Clariant AG

SWX:CLN Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 3.2b

Clariant Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • 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 CLN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CLN (CHF9.87) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF10.72)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CLN is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CLN. This is calculated by dividing CLN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CLN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio27.5x
EarningsCHF 118.00m
Market CapCHF 3.25b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CLN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29.8x
EMSN EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING
30.8x7.4%CHF 14.2b
GIVN Givaudan
35x6.1%CHF 36.1b
SIKA Sika
27.4x8.7%CHF 34.2b
SIGN SIG Group
26.1x12.0%CHF 6.7b
CLN Clariant
27.5x28.5%CHF 3.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CLN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.5x) compared to the peer average (29.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CLN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CLN 27.5xIndustry Avg. 16.9xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CLN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.5x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (16.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CLN'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.

CLN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.5x
Fair PE Ratio27.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CLN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.2x).

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 CLN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 9.87
CHF 14.58
+47.7%
13.4%CHF 18.00CHF 11.50n/a17
Dec ’25CHF 10.61
CHF 15.15
+42.8%
10.1%CHF 18.00CHF 12.50n/a17
Nov ’25CHF 12.13
CHF 15.16
+25.0%
10.1%CHF 18.00CHF 12.50n/a17
Oct ’25CHF 12.65
CHF 15.81
+24.9%
11.5%CHF 20.00CHF 12.50n/a17
Sep ’25CHF 13.34
CHF 16.01
+20.0%
11.3%CHF 20.00CHF 12.50n/a17
Aug ’25CHF 13.07
CHF 16.04
+22.7%
11.4%CHF 20.00CHF 12.00n/a17
Jul ’25CHF 14.62
CHF 15.66
+7.1%
12.7%CHF 20.00CHF 12.00n/a15
Jun ’25CHF 14.40
CHF 15.31
+6.3%
13.9%CHF 20.00CHF 12.00n/a15
May ’25CHF 13.78
CHF 15.08
+9.4%
13.3%CHF 20.00CHF 12.00n/a15
Apr ’25CHF 12.19
CHF 14.14
+16.0%
15.0%CHF 20.00CHF 11.50n/a15
Mar ’25CHF 11.28
CHF 14.54
+28.9%
14.5%CHF 20.00CHF 11.50n/a14
Feb ’25CHF 11.04
CHF 14.76
+33.7%
14.1%CHF 20.00CHF 11.50n/a14
Jan ’25CHF 12.42
CHF 15.47
+24.6%
11.3%CHF 20.00CHF 13.00n/a14
Dec ’24CHF 13.00
CHF 16.11
+23.9%
13.9%CHF 22.00CHF 13.90CHF 10.6115
Nov ’24CHF 12.92
CHF 16.11
+24.7%
13.9%CHF 22.00CHF 13.90CHF 12.1315
Oct ’24CHF 14.50
CHF 16.27
+12.2%
13.2%CHF 22.00CHF 14.00CHF 12.6515
Sep ’24CHF 15.26
CHF 16.44
+7.8%
14.6%CHF 22.00CHF 14.00CHF 13.3416
Aug ’24CHF 14.23
CHF 16.44
+15.6%
14.3%CHF 22.00CHF 14.00CHF 13.0716
Jul ’24CHF 12.92
CHF 17.97
+39.1%
14.4%CHF 24.00CHF 15.00CHF 14.6217
Jun ’24CHF 13.26
CHF 18.20
+37.3%
13.4%CHF 24.00CHF 15.00CHF 14.4017
May ’24CHF 14.86
CHF 18.57
+25.0%
12.0%CHF 24.00CHF 16.00CHF 13.7817
Apr ’24CHF 15.11
CHF 18.73
+24.0%
11.3%CHF 24.00CHF 16.00CHF 12.1917
Mar ’24CHF 15.42
CHF 18.88
+22.4%
11.1%CHF 24.00CHF 16.00CHF 11.2817
Feb ’24CHF 15.88
CHF 18.96
+19.4%
10.7%CHF 24.00CHF 16.00CHF 11.0417
Jan ’24CHF 14.65
CHF 19.08
+30.3%
10.5%CHF 24.00CHF 16.00CHF 12.4217
Dec ’23CHF 15.01
CHF 19.17
+27.7%
10.4%CHF 24.00CHF 16.00CHF 13.0017

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 03:30
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
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

Clariant AG is covered by 47 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Martin SchneeAlphaValue
Gerhard SchwarzBaader Helvea Equity Research
Konstantin WiechertBaader Helvea Equity Research