Adecco Group (SWX:ADEN): Revisiting Valuation After A Quiet Share Price Drift And Earnings Recovery Signs

Adecco Group (SWX:ADEN) has been drifting lower over the past month, and that quiet slide is exactly why the stock is interesting now, especially given its improving earnings backdrop and deep valuation discount.

See our latest analysis for Adecco Group.

At around CHF 21.96 per share, Adecco’s roughly 6 percent 3 month share price decline contrasts with stabilising year to date performance, while a 5 year total shareholder return near minus 48 percent shows how heavily sentiment has reset even as profits recover.

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With profits recovering, revenue ticking higher and the shares trading at a steep discount to both intrinsic value estimates and analyst targets, is Adecco genuinely mispriced today, or is the market already discounting its future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 18.6% Undervalued

With Adecco last closing at CHF 21.96 against a narrative fair value near CHF 26.96, the current share price leaves a sizable upside gap that depends on how its business mix and technology investments reshape earnings power over the next few years.

Strategic deployment of AI driven recruiting tools and development of advanced Agentic AI platforms (in partnership with Salesforce) is expected to enhance client value, streamline talent matching, and solidify Adecco's differentiation in a digitally transforming workforce, supporting both future revenue growth and improved net margins as platform adoption scales.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how modest revenue growth, rising margins and a lower future earnings multiple can still justify a higher fair value than today? The narrative reflects a finely tuned balance between cautious top line assumptions and relatively ambitious profit improvement. Want to see exactly how those moving parts combine into that target valuation and why it differs from typical sector multiples?

Result: Fair Value of $26.96 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, structural pressure from digital staffing platforms and ongoing margin compression could still undermine Adecco’s recovery narrative and limit upside from here.

Find out about the key risks to this Adecco Group narrative.

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