The Industrials Sector includes twenty-three industries all related to designing, fabricating and servicing stuff we want and use. The industrials industries range from aerospace and defense to waste management with all the transportation, business services, and equipment required in between. 

Today I'm reviewing a Large Cap French-based Waste Management firm offering water supply, treatment and recovery of industrial effluent, waste collection, processing, recycling and other services worldwide. 

The company's name is Veolia Environnement S.A. It's trading ticker symbol is VEOEY. 

It provides drinking water to 96 million people; wastewater treatment services to approximately 62 million people; waste collection services to 40 million people; and supplies heating to approximately 8.3 million people. 

The company was formerly known as Vivendi Environnement and changed its name to Veolia Environnement S.A. in 2003. 

Veolia Environnement S.A. was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Aubervilliers, France.

I use three key data points gauge the value of any dividend equity or fund like Veolia Environnement S.A.: 

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

After those three, four more keys will finally unlock an equity or fund in which to invest. 

No matter what, it's the first three primary traits that best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money. 

VEOEY Price

Veolia Environnement's price was $24.59 per share at yesterday's market close. A year ago its price was $20.63 for a gain of $3.96 per share in the past year.  

Assuming VEOEY's price will continue to trade in the range of $20.00 to $29.00 next year, its price could grow another $3.96 from $24.59 to $28.55 by early May 2019. 

RANJY Dividends

Veolia Environnement's most recently declared variable annual dividend was $1.03 per share declared in May 2 and payable next month. That $1.03  annual dividend for 2018 yields 4.2% at yesterday's $24.59 stock price.

Gains For VEOEY?

The $3.96 estimated year over year price gain plus an anticipated dividend of  $1.03 makes a projected gross annual gain of $4.99 per share, which will be reduced by the costs to trade these shares.  

$1,000.00 invested today at the $24.59 price buys 41 shares. 

A $10 broker fee paid half at purchase and half at sale subtracts about $0.24 per share

Taking that $0.24 brokerage cost out of the estimated $4.99 gross gain per share leaves a net gain of $4.75 X 41 shares 

= $194.75

or a 19.3% potential net gain on a $1,008.19 investment.

Therefore, Veolia Environnement S.A. (whose ticker symbol is VEOEY), now shows a possible 19.3% net gain including a 4.2% dividend yield. 

No analysts cover this stock. Unfortunately, Y Charts has no yet rated it for an overall "Y" rating and shows "Insufficient Data" for Value, Fundamentals, and Historic Valuation scores. 

You could look at all those numbers like this: Veolia Environnement has made money, is making money, and could net a 19% net gain next year including  4% dividend yield. It could be more, it could be less.

Those forward-looking numbers were conjecture based on past year performance. Actual results remain to be seen. They could turn out to be far higher or lower. More study is required for you to determine if Veolia Environnement S.A. is worth your time and money.