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Swiss (SMI) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedDec 30, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies11
  • 7D0.5%
  • 3M-9.9%
  • 1Y2.5%
  • YTD5.8%

The Materials industry is up 1.5% in the last week, with Holcim up 1.5%. During this same period, the Swiss Steel Holding underperformed, falling 14%. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 8.4% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Swiss Materials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 30 Dec 2024CHF 146.5bCHF 59.8bCHF 5.9b28x24.8x2.5x
Wed, 27 Nov 2024CHF 148.4bCHF 59.7bCHF 5.9b29.5x25.1x2.5x
Fri, 25 Oct 2024CHF 153.4bCHF 59.8bCHF 5.9b33.4x26x2.6x
Sun, 22 Sep 2024CHF 159.0bCHF 59.9bCHF 5.9b29.2x26.8x2.7x
Tue, 20 Aug 2024CHF 154.3bCHF 60.1bCHF 5.9b30.3x26x2.6x
Thu, 18 Jul 2024CHF 158.0bCHF 60.4bCHF 5.7b28.4x27.6x2.6x
Sat, 15 Jun 2024CHF 155.5bCHF 60.3bCHF 5.7b26.5x27.1x2.6x
Mon, 13 May 2024CHF 160.0bCHF 60.4bCHF 5.7b29.3x27.9x2.6x
Wed, 10 Apr 2024CHF 154.4bCHF 60.5bCHF 5.6b28.6x27.4x2.6x
Fri, 08 Mar 2024CHF 147.0bCHF 60.9bCHF 5.9b30.2x24.9x2.4x
Sun, 04 Feb 2024CHF 137.0bCHF 61.7bCHF 5.7b31x23.9x2.2x
Tue, 02 Jan 2024CHF 146.9bCHF 62.1bCHF 5.8b34.5x25.3x2.4x
Thu, 30 Nov 2023CHF 136.3bCHF 62.3bCHF 5.8b31.9x23.5x2.2x
Sat, 28 Oct 2023CHF 124.9bCHF 62.3bCHF 5.8b30.1x21.5x2x
Mon, 25 Sep 2023CHF 131.1bCHF 62.0bCHF 5.8b30.8x22.8x2.1x
Wed, 23 Aug 2023CHF 130.7bCHF 62.0bCHF 5.8b29.3x22.5x2.1x
Fri, 21 Jul 2023CHF 137.7bCHF 63.8bCHF 6.0b34.2x23.1x2.2x
Sun, 18 Jun 2023CHF 138.4bCHF 64.0bCHF 5.9b34.2x23.3x2.2x
Tue, 16 May 2023CHF 139.3bCHF 63.9bCHF 5.9b34.1x23.5x2.2x
Thu, 13 Apr 2023CHF 135.7bCHF 64.0bCHF 5.9b33.4x22.9x2.1x
Sat, 11 Mar 2023CHF 134.3bCHF 63.8bCHF 5.9b34.5x22.7x2.1x
Mon, 06 Feb 2023CHF 141.6bCHF 62.5bCHF 5.7b32.9x24.9x2.3x
Wed, 04 Jan 2023CHF 125.2bCHF 62.2bCHF 5.6b29.9x22.4x2x
Fri, 02 Dec 2022CHF 131.9bCHF 62.2bCHF 5.6b32.3x23.5x2.1x
Sun, 30 Oct 2022CHF 124.2bCHF 61.7bCHF 5.6b29.4x22.1x2x
Tue, 27 Sep 2022CHF 114.8bCHF 61.5bCHF 5.6b26x20.5x1.9x
Thu, 25 Aug 2022CHF 129.1bCHF 61.4bCHF 5.6b30.2x23x2.1x
Sat, 23 Jul 2022CHF 131.1bCHF 57.2bCHF 5.2b31.6x25.4x2.3x
Mon, 20 Jun 2022CHF 124.4bCHF 57.4bCHF 5.2b29.1x24.1x2.2x
Wed, 18 May 2022CHF 141.8bCHF 56.8bCHF 5.0b37.6x28.4x2.5x
Fri, 15 Apr 2022CHF 151.0bCHF 56.6bCHF 5.0b40.6x30.3x2.7x
Sun, 13 Mar 2022CHF 141.6bCHF 56.6bCHF 5.0b39.6x28.3x2.5x
Tue, 08 Feb 2022CHF 154.6bCHF 54.1bCHF 5.0b41.1x31.1x2.9x
Thu, 06 Jan 2022CHF 174.1bCHF 53.8bCHF 5.0b46.6x35.1x3.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

35.1x


Total Market Cap: CHF 174.1bTotal Earnings: CHF 5.0bTotal Revenue: CHF 53.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Swiss Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.2x20232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Swiss Materials industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 25.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Materials industry have grown 6.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 3.6% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Swiss Materials sector?

CH Market1.11%
Materials0.51%
Packaging1.18%
Chemicals0.74%
Paper and Forestry Products0.54%
Basic Materials0.023%
Metals and Mining-5.10%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Paper and Forestry Products industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 8.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 49.3%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 91.5% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Paper and Forestry Products industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 49% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 92% per year.
  • In contrast, the Basic Materials industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 7.3% 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
GIVN GivaudanCHF 3.97k0.4%
+CHF 156.9m		13.8%PE35.5x
SIGN SIG GroupCHF 17.881.5%
+CHF 103.2m		-7.6%PE26.3x
EMSN EMS-CHEMIE HOLDINGCHF 611.500.5%
+CHF 70.2m		-10.2%PE31x
CLN ClariantCHF 10.091.5%
+CHF 49.3m		-18.8%PE28.1x
SIKA SikaCHF 215.800.1%
+CHF 48.1m		-21.2%PE27.8x
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