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Sopra Group
Euronext: Small CAP SMALL
IndustryIT consulting & services
FoundedJanuary 1968
HeadquartersAnnecy, France
Key people
Pierre Pasquier Chairman & co-founder, Pascal Leroy CEO, François Odin and Léo Gantelet co-founders
Revenue€1.217 billion (2010)
106,800,000 Euro (2020) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
14,310 (Dec. 2012)
Websitehttp://www.sopragroup.com

Founded in January 1968 by Pierre Pasquier, François Odin and Léo Gantelet,[1][2] Sopra Group is one of Europe's longest established IT services companies. From the outset, Sopra Group positioned itself in all of the IT services sectors and soon became a key player in the French market.

About Sopra Group

Sopra Group is a consulting, IT services and software development company. Its subsidiary Sopra Banking Software develops and distributes software for the financial services market. Sopra Group employs more than 14,000 people and generated a turnover of 1,217 billion euro in 2012. Sopra Group (SOP) is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange (Compartiment B) – ISIN Code: FR0000050809.

Sopra Group's businesses[3]

Three complementary business lines :

  • Consulting (Sopra Consulting) Management and Technology
  • Systems and Solutions Integration
  • Software publishing in the following field :
    • Retail banking (Sopra Banking Software subsidiary)
    • Human Resources (Pléiades offering)
    • Real estate management (Ulis, Ikos and Altaïx offerings)

Sopra Group is focused on the following business sectors :

  • Financial Services
  • Services, Transportation & Utilities
  • Public Sector
  • Industry
  • Telecom & Media
  • Retail

Key Figures (not including Axway subsidiary)

  • Turnover (m€)[4]
    • 2012 : 1216,7 m€[5]
    • 2011 : 1050 m€ (1200 m€ / Pro forma 2011)[6]
    • 2010 : 964 m€
  • Operating Income (m€)
    • 2012 : 109,6 m€
    • 2011 : 93 m€
    • 2010 : 86 m€
  • People
    • 2012 : 14310
    • 2011 : 12610
    • 2010 : 11650
  • Turnover Distribution by Region/ 2012
    • France : 68%
    • Other countries : 32%
  • Turnover Distribution by Sector/ 2012
    • Financial Services : 33%
    • Services, Transportation & Utilities : 20%
    • Public Sector : 16%
    • Industry : 16%
    • Telecom & Media : 10%
    • Retail : 5%[citation needed]

Financial Results

Sopra Group's annual revenues are :

  • 1 216.7 million euros in 2012, (Growth: +15.8 %, organic growth: +2.4 %).
  • 1 050.3 million euros in 2011, (Growth: +9.2 %, organic growth: +8 %).
  • 1 170 million euros in 2010, (Growth: +6.9 %, organic growth: +6.2 %).
  • 1 094 million euros in 2009, (Growth: -3.1 %, organic growth: -4.5 %).
  • 1 129 million euros in 2008, (Growth: +12.8 %, organic growth: +10.5 %).
  • 1 001 million euros in 2007, (Growth: +11.6 %, organic growth: +9.4 %).
  • 897.7 million euros in 2006, (Growth: +18.6 %, organic growth: +8.5 %).
  • 757 million euros in 2005.[citation needed]

Acquisitions

Sopra Group's main acquisitions are :

