#1GROWTH REY.MI — REPLY 📅 2026-11-12
Technology · Clenow 0 · Mom 12m +18%
$134.40
52w high $134.40
Reply is an Italian IT services group based in Turin, organised as a network of specialised companies that design and build digital systems for large clients: cloud migrations, data platforms, cybersecurity, connected devices and, increasingly, artificial-intelligence projects. Clients pay for consulting and implementation work, mostly in Italy, Germany and the UK, so revenue follows corporate technology budgets. FY2025 revenue was about €2.8B (+8%). In 2026 growth continued: Q1 revenue €645M (EBITDA €112M), Q2 revenue €667.0M (+8.7% y/y, EBITDA €121.2M, about an 18% margin), and H1 revenue €1.31B (+7.4%). The chairman says technology spending is increasingly focused on AI initiatives that directly affect client competitiveness. Think of it as a steady compounder in European IT services rather than a high-growth software name.
P/E: 23.88 (fwd 16.07)ROIC: +21%Rev Growth: +8%Margins: +10%ROE: +18%Mkt Cap: $5.46B
PRO
- H1 2026 revenue €1.31B (+7.4% y/y); Q2 revenue €667.0M (+8.7%) with EBITDA €121.2M
- ROIC 20.5% and a forward P/E of 16.1 below the trailing 24.3
- Analyst support: Deutsche Bank raised target to €140 (Buy); Quirin Privatbank Buy with €170 target
- Trading at its 52-week high (€133.70): no trailing-stop pressure
- Listed in Milan: tradable on the reference broker, unlike the .TW/.T picks
CONTRO
- Weakest trend fit in the basket (Clenow 1.1, R2 0.079): it ranks here because few names have strong trends, not on momentum
- IT services revenue follows corporate budgets: discretionary consulting is often cut first in a slowdown
- Price at the 52-week high is above the Deutsche Bank €140 target by only ~5%