SGS SA

BATS-CHIXE:SGSNZ Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 15.9b

SGS Valuation

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
CHF 81.83
Fair Value
0.1% overvalued intrinsic discount
18
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: SGSNZ (CHF81.92) is trading above our estimate of fair value (CHF81.83)

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

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 Ratio27.3x
EarningsCHF 581.00m
Market CapCHF 15.86b

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 Average37.6x
ITRK Intertek Group
21.4x7.9%UK£7.4b
EXPN Experian
39.7x12.5%UK£35.2b
REL RELX
39.2x8.7%UK£75.8b
DATA GlobalData
50.1x21.8%UK£1.5b
SGSNZ SGS
27.3x10.1%CHF 15.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SGSNZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.3x) compared to the peer average (37.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CPI Capita
2.9x4.4%US$291.27m
IBPO iEnergizer
1.7xn/aUS$140.06m
TEK Tekcapital
1.6xn/aUS$21.64m
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies5PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SGSNZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.3x) compared to the UK Professional Services industry average (22.7x).

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 Ratio27.3x
Fair PE Ratio27.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SGSNZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.8x).

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 81.92
CHF 94.06
+14.8%
7.3%CHF 105.00CHF 80.00n/a18
Apr ’26CHF 89.16
CHF 96.85
+8.6%
8.0%CHF 112.00CHF 83.00n/a18
Mar ’26CHF 92.22
CHF 96.96
+5.1%
9.2%CHF 113.00CHF 79.00n/a19
Feb ’26CHF 88.78
CHF 92.78
+4.5%
9.6%CHF 107.00CHF 78.00n/a19
Jan ’26CHF 90.88
CHF 92.99
+2.3%
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 73.00CHF 80.5519
Apr ’25CHF 87.46
CHF 87.39
-0.08%
8.1%CHF 100.00CHF 73.00CHF 89.1619
Mar ’25CHF 84.72
CHF 86.63
+2.3%
7.6%CHF 95.00CHF 73.00CHF 92.2218
Feb ’25CHF 80.15
CHF 86.20
+7.5%
9.1%CHF 101.00CHF 73.00CHF 88.7818
Jan ’25CHF 72.52
CHF 85.81
+18.3%
10.4%CHF 101.00CHF 66.00CHF 90.8818
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 3.63
-95.7%
8.6%CHF 4.16CHF 3.00CHF 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
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 18 Analysts
CHF 94.31
Fair Value
13.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
18
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/05/05 08:17
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/05 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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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.

AnalystInstitution
Christian WeizBaader Helvea Equity Research
Jean-Philippe BertschyBank Vontobel AG
James RosenthalBarclays