L'Oréal S.A.

SWX:OR Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 185.9b

L'Oréal Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: OR (CHF328.25) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF391.07)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: OR is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for OR. This is calculated by dividing OR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is OR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.9x
Earnings€6.13b
Market Cap€201.77b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for OR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.4x
ULVR Unilever
20.3x7.77%UK£98.5b
HINDUNILVR Hindustan Unilever
48.7x8.13%₹5.2t
KVUE Kenvue
23.2x9.33%US$38.1b
BEI Beiersdorf
17.6x3.94%€16.5b
OR L'Oréal
32.9x9.15%CHF 201.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.9x) compared to the peer average (27.4x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Personal Products Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
OR 32.9xIndustry Avg. 17.6xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.9x) compared to the European Personal Products industry average (17.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OR'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.

OR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio32.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate OR's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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 OR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 328.25
CHF 378.07
+15.18%
7.71%CHF 413.74CHF 301.57n/a24
Jun ’27CHF 328.25
CHF 373.52
+13.79%
7.49%CHF 411.55CHF 295.40n/a24
May ’27CHF 328.25
CHF 373.10
+13.66%
8.00%CHF 415.99CHF 301.36n/a24
Apr ’27n/a
CHF 370.70
0%
7.09%CHF 405.00CHF 322.16n/a24
Mar ’27n/a
CHF 365.70
0%
7.23%CHF 399.89CHF 306.28n/a25
Feb ’27n/a
CHF 364.66
0%
7.28%CHF 403.37CHF 308.94n/a25
Jan ’27n/a
CHF 361.02
0%
8.36%CHF 408.77CHF 301.93n/a24
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 362.22
0%
8.32%CHF 410.30CHF 303.06n/a24
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 357.45
0%
8.34%CHF 406.86CHF 300.52n/a24
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 361.97
0%
8.08%CHF 402.15CHF 303.95n/a24
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 364.50
0%
7.73%CHF 404.43CHF 305.67n/a25
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 361.15
0%
8.28%CHF 400.87CHF 302.98n/a25
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 355.72
0%
10.85%CHF 402.17CHF 247.85CHF 328.2524
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 351.32
0%
11.10%CHF 401.65CHF 247.53CHF 328.2525
May ’26n/a
CHF 352.36
0%
11.16%CHF 402.75CHF 248.21CHF 328.2525
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 365.15
0%
10.97%CHF 419.58CHF 262.24n/a25
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 360.95
0%
11.20%CHF 425.69CHF 257.85n/a25
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 368.05
0%
11.99%CHF 473.51CHF 264.11n/a25
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 373.49
0%
12.20%CHF 470.37CHF 262.36n/a25
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 380.54
0%
13.06%CHF 473.41CHF 260.94n/a26
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 388.98
0%
10.77%CHF 476.20CHF 304.65n/a26
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 414.80
0%
10.10%CHF 494.72CHF 329.81n/a26
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 422.93
0%
9.89%CHF 500.44CHF 333.63n/a25
Aug ’25CHF 411.35
CHF 421.06
+2.36%
9.95%CHF 495.87CHF 329.95n/a25
Jul ’25CHF 411.35
CHF 430.60
+4.68%
11.06%CHF 508.19CHF 326.01n/a25
CHF 357.09
Fair Value
8.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
24
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/06 05:49
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/06 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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

* 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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

L'Oréal S.A. is covered by 50 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Arancha PiñeiroBanco de Sabadell. S.A.
Mariano SzachtmanBanco Santander