Zurich Insurance Group AG

BATS-CHIXE:ZURNZ Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 77.6b

Zurich Insurance Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: ZURNZ (CHF538.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF1046.53)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ZURNZ. This is calculated by dividing ZURNZ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ZURNZ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17.7x
EarningsUS$4.89b
Market CapUS$86.31b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ZURNZ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25x
AV. Aviva
9.7x5.9%UK£12.3b
LGEN Legal & General Group
46.8x29.6%UK£13.1b
PRU Prudential
24x27.3%UK£16.8b
ADM Admiral Group
19.7x12.8%UK£7.9b
ZURNZ Zurich Insurance Group
17.7x11.0%CHF 77.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ZURNZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x) compared to the peer average (24.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ZURNZ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies14PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ZURNZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ZURNZ'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.

ZURNZ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.7x
Fair PE Ratio15.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ZURNZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x).

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 ZURNZ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 538.60
CHF 532.80
-1.1%
9.4%CHF 602.00CHF 430.00n/a17
Dec ’25CHF 556.90
CHF 516.16
-7.3%
10.6%CHF 602.00CHF 430.00n/a17
Nov ’25CHF 516.20
CHF 490.81
-4.9%
9.2%CHF 580.00CHF 410.00n/a17
Oct ’25CHF 508.60
CHF 486.27
-4.4%
8.8%CHF 580.00CHF 410.00n/a17
Sep ’25CHF 492.20
CHF 476.75
-3.1%
7.3%CHF 530.00CHF 410.00n/a15
Aug ’25CHF 484.40
CHF 477.25
-1.5%
8.0%CHF 535.00CHF 410.00n/a15
Jul ’25CHF 483.00
CHF 472.05
-2.3%
8.2%CHF 535.00CHF 410.00n/a15
Jun ’25CHF 473.30
CHF 466.37
-1.5%
9.4%CHF 530.00CHF 370.00n/a15
May ’25CHF 443.90
CHF 462.38
+4.2%
9.3%CHF 529.00CHF 370.00n/a15
Apr ’25CHF 485.70
CHF 452.88
-6.8%
9.0%CHF 529.00CHF 370.00n/a15
Mar ’25CHF 467.80
CHF 448.33
-4.2%
9.3%CHF 529.00CHF 370.00n/a16
Feb ’25CHF 432.30
CHF 443.01
+2.5%
9.1%CHF 520.00CHF 370.00n/a16
Jan ’25CHF 438.80
CHF 447.81
+2.1%
8.5%CHF 520.00CHF 370.00n/a16
Dec ’24CHF 438.60
CHF 448.45
+2.2%
8.6%CHF 520.00CHF 370.00CHF 556.9016
Nov ’24CHF 436.50
CHF 445.55
+2.1%
9.7%CHF 520.00CHF 345.00CHF 516.2015
Oct ’24CHF 420.30
CHF 448.15
+6.6%
10.2%CHF 520.00CHF 345.00CHF 508.6016
Sep ’24CHF 416.30
CHF 450.12
+8.1%
9.9%CHF 520.00CHF 335.00CHF 492.2016
Aug ’24CHF 421.20
CHF 454.21
+7.8%
9.7%CHF 520.00CHF 335.00CHF 484.4016
Jul ’24CHF 424.40
CHF 464.96
+9.6%
9.3%CHF 520.00CHF 335.00CHF 483.0017
Jun ’24CHF 428.70
CHF 469.61
+9.5%
9.6%CHF 532.70CHF 335.00CHF 473.3017
May ’24CHF 432.20
CHF 469.32
+8.6%
9.3%CHF 521.99CHF 335.00CHF 443.9018
Apr ’24CHF 438.40
CHF 468.58
+6.9%
9.7%CHF 537.12CHF 335.00CHF 485.7017
Mar ’24CHF 446.00
CHF 473.90
+6.3%
9.8%CHF 552.52CHF 335.00CHF 467.8017
Feb ’24CHF 449.70
CHF 481.78
+7.1%
10.7%CHF 565.13CHF 335.00CHF 432.3017
Jan ’24CHF 443.40
CHF 489.15
+10.3%
10.0%CHF 560.00CHF 335.00CHF 438.8017
Dec ’23CHF 453.80
CHF 489.39
+7.8%
10.0%CHF 560.00CHF 345.00CHF 438.6016

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 17:35
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

Zurich Insurance Group AG is covered by 50 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Dieter HeinAlphaValue
Daniel BischofBaader Helvea Equity Research
Marco CavalleriBanca Akros S.p.A. (ESN)