Ascom Holding (ASCN) Stock Overview
Provides healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions in Switzerland and internationally. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 5/6 |
| Future Growth | 1/6 |
| Past Performance | 5/6 |
| Financial Health | 6/6 |
| Dividends | 4/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
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| Current Share Price | CHF 5.24 |
| 52 Week High | CHF 6.80 |
| 52 Week Low | CHF 3.32 |
| Beta | 1.04 |
| 1 Month Change | -8.23% |
| 3 Month Change | 1.95% |
| 1 Year Change | 38.44% |
| 3 Year Change | -55.44% |
| 5 Year Change | -65.57% |
| Change since IPO | -89.54% |
Recent News & Updates
Narrative Update • Jun 12
ASCN: Dividend Payout And Earnings Outlook Are Expected To Support Returns
Analysts have kept their CHF price target for Ascom Holding broadly steady, with a modest adjustment that reflects slightly lower discount rate assumptions, marginally higher revenue growth expectations, and a small uplift in projected profit margins and future P/E levels. What's in the News At the Annual General Meeting held on April 22, 2026, Ascom Holding AG shareholders approved a gross dividend of CHF 0.20 per share for the 2025 fiscal year (source: Key Developments).
Narrative Update • May 29
ASCN: Share Buyback And Dividend Policy Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts maintain their headline fair value for Ascom Holding at CHF 7.90 while refining underlying model inputs, such as a slightly lower discount rate and modestly adjusted forward P/E assumptions. Together, these revisions shape an updated price target narrative without changing the stated CHF level.
Narrative Update • May 11
ASCN: Steady Buybacks And Dividend Policy Will Support Future Returns
Analysts have adjusted their price target for Ascom Holding to CHF 5.60, citing updated assumptions for the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E, which collectively refine but do not materially change their valuation view. What's in the News At the Annual General Meeting held on April 22, 2026, Ascom Holding shareholders approved a gross dividend of CHF 0.20 per share for the 2025 fiscal year (Key Developments).Recent updates
Narrative Update • Jun 12
ASCN: Dividend Payout And Earnings Outlook Are Expected To Support Returns
Analysts have kept their CHF price target for Ascom Holding broadly steady, with a modest adjustment that reflects slightly lower discount rate assumptions, marginally higher revenue growth expectations, and a small uplift in projected profit margins and future P/E levels. What's in the News At the Annual General Meeting held on April 22, 2026, Ascom Holding AG shareholders approved a gross dividend of CHF 0.20 per share for the 2025 fiscal year (source: Key Developments).Narrative Update • May 29
ASCN: Share Buyback And Dividend Policy Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts maintain their headline fair value for Ascom Holding at CHF 7.90 while refining underlying model inputs, such as a slightly lower discount rate and modestly adjusted forward P/E assumptions. Together, these revisions shape an updated price target narrative without changing the stated CHF level.Narrative Update • May 11
ASCN: Steady Buybacks And Dividend Policy Will Support Future Returns
Analysts have adjusted their price target for Ascom Holding to CHF 5.60, citing updated assumptions for the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E, which collectively refine but do not materially change their valuation view. What's in the News At the Annual General Meeting held on April 22, 2026, Ascom Holding shareholders approved a gross dividend of CHF 0.20 per share for the 2025 fiscal year (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Apr 22
ASCN: Buybacks And Dividend Will Support Measured Future Return Potential
Analysts have modestly raised their price target on Ascom Holding to CHF5.60 from CHF5.60, reflecting updated assumptions for a slightly lower discount rate, marginally higher revenue growth, a stable profit margin, and a small adjustment to the future P/E multiple. What's in the News Between July 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025, Ascom Holding repurchased 1,511,019 shares, equal to 4.12% of its share capital, for CHF 5.89 million under its existing buyback program (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Apr 08
ASCN: Share Buyback And Dividend Policy Will Support Future Earnings Re Rating
