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Largest Publishing Public Companies in Italy
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Gruppo Mondadori, RCS MediaGroup, Caltagirone Editore, Poligrafici Printing and Simone.
 | Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA is a European publishing group. It publishes books and magazines and operates retail bookstores across Italy. Books are fiction, and non-fiction, for the young genres. Magazines published are in various fields for both men and women. The company's operating segment includes Trade Books; Education Books; Retail; Media; Corporate and Shared Services. It generates maximum revenue from the Books segment. | $2 | -4% | $619M | $808M | 0.7x | 4.4x | ||
| Rcs Mediagroup is a publishing company. It prints newspapers in Italy and Spain and is active in magazines, television, radio and new media, as well as one of the top operators in the advertising sales and distribution market. The company operates in daily newspapers, books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV, organizes important sporting events and is among the operators in advertising sales and distribution in Italy and Spain. Its operating business segments are Newspapers Italy, Magazines Italy, Advertising and Sport, Unidad Editorial, and Corporate and Other Activities, with maximum revenue from the Newspapers segment. Geographically, the company operates in Italy, Spain, and Other countries. The maximum revenue is derived from Italy. | $1 | -10% | $534M | $592M | 0.6x | 3.6x | ||
| Caltagirone Editore SpA is a newspaper publishing company in Italy. The company is engaged in the publishing and advertising segments. The company is also involved in Financing activities. The company earns revenues in the form of Circulation, Advertising, Web content Sales, Promotion, and other income. | $3 | +30% | $270M | $306M | 2.7x | 131.8x | ||
| Poligrafici Printing SpA engages in editing, publishing, and distributing page folders, newspapers, magazines, catalogues, and books in Europe. | $1 | +8% | $17M | $26M | 1.1x | 5.7x | ||
| Simone SpA is a publishing company based in Naples, Italy. It mainly publishes educational materials and textbooks. | $2 | -12% | $12M | $17M | 0.9x | 5.9x | ||
| Societa Editoriale Il Fatto SpA is an Italy-based company involved in the publishing business, which consists of the printed and digital newspapers (Il Fatto Quotidiano), the online magazine ilfattoquotidiano.it, the monthly newspaper FQ MILLENNIUM, and the book Paper First. The company also sells advertising spaces and operates in the media content business, which includes the production of television content, production of shows, and event organization. Its operating business segments are the Publishing sector, which generates maximum revenue, the Media content sector, and the Advertising sector. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Italy and the rest from other parts of Europe and other regions. | $0 | -14% | $7M | $12M | 0.3x | 3.9x | ||
| Gambero Rosso SpA is an Italian multimedia and multi-channel platform in the field of communication, promotion, and training of the agricultural, agri-food, hospitality, and related sectors. It offers periodicals, books, guides, and television channels such as Italy Sky 415 and Sky 133. The company also organizes events with the purpose of national and international promotion of Italian excellence in the field of wine production and agri-food products and operates a professional and managerial training platform for the food, restaurant, hotel, and tourism supply chain industry. | $0 | +2% | $4M | $20M | 1.1x | 13.6x | ||
| Median | $1 | -4% | $17M | $26M | 0.9x | 5.7x |
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