to support SRS expansion. Weather remains key swing factor. Industry
P/BV (12/26E) 1.5x
discipline expected to hold even in a softer demand environment.
Net debt to EBITDA (12/26E) 1.3x
APAC: India very strong (price and volume). Broader shift well underway from
EPS (UBS, diluted) (EUR)
cost-plus to value-based pricing across the region.
UBS Cons.
Price-cost: Pricing actions ongoing globally.
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