En décembre 2015, Muddy Waters Capital avait mis en garde le marché contre Casino, Rallye et leur management, en particulier Jean-Charles Naouri. Nous avions déclaré que Casino était en train d’être vidé de sa substance afin de supporter le fardeau de dette insoutenable des holdings situées au-dessu… more
In December 2015, Muddy Waters Capital warned about Casino, Rallye, and their management – in particular Jean-Charles Naouri. We stated that Casino was being hollowed out to support an unsustainable debt burden in the holding companies above it. We also made clear that Casino was materially misleadi… more
Based on new information, we are revising downward our estimate of 2014 adjusted France retail EBITDA by 9.1%. Our investigators uncovered strong evidence that indicates in H2 2015 Casino has stretched payables to its suppliers in France to levels beyond what was typical of Casino, and generall… more
Neither Casino nor its more vocal defending analysts have given us reason to adjust our estimate of Casino’s equity value of approximately €7 per share. On the contrary, since we announced our short thesis on December 17th, five of Casino’s six listed subsidiaries have dropped in value by 8% to 27%… more
Groupe Casino (CO FP) is one of the most overvalued and misunderstood companies we have ever come across. The basic problem with Casino is that its financial statements are literally meaningless to understanding the company’s (poor) health. They do not distinguish between what Casino owns and what… more