Analysts have raised their price target for Ascom Holding from CHF 7.03 to CHF 7.90, citing updated assumptions around discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E levels. What's in the News Ascom completed a share buyback program announced on May 28, 2025, repurchasing a total of 1,758,812 shares, representing 4.8% of the company, for CHF 6.8 million (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Mar 25
ASCN: Share Buybacks And Dividend Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have revised their view on Ascom Holding, raising the fair value estimate from CHF 3.75 to CHF 5.60 as they update assumptions around discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E levels. What's in the News The Board of Directors is proposing a dividend of CHF 0.20 per share to the Annual General Meeting 2025, providing an indication of the cash return currently under consideration for shareholders (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Mar 11
ASCN: Share Buybacks And Dividend Policy Are Expected To Support Returns
Analysts have trimmed their price target for Ascom Holding slightly, from CHF10.30 to CHF10.20. This reflects updated assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins and the future P/E multiple.Narrative Update • Feb 24
ASCN: New Healthcare-Focused CEO Appointment Will Support Future Earnings Re-Rating
Analysts have kept their CHF price target for Ascom Holding broadly unchanged at around CHF 7.03, with only minor tweaks to inputs such as the discount rate and assumed future P/E to reflect updated views on risk and earnings quality. What's in the News Ascom Holding AG appointed David Hale as the new CEO, with his start date set for February 4, 2026.Narrative Update • Feb 10
ASCN: New Leadership Is Expected To Improve Margins And Future Returns
Analysts have raised their price target on Ascom Holding from CHF 6.80 to CHF 10.30, citing updated assumptions that include a slightly higher discount rate, a modestly lower revenue growth outlook, improved profit margin expectations, and a higher future P/E multiple. What's in the News Ascom Holding AG appointed David Hale as the new CEO, with his tenure starting on February 4, 2026.Narrative Update • Jan 27
ASCN: New Healthcare-Focused Leadership Will Shift Future Earnings Expectations
Analysts have lifted their price target for Ascom Holding from CHF 5.28 to CHF 7.03, citing adjusted assumptions for discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E expectations as the key drivers behind the change. What's in the News Ascom Holding AG appointed David Hale as the new CEO, with his start date set for February 4, 2026.Analysis Article • Jan 21
Ascom Holding AG's (VTX:ASCN) Shares Bounce 32% But Its Business Still Trails The Industry
The Ascom Holding AG ( VTX:ASCN ) share price has done very well over the last month, posting an excellent gain of 32...Narrative Update • Jan 12
ASCN: New CEO Appointment Will Strengthen Long Term Earnings Outlook
Analysts have kept their price target for Ascom Holding steady at €6.80, citing updated assumptions for slightly higher revenue growth and profit margins, along with a marginally higher discount rate and a slightly lower future P/E multiple. What's in the News Ascom Holding AG appointed David Hale as the new CEO, with his start date set for February 4, 2026.Narrative Update • Dec 13
ASCN: New Leadership Will Drive Stronger North American Opportunity Outlook
Analysts have raised their price target on Ascom Holding by CHF 0.00 to reflect slightly higher expectations for revenue growth and profit margins, partly offset by a modestly higher discount rate and a lower assumed future P/E multiple. What's in the News The Board has appointed David Hale as the new CEO of Ascom Holding, effective February 4, 2026.Analysis Article • Sep 25
Ascom Holding AG's (VTX:ASCN) Share Price Is Matching Sentiment Around Its Revenues
Ascom Holding AG's ( VTX:ASCN ) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.5x might make it look like a strong buy right now...Analysis Article • Aug 14
Ascom Holding's (VTX:ASCN) Soft Earnings Are Actually Better Than They Appear
Ascom Holding AG's ( VTX:ASCN ) stock was strong despite it releasing a soft earnings report last week. We think that...Analysis Article • May 30
Ascom Holding's (VTX:ASCN) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher
If you're not sure where to start when looking for the next multi-bagger, there are a few key trends you should keep an...Analysis Article • Apr 10
Should Shareholders Reconsider Ascom Holding AG's (VTX:ASCN) CEO Compensation Package?
