Lonza Group AG

SWX:LONNE Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 38.5b

Lonza Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: LONNE (CHF531.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF1116.9)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LONNE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LONNE. This is calculated by dividing LONNE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LONNE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio67.1x
EarningsCHF 573.00m
Market CapCHF 38.45b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for LONNE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average37.4x
SFZN Siegfried Holding
32.6x13.7%CHF 4.2b
BANB Bachem Holding
38.2x17.9%CHF 4.3b
TECN Tecan Group
25.7x14.8%CHF 2.6b
SKAN SKAN Group
53.3x18.7%CHF 1.7b
LONNE Lonza Group
67.1x23.4%CHF 38.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LONNE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (67.1x) compared to the peer average (37.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LONNE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Life Sciences Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LONNE 67.1xIndustry Avg. 37.5xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LONNE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (67.1x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (37.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LONNE'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.

LONNE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio67.1x
Fair PE Ratio30.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LONNE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (67.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 19:28
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 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

* 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 here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Lonza Group AG is covered by 50 analysts. 22 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
Volker BosseBaader Helvea Equity Research
Charles Pitman-KingBarclays