SGS SA

BATS-CHIXE:SGSNZ Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 16.8b

SGS Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: SGSNZ (CHF90.22) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF121.86)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SGSNZ. This is calculated by dividing SGSNZ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SGSNZ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.7x
EarningsCHF 548.00m
Market CapCHF 16.82b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SGSNZ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.7x
ITRK Intertek Group
24.3x12.6%UK£7.5b
EXPN Experian
34.2x12.7%UK£32.1b
REL RELX
35.6x8.1%UK£67.3b
DATA GlobalData
44.5x27.7%UK£1.5b
SGSNZ SGS
30.7x12.0%CHF 16.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SGSNZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x) compared to the peer average (34.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SGSNZ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Professional Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IBPO iEnergizer
1.7xn/aUS$140.06m
TEK Tekcapital
1.6xn/aUS$21.81m
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies4PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SGSNZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x) compared to the UK Professional Services industry average (23.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SGSNZ'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.

SGSNZ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.7x
Fair PE Ratio32.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SGSNZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.6x).

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 SGSNZ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 90.22
CHF 92.99
+3.1%
8.8%CHF 109.00CHF 79.00n/a19
Dec ’25CHF 87.28
CHF 92.94
+6.5%
8.8%CHF 109.00CHF 79.00n/a19
Nov ’25CHF 92.84
CHF 92.99
+0.2%
8.7%CHF 109.00CHF 80.00n/a19
Oct ’25CHF 93.98
CHF 92.63
-1.4%
9.0%CHF 108.00CHF 78.00n/a19
Sep ’25CHF 94.86
CHF 92.02
-3.0%
9.9%CHF 106.00CHF 73.00n/a20
Aug ’25CHF 96.02
CHF 91.70
-4.5%
10.1%CHF 106.00CHF 73.00n/a20
Jul ’25CHF 80.02
CHF 87.82
+9.7%
7.8%CHF 100.00CHF 73.00n/a20
Jun ’25CHF 84.08
CHF 88.23
+4.9%
8.3%CHF 100.00CHF 73.00n/a19
May ’25CHF 81.28
CHF 88.18
+8.5%
8.3%CHF 100.00CHF 73.00n/a19
Apr ’25CHF 87.46
CHF 87.39
-0.08%
8.1%CHF 100.00CHF 73.00n/a19
Mar ’25CHF 84.72
CHF 86.63
+2.3%
7.6%CHF 95.00CHF 73.00n/a18
Feb ’25CHF 80.15
CHF 86.20
+7.5%
9.1%CHF 101.00CHF 73.00n/a18
Jan ’25CHF 72.52
CHF 85.81
+18.3%
10.4%CHF 101.00CHF 66.00n/a18
Dec ’24CHF 74.40
CHF 85.95
+15.5%
10.4%CHF 101.00CHF 66.00CHF 87.2818
Nov ’24CHF 73.38
CHF 88.19
+20.2%
7.5%CHF 101.00CHF 77.00CHF 92.8416
Oct ’24CHF 76.92
CHF 88.19
+14.7%
7.5%CHF 101.00CHF 77.00CHF 93.9816
Sep ’24CHF 80.80
CHF 88.59
+9.6%
7.7%CHF 101.00CHF 77.00CHF 94.8617
Aug ’24CHF 84.36
CHF 88.23
+4.6%
8.1%CHF 103.00CHF 77.00CHF 96.0218
Jul ’24CHF 84.32
CHF 90.86
+7.8%
8.6%CHF 104.00CHF 75.00CHF 80.0218
Jun ’24CHF 81.66
CHF 90.69
+11.1%
9.3%CHF 104.00CHF 76.00CHF 84.0819
May ’24CHF 80.52
CHF 90.26
+12.1%
9.1%CHF 104.00CHF 76.00CHF 81.2818
Apr ’24CHF 80.60
CHF 92.10
+14.3%
14.6%CHF 136.00CHF 76.00CHF 87.4617
Mar ’24CHF 86.12
CHF 92.57
+7.5%
14.2%CHF 136.00CHF 76.00CHF 84.7217
Feb ’24CHF 89.44
CHF 93.53
+4.6%
13.7%CHF 136.00CHF 77.64CHF 80.1516
Jan ’24CHF 86.24
CHF 96.27
+11.6%
13.6%CHF 136.00CHF 77.64CHF 72.5217
Dec ’23CHF 89.40
CHF 96.38
+7.8%
13.5%CHF 136.00CHF 77.64CHF 74.4017

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 04:15
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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

SGS SA is covered by 42 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christian WeizBaader Helvea Equity Research
Jean-Philippe BertschyBank Vontobel AG
Paul Daniel SullivanBarclays