Vigilance.
Atos has for some time been the subject of discreet but constant attention from the French government.
It must be said that the group plays a key role in the national sovereignty strategy in areas as sensitive as cyber defense, high performance computing (HPC) and quantum computing.
However, the roller coaster trajectory of its stock market price and the pedigree of some of its shareholders, including certain American funds, are worrying.
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2021, the annus horribilis of the French group Atos
For a year, setbacks have been piling up for Atos, whose market capitalization has lost 40% of its value to be worth only 5 billion euros.
The trouble began in the spring, when the American auditors expressed reservations on the accounts of two American entities which represent 11% of its turnover, (out of a total of 23% for its American subsidiary).
The course immediately got loose.
“The detailed accounting review that we decided to carry out in North America is
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