Turnover: 13.2 billion EUR (2021)
Country: France
Road builder, part of the Bouygues group
News
Bouygues takes Colas off the stock market and its CEO walks out the door 19/09/2023
Sales of 15.5 billion euros by 2022,
58.000 employees in 50 countries
Bouygues has decided to delist its subsidiary from the stock market.
Bouygues to fully absorb Colas | Bouygues absorbs Colas 19/09/2023
- Bouygues acquired Screg 37 years ago.
- Bouygues is about to take over the public works group Colas.
- Bouygues already owns 96.8% of Colas and is proposing to acquire the remaining 3.2%, representing 2% of voting rights.
- Colas has forecast sales of 15.5 billion euros in 2022, up 17% (9% on a comparable basis).
- 60% of these sales are generated outside France.
- Colas will employ 58,000 people by the end of 2022.
- Colas CEO Frédéric Gardès has resigned after almost 13 years with the Group.
Colas focuses on recycling bitumen and aggregates 02/01/2023
- Annual production of 37 million aggregates by Colas
- Creation of two labels: Valormat for mineral waste, mainly aggregates from public works, and Ecotri for building craftsmen and SMEs
- The Group has 30 years' experience in recycling and 560 platforms in France
- Colas wants to upgrade 400 sites to Valormat standards and 24 to Ecotri standards
Colas boosts production of recycled aggregates 23/11/2022
- Bouygues' largest business division, with sales of €13.2 billion in 2021
- Network of 400 waste reception, sorting and recovery platforms in France
- Objective: increase production of recycled materials by 50% by 2026
- Two complementary service offerings, Valormat and Ecotri
- Valormat: recovery of large volumes of mineral waste from the construction industry, sorting and recovery (recycled aggregates - sand, gravel, chippings)
- Ecotri: 12 drop-off centers reserved for building craftsmen and SMEs
Public works: Colas begins its breakthrough in Germany | Travaux publics: Colas commence sa percée en Allemagne | Les Echos 18/08/2022
- Colas Rail has signed a contract to acquire the family-run Hasselmann Group, an SME in its sector with 300 employees and sales of 70 million euros last year
- Colas considers the expansion of its rail business in Germany to be "a strategic challenge".
- Colas Rail plans to bring its project management skills to the Hasselmann Group for projects of "significant size"
- Sales 1.1 billion euros in sales last year
Financial Data
DUNS: 552025314
Legal Name: COLAS SA
Address: 1 RUE DU COLONEL PIERRE AVIA , 75015 PARIS 15
Number of employees: Entre 250 et 499 salariés (2020)
Capital: 48 981 749 EUR
Financial Data:
| Year | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 214 000 000 | 230 000 000 | 321 000 000 | 277 200 000 | 275 000 000 | 267 000 000 | 406 000 000 |
| Gross margin (€) | 253 000 000 | 264 600 000 | 294 600 000 | 257 600 000 | 330 000 000 | 267 100 000 | - |
| EBITDA (€) | 57 000 000 | 565 600 000 | 69 900 000 | 56 800 000 | 70 400 000 | 186 900 000 | - |
| Operating profit (€) | 42 000 000 | 545 000 000 | 52 500 000 | 41 300 000 | 54 700 000 | 174 500 000 | - |
| Net profit (€) | 156 000 000 | 210 000 000 | 210 000 000 | 386 100 000 | 163 000 000 | 249 000 000 | 105 000 000 |
| Turnover growth rate (%) | -7 | -28,4 | 15,9 | 0,6 | 3,1 | -34,2 | - |
| Ebitda margin rate (%) | 26,6 | 246 | 21,8 | 20,5 | 25,6 | 70 | - |
| Operating margin rate (%) | 19,6 | 237,1 | 16,3 | 14,9 | 19,9 | 65,3 | - |
| Working Capital (turnover days) | -1 258,8 | -831,2 | 365,4 | -10,9 | 550,4 | -91,7 | - |
| Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | 494,6 | 26,8 | 29,1 | 6,7 | 16,2 | -91,7 | - |
| Net margin (%) | 72,9 | 91,6 | 65,4 | 139,3 | 59,2 | 93,4 | - |
| Added value / Turnover (%) | 47,7 | 37,6 | 32,8 | 33,4 | 100 | 100 | - |
| Wages and social charges (€) | 79 000 000 | 86 000 000 | 78 800 000 | 77 800 000 | 70 200 000 | 72 400 000 | - |
| Salaries / Turnover (%) | 36,9 | 37,4 | 24,5 | 28,1 | 25,5 | 27,1 | - |
Company Managers:
| Position | First Name | Last Name | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Président du conseil d'administration,Directeur général | Frédéric | Gardes | 53 | |
| Administrateur | Colette | De Botton | 79 | |
| Administrateur | Catherine | Ronge | 63 | |
| Administrateur | Olivier | Roussat | 60 | |
| Administrateur | Arnauld | Van-Eeckhout | 67 | |
| Administrateur | Stéphanie | Rivoal | 53 | |
| Administrateur | Cyril | Bouygues | 38 |