Smaller-than-feared organic decline drives Alten shares to July 2025 high

Alten SA

30/01/2026 08:53

** Shares in Alten LTEN.PA are up 12%, set for their best day in more than 14 years, after the group reported a smaller-than-feared organic decline in 2025, supported by improvement in Q4

** The French engineering and technology consulting company reported 2025 sales of 4.10 billion euros ($4.89 billion), an organic decline of 4.5%, smaller than the drop of 5.2%-5.5% Alten guided for earlier

** TP ICAP Midcap analyst highlights that the company's outperformance reflects a recovery in aerospace and banking/finance sectors, which supported sequential improvement in Q4

** Sarah Thirion, equity strategist at TP ICAP Midcap says Q4 results were better-than-anticipated

** Highlighting a combination of reduced declines and favourable base effects, Thirion sees the first "tangible signal" that the bottom of the cycle is behind us

** The stock is the top performer on SBF 120 index .SBF120

($1 = 0.8380 euros)

 (Reporting by Clement Martinot)

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