Top Growth Companies With High Insider Ownership On SIX Swiss Exchange August 2024

The Switzerland market shrugged off a slightly weak start and moved higher on Thursday amid continued optimism about interest rate cuts by the Swiss National Bank and the Federal Reserve in September, and on positive reaction to the latest batch of economic data from the U.S. and Europe. The benchmark SMI ended up by 69.02 points or 0.56% at 12,417.72. In such an optimistic market environment, growth companies with high insider ownership can be particularly attractive as they often signal strong confidence from those closest to the business.

Top 10 Growth Companies With High Insider Ownership In Switzerland

Name	Insider Ownership	Earnings Growth
Stadler Rail (SWX:SRAIL)	14.5%	20.4%
VAT Group (SWX:VACN)	10.2%	22.5%
Straumann Holding (SWX:STMN)	32.7%	21.8%
LEM Holding (SWX:LEHN)	29.9%	18.4%
Swissquote Group Holding (SWX:SQN)	11.4%	13.1%
Temenos (SWX:TEMN)	17.4%	14.3%
Arbonia (SWX:ARBN)	28.8%	27.8%
Leonteq (SWX:LEON)	12.7%	35.1%
Sensirion Holding (SWX:SENS)	20.7%	104.7%
SHL Telemedicine (SWX:SHLTN)	16.6%	96.2%

Click here to see the full list of 12 stocks from our Fast Growing SIX Swiss Exchange Companies With High Insider Ownership screener.

Underneath we present a selection of stocks filtered out by our screen.

Leonteq (SWX:LEON)

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★☆☆

Overview: Leonteq AG, with a market cap of CHF483.53 million, offers structured investment products and long-term savings and retirement solutions across Switzerland, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Operations: Leonteq's revenue from brokerage activities amounts to CHF243.18 million.

Insider Ownership: 12.7%

Leonteq's revenue is forecast to grow at 10.3% per year, outpacing the Swiss market's 4.4%. Earnings are expected to increase significantly at 35.1% annually over the next three years, despite a low Return on Equity forecast of 10.2%. However, profit margins have declined from last year's 20.2% to 3.1%, and recent earnings reports show a drop in both revenue and net income for H1 2024 compared to the previous year.

• Navigate through the intricacies of Leonteq with our comprehensive analyst estimates report here.
• Upon reviewing our latest valuation report, Leonteq's share price might be too optimistic.

Partners Group Holding (SWX:PGHN)

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★☆☆

Overview: Partners Group Holding AG is a private equity firm specializing in direct, secondary, and primary investments across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and debt with a market cap of CHF31.79 billion.

Operations: The company's revenue segments comprise CHF1.17 billion from Private Equity, CHF379.20 million from Infrastructure, CHF211.30 million from Private Credit, and CHF186.90 million from Real Estate.

Insider Ownership: 17.1%

Partners Group Holding AG, with high insider ownership, is involved in a potential acquisition of Lighthouse Learnings valued between $700 million and $900 million. The company's earnings are forecast to grow at 13.4% annually, outpacing the Swiss market's 12%. While trading below its fair value estimate by 7.7%, it has a high level of debt and a dividend yield of 3.19% that isn't well covered by earnings or free cash flows.

• Dive into the specifics of Partners Group Holding here with our thorough growth forecast report.
• Our comprehensive valuation report raises the possibility that Partners Group Holding is priced higher than what may be justified by its financials.

VAT Group (SWX:VACN)

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★★☆

Overview: VAT Group AG, with a market cap of CHF13.30 billion, develops, manufactures, and supplies vacuum valves, multi-valve units, vacuum modules, and edge-welded metal bellows across Switzerland, Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China and other international markets.

Operations: The company's revenue segments include Valves generating CHF783.51 million and Global Service contributing CHF163.83 million.

Insider Ownership: 10.2%

VAT Group AG, a growth company with high insider ownership, reported half-year sales of CHF 449.61 million and net income of CHF 94 million. Earnings per share increased to CHF 3.14 from CHF 2.81 year-on-year. Despite a highly volatile share price and revenue forecasted to grow slower than the ideal rate at 18.3% annually, VAT Group's earnings are expected to grow significantly at 22.48% per year, outperforming the Swiss market's forecasted growth rate of 12%.

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• Our expertly prepared valuation report VAT Group implies its share price may be too high.

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