Key Insights Ascom Holding to hold its Annual General Meeting on 16th of April Total pay for CEO Nicolas Van den Abeele...Analysis Article • Mar 18
Ascom Holding's (VTX:ASCN) Dividend Is Being Reduced To CHF0.10
Ascom Holding AG's ( VTX:ASCN ) dividend is being reduced from last year's payment covering the same period to CHF0.10...
New Narrative • Mar 13
Portfolio Simplification And Cloud Expansion Will Attract New Healthcare Customers
Portfolio simplification and cloud expansion aim to drive efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and revenue growth in new and existing market segments.Analysis Article • Jan 22
Ascom Holding AG (VTX:ASCN) Looks Inexpensive But Perhaps Not Attractive Enough
With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 8x Ascom Holding AG ( VTX:ASCN ) may be sending very bullish signals at...Analysis Article • Aug 07
Slammed 29% Ascom Holding AG (VTX:ASCN) Screens Well Here But There Might Be A Catch
The Ascom Holding AG ( VTX:ASCN ) share price has fared very poorly over the last month, falling by a substantial 29...Analysis Article • Apr 18
Ascom Holding's (VTX:ASCN) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year
Ascom Holding AG ( VTX:ASCN ) will increase its dividend from last year's comparable payment on the 22nd of April to...Analysis Article • Mar 30
Ascom Holding (VTX:ASCN) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns
If you're not sure where to start when looking for the next multi-bagger, there are a few key trends you should keep an...Analysis Article • Jan 04
Not Many Are Piling Into Ascom Holding AG (VTX:ASCN) Stock Yet As It Plummets 26%
Ascom Holding AG ( VTX:ASCN ) shareholders that were waiting for something to happen have been dealt a blow with a 26...Shareholder Returns
| ASCN | CH Healthcare Services | CH Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -11.5% | -5.1% | -0.7% |
| 1Y | 38.4% | -25.5% | 14.0% |
Return vs Industry: ASCN exceeded the Swiss Healthcare Services industry which returned -22.8% over the past year.
Return vs Market: ASCN exceeded the Swiss Market which returned 14.9% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| ASCN volatility | |
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| ASCN Average Weekly Movement | 5.9% |
| Healthcare Services Industry Average Movement | 5.4% |
| Market Average Movement | 4.0% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in CH Market | 7.6% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in CH Market | 2.2% |
Stable Share Price: ASCN's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Swiss market.
Volatility Over Time: ASCN's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of Swiss stocks.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,358 | David Hale | www.ascom.com |
Ascom Holding AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions in Switzerland and internationally. The company offers nurse call and monitoring systems, including teleCARE IP that provides wireless nurse call, alerts, messaging, monitoring, and wander management solution; and Telligence, a patient response system. It also provides Digistat, a suite of clinical workflow software; SmartSense software that enables activity monitoring solutions to offer discreet monitoring with a range of sensors to create personal resident profiles; DURAsuite, an end-to-end duress and messaging management solution to protect staff and clients; Unite software, a workflow orchestration platform that integrates data and events from source systems, as well as offers alerts, chats, and tasks to enable users on various endpoint platforms; and Ofelia for managing tasks and workflows.
Ascom Holding AG Fundamentals Summary
| ASCN fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | CHF 179.00m |
| Earnings (TTM) | CHF 15.10m |
| Revenue (TTM) | CHF 292.10m |
11.9x
P/E Ratio0.6x
P/S RatioIs ASCN overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| ASCN income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | CHF 292.10m |
| Cost of Revenue | CHF 151.30m |
| Gross Profit | CHF 140.80m |
| Other Expenses | CHF 125.70m |
| Earnings | CHF 15.10m |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2025
Next Earnings Date
Jul 29, 2026
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 0.44 |
| Gross Margin | 48.20% |
| Net Profit Margin | 5.17% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 0% |
How did ASCN perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
3.8%
Current Dividend Yield47%
Payout RatioCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/07/23 23:52 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/07/23 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
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.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.
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Analyst Sources
Ascom Holding AG is covered by 8 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Stefan Gächter | Baader Helvea Equity Research |
| Reto Huber | Research Partners AG |
| Tobias Fahrenholz | Stifel, Equities Research |