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  "data_version": "seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30",
  "source": "https://finance.foundation",
  "license": {
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    "upstream_values": "Fields sourced from a provider carry their own source field and remain under that provider's terms — see https://finance.foundation/api/v1/sources"
  },
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  "data": {
    "id": "hermes",
    "name": "Hermès",
    "legal_name": "Hermès International S.C.A.",
    "ticker": "RMS",
    "exchange": "euronext",
    "country": "france",
    "sector": "Consumer Discretionary",
    "industry": "Luxury goods",
    "market_cap_usd_bn": 196.4,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "website": "https://www.hermes.com",
    "founded": 1837,
    "description": "Family-controlled French luxury house founded in 1837 as a harness maker, best known for Birkin and Kelly handbags and silk scarves. Commands some of the highest margins and valuation multiples in the luxury sector.",
    "identifiers": {
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      "isin": "FR0000052292",
      "figi": "BBG001S7CH28"
    },
    "market_cap_seed_usd_bn": 250,
    "market_cap_basis": "computed",
    "market_cap_as_of": "2026-08-28",
    "market_cap": {
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      "method": "shares_outstanding x price",
      "shares_outstanding": 105569412,
      "shares_basis": "outstanding",
      "shares_as_of": "2026-07-31",
      "shares_source": "Hermes International 'Information relating to the total number of voting rights and shares comprising the...",
      "shares_source_url": "https://assets-finance.hermes.com/s3fs-public/node/pdf_file/2026-08/1786356102/hermes_20260810_releasetotalnumberofvotingrightsandshares_2026-07-31-en.pdf",
      "price": 1598,
      "price_currency": "EUR",
      "price_date": "2026-08-28",
      "price_symbol": "RMS.PA",
      "price_venue": "Paris",
      "fx": "ECB euro reference rates, 2026-08-28",
      "adr_ratio": 0.1,
      "caveat": "Share count has been unchanged at 105,569,412 every month since at least March 2024, so staleness risk is low. Double voting rights for long-held registered shares: 179,342,972 theoretical vs 178,515,247 exercisable, the ~827,725 difference being votes attached to treasury stock (i.e. roughly 0.4-0.8m treasury shares - immaterial). Hermes is a Societe en Commandite par Actions: the founding families hold about two-thirds of the capital through H51/H2 holdings, so free float is only ~1/3."
    }
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    "founded": "Company's own corporate history / registration record.",
    "sector": "Finance Foundation classification, not GICS or ICB (both licensed).",
    "identifiers": {
      "lei": "GLEIF (CC0) — free to redistribute",
      "isin": "Issuer's own primary listing document; ISO 6166 check digit validated. For a company carried via its US ADR this is the ADR ISIN — see us_listing_type",
      "figi": "OpenFIGI (open standard) — free to redistribute"
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "html": "https://finance.foundation/companies/hermes",
    "graph": "https://finance.foundation/api/v1/graph/companies/hermes",
    "sources": "https://finance.foundation/api/v1/sources"
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}