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Price: 224.4 EUR -1.1% Market Closed
Market Cap: €25.1B
Financial profile · Q2 FY2026

Profitable growth with improving margins, recurring cash generation, and disciplined reinvestment

Across the multi-year history, Thales has combined sustained revenue growth with expanding operating profitability and generally positive free cash flow. Capital spending has risen with scale but remains moderate relative to sales, while the share count has stayed broadly stable.

What is developing

The period ended June 30, 2026 preserved the profitable-growth pattern, with revenue and operating income advancing and cash conversion improving sharply. Reported net income and EPS were temporarily depressed by the F126 termination charge, so the latest results indicate a meaningful development rather than a changed underlying model.

What matters next

Whether cash generation remains positive after the current working-capital and customer-payment benefit fades.

EUR
Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
14.9B 15.2B 15.9B 18.4B 15.4B 16.2B 17.6B 18.4B 20.6B 22.1B
(11.3B) (11.5B) (11.8B) (13.9B) (11.8B) (12.2B) (13.1B) (13.7B) (15.2B) (16.3B)
3.6B 3.7B 4.1B 4.5B 3.6B 4B 4.5B 4.8B 5.4B 5.9B
(2.4B) (2.5B) (2.6B) (3.1B) (2.7B) (2.8B) (3B) (3.1B) (3.6B) (3.6B)
(1.6B) (1.6B) (1.7B) (2B) (1.7B) (1.8B) (1.9B) (2B) (2.3B) (2.3B)
R&D
(736.1m) (802.2m) (881.4m) (1.1B) (942.9m) (1B) (1.1B) (1.1B) (1.3B) (1.3B)
(107.3m) (113m) (102.8m) — — — — — — —
1.2B 1.2B 1.5B 1.4B 899.3m 1.2B 1.4B 1.7B 1.8B 2.2B
225.5m 37.7m 77.7m 243.1m (23m) 20m 34.8m 197.2m (49.3m) 14.4m
36.4m 24.3m 24.8m 51.6m 53m 48.1m 63.9m 141.6m 271.2m 229.9m
(97.3m) (181.6m) (133.7m) (117.5m) (306.2m) (49.5m) (108.7m) (564.8m) (554m) (151.4m)
(55.9m) (58.6m) (53m) (83.8m) (56m) (41.3m) (22m) (105.3m) (34.1m) (44.9m)
1.3B 974.1m 1.3B 1.4B 514.1m 1.2B 1.3B 1.2B 1.2B 2B
(255.6m) (236.7m) (314.2m) (301m) (64.5m) (147.7m) (225.1m) (252.2m) (247.3m) (396.5m)
1B 737.4m 1B 1.1B 449.6m 1B 1.1B 928.6m 932.3m 1.6B
(68.2m) (57.6m) (46.1m) (24.5m) (8.5m) (45.6m) (10.4m) 20.5m 75.1m 34.2m
946.4m 679.8m 981.8m 1.1B 483.4m 1.1B 1.1B 1B 1.4B 1.7B
4.44 3.19 4.60 5.26 2.27 5.10 5.27 4.89 6.89 8.13