Symrise AG

SWX:SY1 Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 9.3b

Symrise Valuation

Is SY1 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • 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 SY1 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: SY1 (CHF68.64) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF128.13)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: SY1 is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SY1?

Key metric: As SY1 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SY1. This is calculated by dividing SY1's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SY1's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio40.8x
Earnings€249.33m
Market Cap€10.16b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SY1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SY1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.2x
EMSN EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING
33.2x4.52%CHF 15.6b
SIKA Sika
22.2x8.96%CHF 23.3b
GIVN Givaudan
23.9x5.42%CHF 25.7b
AMRZ Amrize
25.3x14.37%CHF 23.1b
SY1 Symrise
40.8x19.07%CHF 10.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SY1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.8x) compared to the peer average (26.3x).

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 SY1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SY1 40.8xIndustry Avg. 18.2xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SY1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.8x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (18.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SY1'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.

SY1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SY1'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 SY1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 68.50
CHF 84.23
+22.96%
12.59%CHF 100.64CHF 65.87n/a18
May ’27CHF 68.64
CHF 84.60
+23.25%
12.76%CHF 100.90CHF 66.04n/a18
Apr ’27CHF 66.36
CHF 85.64
+29.05%
15.45%CHF 119.66CHF 63.51n/a18
Mar ’27CHF 69.80
CHF 85.87
+23.03%
15.65%CHF 118.15CHF 62.71n/a18
Feb ’27n/a
CHF 87.75
0%
16.59%CHF 119.08CHF 63.21n/a19
Jan ’27n/a
CHF 91.92
0%
16.84%CHF 120.77CHF 64.10n/a18
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 93.67
0%
17.43%CHF 121.23CHF 64.34n/a18
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 94.90
0%
15.33%CHF 120.61CHF 64.02n/a18
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 96.95
0%
15.30%CHF 121.48CHF 66.35n/a18
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 103.31
0%
9.40%CHF 122.59CHF 84.87n/a19
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 103.06
0%
9.18%CHF 121.19CHF 83.90n/a19
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 107.06
0%
8.97%CHF 126.11CHF 84.08n/a19
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 107.83
0%
8.14%CHF 126.10CHF 93.41n/a19
May ’26n/a
CHF 107.88
0%
7.98%CHF 126.45CHF 93.66CHF 68.6419
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 112.39
0%
8.44%CHF 129.19CHF 95.70CHF 66.3619
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 111.69
0%
8.48%CHF 129.33CHF 94.40CHF 69.8019
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 113.01
0%
7.69%CHF 129.33CHF 99.12n/a19
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 112.57
0%
8.45%CHF 128.24CHF 98.28n/a19
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 112.51
0%
8.84%CHF 128.60CHF 97.85n/a19
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 114.44
0%
10.11%CHF 129.10CHF 86.54n/a20
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 113.74
0%
10.78%CHF 130.48CHF 84.48n/a20
Sep ’25CHF 127.05
CHF 111.51
-12.23%
10.18%CHF 126.64CHF 84.43n/a20
Aug ’25CHF 127.05
CHF 111.07
-12.57%
10.45%CHF 126.32CHF 84.84n/a20
Jul ’25CHF 127.05
CHF 113.23
-10.88%
10.44%CHF 129.94CHF 87.27n/a20
Jun ’25CHF 127.05
CHF 112.75
-11.25%
9.63%CHF 128.95CHF 89.27n/a20
May ’25CHF 127.05
CHF 111.55
-12.20%
9.91%CHF 127.75CHF 88.44n/a20
CHF 85.67
Fair Value
19.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
18
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2026/05/07 08:43
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/07 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

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Symrise AG is covered by 44 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Konstantin WiechertBaader Helvea Equity Research
Volker BosseBaader Helvea Equity Research
Alexander SloaneBarclays