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Company and Market Context

Company Profile & Ownership

Worldline SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides payment and transaction services in Europe and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Merchant Services and Financial Services. It offers merchant solutions, including in-store, online, omnichannel, cross-border payments, and payments for platforms; and merchant products, such as in-store and online payment gateways, merchant acquiring, tap on mobile, scan and pay, payment terminals, and account-to-account payments. The company also provides financial institutions solutions comprising issuing, acquiring, account payments, open and digital banking, ATM management, authentication and security, and digital currency. It serves retail and marketplaces, digital goods and services, self-service, petrol and energy, financial institutions, travel and hospitality, mobility, public sector, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Atos Worldline SAS and changed its name to Worldline SA in April 2014. Worldline SA was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Puteaux, France.

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Worldline SA

Common Stock · Industrials · Data Processing & Outsourced Services

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Company

Company / asset: Worldline SA
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Data Processing & Outsourced Services
HQ: 🇫🇷 France
Head office: Tour Voltaire, Puteaux, France, 92800

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Pierre-Antoine Vacheron
CEO year born: 1965
Full-time employees: 14.5K
Fiscal year end: December

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-08-12

Market Cap: EUR 87.7M
P/E: --
Revenue (Q2 26): EUR 1.9B
Profit (Q2 26): EUR -59.0M
Dividend Yield: --
Revenue (FY 25): EUR 4.0B
Shares in public float: 43M
Insider ownership: 9.99%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: WLN.PAR
Listing: 🇫🇷 France | Dividend Tax: 25%
Ticker Currency: EUR
Income Statement Currency: EUR
Balance Sheet Currency: EUR
Cash Flow Currency: EUR
EPS Currency: EUR
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: FR0011981968
Asset ID: equity_73a29d7a-0803-5db8-ad83-65732918f5f9

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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

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The company's recent financial reports show a massive headline net loss, which was caused by a giant, one-time accounting write-down of past acquisitions rather than an actual loss of cash. In fact, the underlying business continues to generate positive free cash flow. Reports agree that sales are currently flat to slightly shrinking as the company intentionally ends unprofitable contracts and sells off non-core divisions. However, there is a clear disagreement on the future outlook. Optimistic views believe that once the heavy restructuring costs end, profits will bounce back strongly as cost-cutting takes effect. Skeptical views argue that the company's organic growth engine is permanently broken, and that high interest rates will continue to eat into any potential earnings. Retail investors should focus on whether the company can successfully transition back to consistent, positive over the next two years.

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Profitability & Margins

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The company's profit margins have been severely crushed by massive restructuring costs, integration issues, and write-downs. Reports agree that while basic gross margins remain acceptable, operating and net margins have collapsed due to these heavy one-time charges. There is a strong consensus that margins will slowly recover as the company's cost-cutting program, which includes cutting 30% of its workforce, begins to take effect. However, a major clash exists regarding the long-term margin ceiling. Optimistic analysts believe that simplifying the business down to fewer platforms will dramatically boost profitability. On the other hand, skeptics argue that intense competition from modern rivals will force the company to keep cutting prices, permanently capping its profit potential. Retail investors should watch for sequential drops in administrative expenses as the key sign that margins are truly turning around.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	1,387,752,000	146,492,000	152,852,000	56.64	15.02	11.01	10.56
2017-12-31	1,847,356,000	213,010,000	125,545,000	60.47	16.17	6.8	11.53
2018-12-31	1,961,028,000	237,120,000	114,570,000	59.63	16.91	5.84	12.09
2019-12-31	2,667,392,000	350,448,000	348,544,000	40.46	14.48	13.07	13.14
2020-12-31	3,004,372,000	434,320,000	199,714,000	35.65	13.09	6.65	14.46
2021-12-31	4,205,916,000	829,350,000	-856,596,000	36.16	11.81	-20.37	19.72
2022-12-31	4,669,587,000	774,787,000	320,144,000	43.88	12.19	6.86	16.59
2023-12-31	5,071,440,000	504,790,000	-899,030,000	54.76	-18.87	-17.73	9.95
2024-12-31	4,817,176,000	334,464,000	-308,880,000	56.45	2.26	-6.41	6.94
2025-12-31	4,714,983,000	194,805,000	-6,033,105,000	41.14	2.92	-127.96	4.13

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Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2022-12-31	0.89	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	3,340,300
2018-01-01	3,571,000
2019-01-01	4,674,600
2020-01-01	5,455,300
2021-01-01	7,004,000
2022-01-01	7,315,100
2023-01-01	7,066,700
2024-01-01	7,081,500
2025-01-01	6,996,300
2026-01-01	6,996,300

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