INFICON Holding AG

SWX:IFCN Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 2.6b

INFICON Holding Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IFCN (CHF1046) is trading above our estimate of fair value (CHF1014.18)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IFCN is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IFCN. This is calculated by dividing IFCN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IFCN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.6x
EarningsUS$110.90m
Market CapUS$2.84b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IFCN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average45.4x
LAND Landis+Gyr Group
15.6x16.8%CHF 1.6b
COTN Comet Holding
111.4x48.5%CHF 2.0b
LEHN LEM Holding
27.6x37.8%CHF 841.7m
ELMN Elma Electronic
26.8xn/aCHF 239.9m
IFCN INFICON Holding
25.6x9.2%CHF 2.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IFCN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x) compared to the peer average (45.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IFCN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electronic Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IFCN 25.6xIndustry Avg. 18.9xNo. of Companies15PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IFCN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x) compared to the European Electronic industry average (18.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IFCN'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.

IFCN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.6x
Fair PE Ratio20x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IFCN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20x).

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 IFCN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 1,046.00
CHF 1,259.19
+20.4%
12.5%CHF 1,460.06CHF 999.81n/a8
Dec ’25CHF 1,024.00
CHF 1,266.13
+23.6%
12.1%CHF 1,487.76CHF 1,056.77n/a8
Nov ’25CHF 1,058.00
CHF 1,253.38
+18.5%
13.2%CHF 1,516.41CHF 1,032.13n/a8
Oct ’25CHF 1,202.00
CHF 1,314.51
+9.4%
11.0%CHF 1,489.58CHF 1,142.70n/a7
Sep ’25CHF 1,214.00
CHF 1,314.51
+8.3%
11.0%CHF 1,489.58CHF 1,142.70n/a7
Aug ’25CHF 1,310.00
CHF 1,313.37
+0.3%
11.1%CHF 1,526.51CHF 1,140.90n/a8
Jul ’25CHF 1,378.00
CHF 1,310.17
-4.9%
12.8%CHF 1,567.89CHF 1,159.39n/a8
Jun ’25CHF 1,432.00
CHF 1,300.92
-9.2%
12.1%CHF 1,596.77CHF 1,180.75n/a7
May ’25CHF 1,286.00
CHF 1,300.92
+1.2%
12.1%CHF 1,596.77CHF 1,180.75n/a7
Apr ’25CHF 1,318.00
CHF 1,279.48
-2.9%
12.8%CHF 1,580.85CHF 1,093.66n/a7
Mar ’25CHF 1,380.00
CHF 1,242.41
-10.0%
12.8%CHF 1,530.15CHF 1,044.30n/a7
Feb ’25CHF 1,324.00
CHF 1,211.23
-8.5%
15.4%CHF 1,521.43CHF 984.39n/a7
Jan ’25CHF 1,206.00
CHF 1,128.95
-6.4%
14.6%CHF 1,424.45CHF 959.41n/a8
Dec ’24CHF 1,146.00
CHF 1,109.77
-3.2%
13.1%CHF 1,361.38CHF 900.99CHF 1,024.008
Nov ’24CHF 979.00
CHF 1,109.77
+13.4%
13.1%CHF 1,361.38CHF 900.99CHF 1,058.008
Oct ’24CHF 1,118.00
CHF 1,116.81
-0.1%
13.8%CHF 1,389.98CHF 942.10CHF 1,202.008
Sep ’24CHF 1,118.00
CHF 1,075.11
-3.8%
12.4%CHF 1,341.80CHF 909.45CHF 1,214.009
Aug ’24CHF 1,116.00
CHF 1,047.12
-6.2%
13.2%CHF 1,329.05CHF 907.12CHF 1,310.009
Jul ’24CHF 1,080.00
CHF 976.44
-9.6%
13.5%CHF 1,224.43CHF 826.70CHF 1,378.009
Jun ’24CHF 1,030.00
CHF 929.43
-9.8%
15.0%CHF 1,215.16CHF 720.49CHF 1,432.008
May ’24CHF 968.00
CHF 925.74
-4.4%
16.4%CHF 1,220.35CHF 662.36CHF 1,286.008
Apr ’24CHF 987.00
CHF 896.43
-9.2%
19.1%CHF 1,220.75CHF 615.78CHF 1,318.008
Mar ’24CHF 984.00
CHF 870.45
-11.5%
17.6%CHF 1,161.72CHF 635.16CHF 1,380.008
Feb ’24CHF 947.00
CHF 828.93
-12.5%
17.3%CHF 1,137.45CHF 618.62CHF 1,324.008
Jan ’24CHF 809.00
CHF 809.27
+0.03%
20.6%CHF 1,166.65CHF 587.20CHF 1,206.008
Dec ’23CHF 850.00
CHF 808.66
-4.9%
18.7%CHF 1,109.64CHF 592.97CHF 1,146.008

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 Analysis2024/12/26 14:28
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

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Analyst Sources

INFICON Holding AG is covered by 18 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Zana MamelliBaader Helvea Equity Research
Volker BosseBaader Helvea Equity Research
Christoph WirtzBank am Bellevue