Ave
Ave (AVE) closed at €0.460 on 26/10/2026, +0.44% on the day. Market cap €82m.
Key statistics
FY2025 unless a figure says otherwise
Profile
At the 26 Oct close- Market value
- €82m
- Enterprise valueDec 2025est.
- €93m
- Shares outstandingOct 2026
- 178.2m
- RevenueFY2025
- €31.1m
- Employees
- 144
- Free floatest.
- 25.7%
- Traded a day, 3-month average
- €13.2k
Valuation
FY2025- P/E
- —
- P/B
- 9.7×
- EV/Salesest.
- 3.0×
- P/FCF
- —
- Dividend yield
- 0.0%
not meaningful: a loss
not meaningful here
Margins
FY2025- Gross
- 17.9%
- EBITDA
- −8.4%
- Operating (EBIT)
- −17.7%
- Pre-tax
- −7.2%
- Net
- −7.4%
- Free cash flow
- −15.1%
Net margin = the shareholders' profit ÷ group revenue.
Returns
FY2025- ROE
- −25.2%
- ROCE
- −29.1%
- ROICest.
- −25.6%
- ROA
- −5.6%
- Tax rateFY2024
- 12.3%
Financial health
Dec 2025- Cash
- €1m
- Net debt
- €11m
- Debt ÷ equity
- 151.7%
- Interest coverFY2025
- —
not meaningful here
Growth
- Revenue, last yearFY2025
- +8.2%
- EPS, last yearFY2025
- −142.9%
- Revenue, 3 yearsFY2022–25, a year
- +23.9%
- Revenue, 5 yearsFY2020–25, a year
- −26.2%
- EPS, 3 yearsFY2022–25, a year
- —
not meaningful: crosses a loss
Dividends
FY2025- Yield, last 12 months
- 0.0%
- Per share
- €0.000
- Payout
- —
- Covered by free cash flow
- —
- Years paid, last fiveFY2021–25
- 0
nothing paid in 12 months
not meaningful here
Trading and risk
From our closes, dividends reinvested- Total return, 1 year
- −11.5%
- 3 years, a year
- −5.1%
- 5 years, a year
- −1.6%
- 10 years, a year
- +18.7%
- Volatility, 1 year
- 21.6%
- Beta to the General Index
- 0.25×
- Deepest fall, 1 year / 5 years
- −17.4% / −33.2%
- 52-week range
- €0.428–€0.520
Where the figures come from: the company's reports, reviewed by us · annual accounts filed in ESEF format · results announcements on the exchange · our own closing prices. No forecasts or target prices are stored.
Financial charts
From the stored figures: the reviewed dossier first, then the annual reports (ESEF) and results announcements
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Valuation
vs ASCO| Metric | AVE | ASCO |
|---|---|---|
| P/Bnew shares | 9.7 | 1.4 |
| P/S | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| Dividend yield | 0.0% | 5.6% |
| Payout ratio | — | 43.5% |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 49.1% |
| Operating margin | −17.7% | 20.0% |
| Net margin | −7.4% | 18.2% |
| ROE | −25.2% | 15.9% |
| Revenue growth (last full year) | 8.2% | 16.4% |
| Net debt | €11.0m | −€25.8m |
Peers: Consumer goods distribution
The company
AI-draftedAVE is a Greek distribution and services group active in entertainment, electronics, groceries, office supplies and sound processing. It develops the Carrefour network through Retail & More. In H1 2026 EBITDA turned positive but the group stayed loss-making and relies on shareholder deposits for funding.
- Sep 2026H1 2026 revenue rose 23.9% to €16.514m, EBITDA was €0.412m and the net loss was €1.398m.14
- Sep 2026EUROXX withdrew from AVE market-making with 30 September as its last day; this is not a share delisting.8
- Jul 2026The AGM approved no dividend for FY2025.5
- Jul 2026The YALCO capital increase was certified, giving a 32.05% stake for €5m; AVE Pharma raised its ERINO holding to 31.21%.11,14
- Jun 2026Retail & More transferred company-operated stores for €2.789m, derecognising €1.432m of goodwill.14
- May 2026A 24.98% stake in PROBOTEK was acquired for €150,000.12,14
- Retail & More was 71.88% group-owned at 30 June 2026, unchanged from the end of 2025.1,14
- OfficeMart is consolidated from July 2025; the stake at 30 June 2026 was 91.05%.1,14
- Shareholder deposits of €10.218m for a capital increase remained liabilities at 30 June 2026 and are to be capitalised within 2026.14
- Parent guarantees for third-party financing were €1.4m at 30 June 2026, down from €22.29m at the end of 2025.1,14
- Older revenue included mobile-device distribution sold in 2023.2,3,4
- 1.Annual Financial Report 2025 - Greek ESEFAVE S.A. · 30/04/2026official
- 2.Annual Financial Report 2023 - Greek ESEFAVE S.A. · 30/04/2024official
- 3.Annual Financial Report 2022 - Greek ESEF ZIPAVE S.A. · 28/04/2023official
- 4.Annual Financial Report 2021 - GreekAVE S.A. · 27/04/2022official
- 5.AGM decisions 2026 including no FY2025 dividendAVE S.A. · 01/07/2026official
- 6.BAZAAR proposed acquisition clarificationAVE S.A. · 18/06/2025official
- 7.Preferred conversion and ordinary-share issuanceAVE S.A. · 10/04/2024official
- 8.Market-maker changes including AVE - effective 30 SeptemberEuronext Athens · 01/09/2026official
- 9.Ordinary-share issuance and total share capitalAVE S.A. · 22/07/2024official
- 10.FIRDS ordinary-share recordESMAofficial
- 11.YALCO investment completed - 32.05 percent for EUR5mAVE S.A. · 30/06/2026official
- 12.PROBOTEK 24.98 percent acquisition for EUR150000AVE S.A. · 25/05/2026official
- 13.BAZAAR negotiations did not result in agreementAVE S.A. · 31/12/2025official
- 14.Semi-Annual Financial Report H1 2026 - Greek, reviewed by BDOAVE S.A. · 30/09/2026official