  • In 1996, acquisition of SG2 Ingénierie (650 people).
  • In 2000, acquisition of Orga Consultants, Strategy and management consulting company (200 people)[7]
  • In 2001, acquisition of the italian company ITI and british CS Rand, both acting in the system integration and consulting fields[8]
  • December 2003, Sopra Group acquires Inforsud Ingénierie from the Crédit Agricole Group(530 people).
  • In July 2004, acquisition of Valoris, Consulting and IT Services European company(500 people)[9]
  • In July 2005, acquisition of Newell & Budge (UK) and its subsidiaries in Ireland and India, IT services (600 people)[10]
  • In November 2005, Sopra Group acquires 100% of the share capital of PROFit SA, system integration and consulting company based in Spain and Portugal (700 people)
  • In July 2008, acquisition of CIBF, independent company specialised in portfolio and risks management software development for the banking sector, based in Nantes (60 people)[11]
  • October 2011, acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Delta Informatique, independent company offering financial software solutions[7] · .[12]
  • In February 2012, Sopra Group acquires the Belgian company Callataÿ & Wouters, specialised in banking softwares.[13][14]
  • March 2012, acquisition of british subsidiaries of Business & Decision and Tieto[15]
  • In July 2012, Sopra Group creates Sopra Banking Software consequently to the acquisitions of Callataÿ & Wouters and Delta Informatique[16]
  • In April 2013, Sopra Group announces the acquisition of HR Access, software solutions for the human resources management industry (900 people)[17]

Axway Software Subsidiary

In 2001, Sopra Group creates its subsidiary Axway to access the EAI market (Enterprise Application Integration) :

  • In 2001, creation[18] of Axway Software (400 people, 50 million euros revenue);
  • In 2002, Axway acquires the integration business of the American company Viewlocity Inc.[19][20] first in Europe, then in Asia and in the US;
  • Early 2006, acquisition of Cyclone Commerce, Inc., an enterprise software US company;[21][22]
  • Early 2007, acquisition in Germany of the enterprise software business of Atos Origin;[23]
  • In September 2008, acquisition of Tumbleweed Communications Corp.

Axway Software splits from Sopra Group in June 2011 consequently to its stock market launch.[24]

References

  1. ^ Histoire – Les deux derniers grands capitaines de l’industrie des services informatiques encore à la barre de leur entreprise, nr. 218, p1026-1028, iLogiciels & Services
  2. ^ Pierre Pasquier, dernier pionnier, Olivier Hensgen, 23 maart 2009, La Tribune
  3. ^ Annual financial report – Additional informations on page 6
  4. ^ Boursorama Données financières Sopra Group
  5. ^ Financial figures Sopra Group – Press Release Feb. 19th 2013
  6. ^ http://www.boursorama.com/bourse/profil/profil_finance.phtml?symbole=1rPSOP
  7. ^ a b Rapprochements conseil et SSII : quand l'amont et l'aval ne font qu'un
  8. ^ Sopra Group fait ses emplettes en Italie et en Grande-Bretagne
  9. ^ Valoris se décide pour Sopra
  10. ^ Sopra settles in the UK by acquiring Newell & Budge
  11. ^ Sopra se renforce dans le secteur bancaire avec le rachat de CIBF
  12. ^ Sopra s'offre l'éditeur de logiciels financiers Delta Informatique
  13. ^ Callataÿ & Wouters racheté par le français Sopra
  14. ^ Callataÿ & Wouters signe un accord avec le groupe Sopra et formera ainsi un acteur européen majeur
  15. ^ Sopra Group annonce la finalisation de deux acquisitions au Royaume-Uni
  16. ^ Historique de Sopra Banking Software
  17. ^ ChannelNews – Sopra Group finalises the acquisition of HR Access
  18. ^ l'EAI prend le chemin de l'independance – Information Builders, Sybase et Sopra ont tous trois regroupé leur activité d'éditeur d'EAI au sein d'une entité distincte.
  19. ^ Europolitics – SOPRA ACQUIRES STAKE IN AMERICAN GROUP VIEWLOCITY
  20. ^ Information-Age – Viewlocity backs out of EAI
  21. ^ Bloomberg Business Week – Cyclone Commerce, Inc. was acquired by Axway Software S.A.
  22. ^ 4-Traders – Sopra Group: Axway Finalizes Merger with Cyclone
  23. ^ GARTNER – Axway and Atos Origin Unite to Offer B2B Integration Services
  24. ^ Euronext – Axway IPO, NYSE Euronext Paris


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