ABB Valuation

Is ABBN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ABBN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ABBN (CHF51.52) is trading above our estimate of fair value (CHF42.23)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ABBN is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ABBN?

Key metric: As ABBN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ABBN. This is calculated by dividing ABBN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ABBN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio27.4x
EarningsUS$3.88b
Market CapUS$106.04b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ABBN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ABBN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.7x
HUBN Huber+Suhner
21.2x14.9%CHF 1.3b
PMN Phoenix Mecano
10.3x8.0%CHF 407.8m
SCHN Schindler Holding
28.8x6.7%CHF 26.8b
ROL Von Roll Holding
42.3xn/aCHF 287.3m
27.4x9.5%CHF 94.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ABBN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the peer average (25.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ABBN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electrical Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ABBN 27.4xIndustry Avg. 16.5xNo. of Companies11PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ABBN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the European Electrical industry average (16.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ABBN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ABBN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.4x
Fair PE Ratio33.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ABBN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ABBN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 51.52
CHF 48.81
-5.3%
10.3%CHF 60.69CHF 39.23n/a22
Dec ’25CHF 50.28
CHF 47.76
-5.0%
10.4%CHF 59.79CHF 38.65n/a21
Nov ’25CHF 48.41
CHF 46.51
-3.9%
8.9%CHF 55.16CHF 38.09n/a21
Oct ’25CHF 48.99
CHF 45.73
-6.7%
9.2%CHF 55.41CHF 37.97n/a21
Sep ’25CHF 48.63
CHF 45.59
-6.3%
12.2%CHF 57.11CHF 36.28n/a19
Aug ’25CHF 48.78
CHF 46.05
-5.6%
12.4%CHF 57.88CHF 36.77n/a19
Jul ’25CHF 50.38
CHF 44.78
-11.1%
13.6%CHF 58.29CHF 34.61n/a19
Jun ’25CHF 49.40
CHF 43.01
-12.9%
9.4%CHF 51.19CHF 35.23n/a19
May ’25CHF 44.89
CHF 41.86
-6.7%
10.3%CHF 51.45CHF 35.20n/a19
Apr ’25CHF 41.89
CHF 39.74
-5.1%
9.8%CHF 46.75CHF 32.36n/a19
Mar ’25CHF 40.74
CHF 37.63
-7.6%
12.6%CHF 45.54CHF 27.98n/a20
Feb ’25CHF 37.30
CHF 36.75
-1.5%
12.1%CHF 44.96CHF 27.97n/a20
Jan ’25CHF 37.30
CHF 34.71
-7.0%
12.7%CHF 42.18CHF 26.34n/a20
Dec ’24CHF 35.18
CHF 34.82
-1.0%
12.7%CHF 43.59CHF 27.22CHF 50.2820
Nov ’24CHF 30.49
CHF 35.28
+15.7%
13.9%CHF 47.50CHF 27.97CHF 48.4120
Oct ’24CHF 32.80
CHF 36.70
+11.9%
12.6%CHF 51.08CHF 29.63CHF 48.9921
Sep ’24CHF 33.31
CHF 35.43
+6.4%
12.7%CHF 49.89CHF 28.43CHF 48.6322
Aug ’24CHF 34.86
CHF 34.99
+0.4%
11.4%CHF 45.97CHF 28.33CHF 48.7822
Jul ’24CHF 35.18
CHF 33.92
-3.6%
13.0%CHF 47.01CHF 28.14CHF 50.3821
Jun ’24CHF 33.52
CHF 33.82
+0.9%
13.6%CHF 48.02CHF 28.60CHF 49.4022
May ’24CHF 32.12
CHF 32.66
+1.7%
11.7%CHF 40.53CHF 26.88CHF 44.8921
Apr ’24CHF 31.37
CHF 31.90
+1.7%
12.5%CHF 40.23CHF 26.63CHF 41.8920
Mar ’24CHF 31.47
CHF 31.93
+1.5%
12.6%CHF 39.00CHF 25.47CHF 40.7420
Feb ’24CHF 31.97
CHF 30.70
-4.0%
14.0%CHF 40.32CHF 23.45CHF 37.3020
Jan ’24CHF 28.06
CHF 28.41
+1.2%
13.3%CHF 39.72CHF 23.64CHF 37.3020
Dec ’23CHF 29.54
CHF 28.92
-2.1%
12.2%CHF 37.98CHF 24.09CHF 35.1821

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 01:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

ABB Ltd is covered by 70 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Anders IdborgABG Sundal Collier
Heinz SteffenAlphaValue
Guenther HollfelderBaader Helvea Equity Research