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Buffett on the CAC 40

This ranking weighs ROE ×4, Gross margin ×3, and nothing else, across the 38 companies we track on the CAC 40. 11 of them clear Buffett’s hard limits right now, and 5 cannot be judged because a required figure is missing.

Ranked highest by Buffett on this market right now, which is not the same list as the one that clears the limits above:

  1. L'Oréal (OR.PA) · Consumer Defensive · ROE 19% · Gross margin 74%
  2. Hermès (RMS.PA) · Consumer Cyclical · ROE 25% · Gross margin 71%
  3. Safran (SAF.PA) · Industrials · ROE 27% · Gross margin 47%
  4. Dassault Systèmes (DSY.PA) · Technology · ROE 15% · Gross margin 84%
  5. LVMH (MC.PA) · Consumer Cyclical · ROE 17% · Gross margin 66%

From data as of 2026-09-11 01:00:55 UTC. Rebuilt every hour; the table above is live.

All 38 companies on the CAC 40, ranked by Buffett, as text
  1. L'Oréal (OR.PA) · ROE 19% · Gross margin 74%
  2. Hermès (RMS.PA) · ROE 25% · Gross margin 71%
  3. Safran (SAF.PA) · ROE 27% · Gross margin 47%
  4. Dassault Systèmes (DSY.PA) · ROE 15% · Gross margin 84%
  5. LVMH (MC.PA) · ROE 17% · Gross margin 66%
  6. Legrand (LR.PA) · ROE 18% · Gross margin 50%
  7. Schneider Electric (SU.PA) · ROE 19% · Gross margin 42%
  8. Air Liquide (AI.PA) · ROE 14% · Gross margin 65%
  9. Publicis (PUB.PA) · ROE 16% · Gross margin 47%
  10. Thales (HO.PA) · ROE 19% · Gross margin 27%
  11. Airbus (AIR.PA) · ROE 23% · Gross margin 16%
  12. TotalEnergies (TTE.PA) · ROE 14% · Gross margin 38%
  13. Orange (ORA.PA) · ROE 14% · Gross margin 41%
  14. Danone (BN.PA) · ROE 12% · Gross margin 50%
  15. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW.PA) · ROE 9% · Gross margin 70%
  16. Vinci (DG.PA) · ROE 16% · Gross margin 17%
  17. Edenred (EDEN.PA) · Gross margin 42%
  18. Bouygues (EN.PA) · ROE 10% · Gross margin 57%
  19. Engie (ENGI.PA) · ROE 12% · Gross margin 32%
  20. Sanofi (SAN.PA) · ROE 6% · Gross margin 73%
  21. Michelin (ML.PA)
  22. AXA (CS.PA) · ROE 15% · Gross margin 15%
  23. Veolia (VIE.PA) · ROE 13% · Gross margin 18%
  24. Pernod Ricard (RI.PA) · ROE 8% · Gross margin 58%
  25. Teleperformance (TEP.PA) · ROE 11% · Gross margin 31%
  26. EssilorLuxottica (EL.PA) · ROE 7% · Gross margin 60%
  27. Capgemini (CAP.PA) · ROE 12% · Gross margin 27%
  28. BNP Paribas (BNP.PA) · ROE 10%
  29. Kering (KER.PA) · ROE -2% · Gross margin 72%
  30. Société Générale (GLE.PA) · ROE 9%
  31. Saint-Gobain (SGO.PA) · ROE 11% · Gross margin 27%
  32. Eurofins Scientific (ERF.PA) · ROE 11% · Gross margin 23%
  33. Crédit Agricole (ACA.PA) · ROE 9%
  34. STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA) · ROE 3% · Gross margin 34%
  35. Carrefour (CA.PA) · ROE 8% · Gross margin 18%
  36. Renault (RNO.PA) · ROE 5% · Gross margin 18%
  37. Alstom (ALO.PA) · ROE 3% · Gross margin 12%
  38. Stellantis (STLAP.PA) · ROE -29% · Gross margin 7%