SUV Stock Overview

Provides inspection, testing, and certification services in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, North America, and the Asia Pacific. More details

SUV fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 31% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 10.24% per year

Earnings grew by 5.1% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Has a high level of debt

Dividend of 3.66% is not well covered by earnings

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for SGS
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	CHF 92.90
52 Week High	CHF 92.90
52 Week Low	CHF 89.48
Beta	0.57
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	873.79%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	SUV	DE Professional Services	DE Market
7D	-20.8%	-0.4%	0.8%
1Y	n/a	-39.1%	14.6%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how SUV performed against the German Professional Services industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how SUV performed against the German Market.

Price Volatility

Is SUV's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SUV volatility
SUV Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Professional Services Industry Average Movement	6.0%
Market Average Movement	6.6%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.7%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: SUV's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine SUV's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1878	95,244	Geraldine J. M. Picaud	www.sgs.com

SGS SA provides inspection, testing, and certification services in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, North America, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides laboratory testing, product inspection and consulting, process assessment, technical, and transactional assistance; and automotive, connectivity, softlines and accessories, hardgoods, toys, and juvenile products, as well as plastic reduction, and government and trade facilitation services. It also offers a range of testing, inspection, certification, and consulting solutions for the crop science, food, health science, and cosmetics and hygiene industries; field and inspection, technical assessment, and advisory services; and services related to industrial, public health and safety, environmental testing, and public mandates.

SGS SA Fundamentals Summary

How do SGS's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SUV fundamental statistics
Market cap	€18.14b
Earnings (TTM)	€620.99m
Revenue (TTM)	€7.26b

29.2x

P/E Ratio

2.5x

P/S Ratio

Is SUV overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SUV income statement (TTM)
Revenue	CHF 6.79b
Cost of Revenue	CHF 3.84b
Gross Profit	CHF 2.95b
Other Expenses	CHF 2.37b
Earnings	CHF 581.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Jul 25, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	2.99
Gross Margin	43.46%
Net Profit Margin	8.55%
Debt/Equity Ratio	377.7%

How did SUV perform over the long term?

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Dividends

3.7%

Current Dividend Yield

104%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/18 13:07
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/15 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* 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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Analyst Sources

SGS SA is covered by 38 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.

Analyst	Institution
Christian Weiz	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Jean-Philippe Bertschy	Bank Vontobel AG
James Rosenthal	Barclays

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