ABB Valuation

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
SEK 697.01
Fair Value
14.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: ABB (SEK597) is trading below our estimate of fair value (SEK697.01)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ABB is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ABB. This is calculated by dividing ABB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ABB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.1x
EarningsUS$3.88b
Market CapUS$97.22b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ABB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21x
AQ AQ Group
19.6x7.4%SEK 12.6b
FAG Fagerhult Group
23.7x24.4%SEK 9.7b
ATCO A Atlas Copco
29.6x7.5%SEK 822.9b
VOLV B AB Volvo
10.9x2.1%SEK 562.4b
ABB ABB
25.1x9.1%SEK 89.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ABB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) compared to the peer average (21x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ABB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electrical Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ABB 25.1xIndustry Avg. 16.7xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ABB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) compared to the European Electrical industry average (16.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ABB'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.

ABB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.1x
Fair PE Ratio32.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ABB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) 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 ABB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentSEK 597.00
SEK 604.14
+1.2%
10.2%SEK 739.56SEK 467.04n/a23
Jan ’26SEK 595.40
SEK 601.98
+1.1%
10.5%SEK 748.31SEK 482.78n/a23
Dec ’25SEK 619.60
SEK 590.64
-4.7%
10.4%SEK 741.05SEK 478.10n/a21
Nov ’25SEK 596.80
SEK 570.76
-4.4%
8.9%SEK 677.13SEK 467.49n/a21
Oct ’25SEK 595.00
SEK 554.81
-6.8%
9.2%SEK 672.32SEK 460.75n/a21
Sep ’25SEK 587.20
SEK 550.83
-6.2%
12.2%SEK 690.07SEK 438.41n/a19
Aug ’25SEK 575.00
SEK 561.47
-2.4%
12.4%SEK 705.75SEK 448.37n/a19
Jul ’25SEK 592.60
SEK 529.60
-10.6%
13.6%SEK 689.34SEK 409.33n/a19
Jun ’25SEK 575.60
SEK 504.82
-12.3%
9.4%SEK 600.83SEK 413.43n/a19
May ’25SEK 544.20
SEK 501.86
-7.8%
10.3%SEK 616.71SEK 421.99n/a19
Apr ’25SEK 494.60
SEK 474.63
-4.0%
9.8%SEK 558.31SEK 386.51n/a19
Mar ’25SEK 475.10
SEK 440.65
-7.3%
12.6%SEK 533.22SEK 327.65n/a20
Feb ’25SEK 451.50
SEK 445.31
-1.4%
12.1%SEK 544.71SEK 338.94n/a20
Jan ’25SEK 445.30
SEK 416.10
-6.6%
12.7%SEK 505.66SEK 315.74SEK 595.4020
Dec ’24SEK 420.00
SEK 415.46
-1.1%
12.7%SEK 520.21SEK 324.83SEK 619.6020
Nov ’24SEK 376.70
SEK 439.23
+16.6%
13.9%SEK 591.44SEK 348.18SEK 596.8020
Oct ’24SEK 391.00
SEK 438.05
+12.0%
12.6%SEK 609.75SEK 353.67SEK 595.0021
Sep ’24SEK 414.90
SEK 441.73
+6.5%
12.7%SEK 622.04SEK 354.50SEK 587.2022
Aug ’24SEK 416.80
SEK 423.98
+1.7%
11.4%SEK 557.11SEK 343.38SEK 575.0022
Jul ’24SEK 424.10
SEK 408.72
-3.6%
13.0%SEK 566.49SEK 339.09SEK 592.6021
Jun ’24SEK 400.90
SEK 403.06
+0.5%
13.6%SEK 572.22SEK 340.82SEK 575.6022
May ’24SEK 370.30
SEK 375.84
+1.5%
11.7%SEK 466.39SEK 309.41SEK 544.2021
Apr ’24SEK 356.30
SEK 361.91
+1.6%
12.5%SEK 456.50SEK 302.17SEK 494.6020
Mar ’24SEK 349.20
SEK 357.31
+2.3%
12.6%SEK 436.31SEK 284.97SEK 475.1020
Feb ’24SEK 364.10
SEK 343.70
-5.6%
14.0%SEK 451.41SEK 262.50SEK 451.5020
Jan ’24SEK 316.20
SEK 316.19
-0.004%
13.3%SEK 442.07SEK 263.12SEK 445.3020
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 23 Analysts
SEK 606.37
Fair Value
1.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
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 Analysis2025/01/13 12:50
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/13 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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

ABB Ltd is covered by 69 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Anders IdborgABG Sundal Collier
Stefan GächterBaader Helvea Equity Research
Guenther HollfelderBaader Helvea Equity Research