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Swiss (SMI) Insurance Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 16, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D-0.2%
  • 3M8.2%
  • 1Y28.5%
  • YTD4.3%

The Insurance industry has stayed flat over the last week. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 28% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 9.3% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Swiss Insurance Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 16 Feb 2025CHF 160.9bCHF 138.9bCHF 8.8b19.1x18.3x1.2x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025CHF 150.4bCHF 141.3bCHF 8.9b17.5x16.8x1.1x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024CHF 152.4bCHF 136.9bCHF 8.7b18.1x17.6x1.1x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024CHF 146.0bCHF 140.6bCHF 9.1b18.1x16x1x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024CHF 143.5bCHF 138.5bCHF 9.0b17.8x16x1x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024CHF 140.9bCHF 136.6bCHF 8.9b17.6x15.8x1x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024CHF 135.3bCHF 136.0bCHF 8.8b17.8x15.4x1x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024CHF 135.3bCHF 138.6bCHF 8.9b17.6x15.2x1x
Tue, 28 May 2024CHF 134.1bCHF 140.5bCHF 9.1b17x14.8x1x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024CHF 125.4bCHF 141.4bCHF 8.7b16.4x14.5x0.9x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024CHF 136.2bCHF 138.9bCHF 9.2b11.8x14.8x1x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024CHF 126.3bCHF 123.9bCHF 9.7b11.2x13x1x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024CHF 123.9bCHF 121.6bCHF 9.5b10.7x13x1x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023CHF 122.9bCHF 121.8bCHF 9.6b10.5x12.9x1x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023CHF 120.8bCHF 125.5bCHF 9.9b10.7x12.2x1x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023CHF 119.1bCHF 124.9bCHF 8.6b11.4x13.9x1x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023CHF 116.6bCHF 122.4bCHF 8.5b12.2x13.7x1x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023CHF 116.5bCHF 116.7bCHF 7.9b11.7x14.8x1x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023CHF 117.1bCHF 118.8bCHF 8.0b11.1x14.6x1x
Wed, 31 May 2023CHF 119.9bCHF 119.7bCHF 8.1b12x14.8x1x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023CHF 120.8bCHF 118.0bCHF 7.2b12.4x16.7x1x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023CHF 117.7bCHF 120.8bCHF 7.4b11x15.9x1x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023CHF 124.6bCHF 122.7bCHF 7.1b13.8x17.5x1x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023CHF 122.5bCHF 127.1bCHF 7.1b12.8x17.3x1x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022CHF 116.9bCHF 128.8bCHF 7.2b11.5x16.3x0.9x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022CHF 114.1bCHF 130.3bCHF 7.9b12x14.5x0.9x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022CHF 103.6bCHF 135.1bCHF 8.2b10.8x12.7x0.8x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022CHF 114.3bCHF 134.2bCHF 8.1b11.7x14.2x0.9x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022CHF 113.0bCHF 158.2bCHF 8.0b12.2x14.1x0.7x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022CHF 113.2bCHF 158.1bCHF 8.3b12.2x13.7x0.7x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022CHF 119.1bCHF 158.5bCHF 8.3b12.9x14.4x0.8x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022CHF 123.1bCHF 159.8bCHF 8.9b13.4x13.8x0.8x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022CHF 125.4bCHF 154.5bCHF 8.7b13.2x14.5x0.8x
Wed, 23 Feb 2022CHF 123.2bCHF 153.5bCHF 8.3b13x14.8x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

14.8x


Total Market Cap: CHF 123.2bTotal Earnings: CHF 8.3bTotal Revenue: CHF 153.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Swiss Insurance Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 15x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Swiss Insurance industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 18.3x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 15.0x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.94x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Insurance industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 3.3% per year.
  • This means that the cost of doing business could be reducing since sales have declined but profits have remained steady.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Swiss Financials industry?

CH Market1.89%
Financials0.23%
Insurance-0.17%
Life and Health Insurance1.14%
Insurance Brokers0%0
Property and Casualty Insurance0%0
General Insurance-0.017%
Reinsurance-1.20%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Life and Health Insurance industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 14.0x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 2.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 0.4% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Reinsurance industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Reinsurance industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 12% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 8.8% per year.
  • In contrast, the Life and Health Insurance industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 2.7% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
SLHN Swiss Life HoldingCHF 764.001.1%
+CHF 241.0m		19.7%PE19.8x
BALN Baloise HoldingCHF 167.700.4%
+CHF 31.7m		17.1%PE30x
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SREN

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1Y

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BALN

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0.4%

1Y

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HELN

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Helvetia Holding

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1Y

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1Y

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VAHN

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Vaudoise Assurances Holding

7D

-0.8%

1Y

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