Givaudan SA

OTCPK:GVDB.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$40.4b

Givaudan Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$4.14k
Fair Value
6.0% overvalued intrinsic discount
20
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: GVDB.F ($4384.49) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($4136.43)

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

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GVDB.F?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GVDB.F. This is calculated by dividing GVDB.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GVDB.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33.7x
EarningsCHF 1.09b
Market CapCHF 36.79b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GVDB.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GVDB.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average37.8x
DD DuPont de Nemours
63.2x23.7%US$32.1b
PPG PPG Industries
19.9x9.9%US$26.7b
ECL Ecolab
34.6x6.3%US$70.8b
SHW Sherwin-Williams
33.5x7.2%US$89.9b
GVDB.F Givaudan
33.7x6.4%US$36.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GVDB.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.7x) compared to the peer average (37.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GVDB.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
BSLK Bolt Projects Holdings
0.06xn/aUS$9.22m
GSPI Green Star Products
2xn/aUS$1.94m
VYST Vystar
1.4xn/aUS$1.29m
GVDB.F 33.7xIndustry Avg. 23.5xNo. of Companies7PE01224364860+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GVDB.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.7x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (23.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GVDB.F'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.

GVDB.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate GVDB.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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 GVDB.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$4,384.49
US$4,555.96
+3.9%
10.9%US$5,599.96US$3,656.45n/a20
Jan ’26US$4,349.84
US$4,632.84
+6.5%
10.8%US$5,663.08US$3,697.66n/a20
Dec ’25US$4,326.68
US$4,729.67
+9.3%
10.8%US$5,775.83US$3,771.28n/a20
Nov ’25US$4,788.00
US$4,852.94
+1.4%
10.2%US$5,887.85US$3,844.42n/a21
Oct ’25n/a
US$4,918.11
0%
9.9%US$5,834.57US$3,784.07n/a22
Sep ’25US$5,112.03
US$4,632.46
-9.4%
10.9%US$5,489.06US$3,393.90n/a22
Aug ’25US$4,790.50
US$4,632.46
-3.3%
10.9%US$5,489.06US$3,393.90n/a22
Jul ’25US$4,800.00
US$4,403.91
-8.3%
11.5%US$5,315.32US$3,322.08n/a21
Jun ’25US$4,591.00
US$4,204.83
-8.4%
12.1%US$5,145.33US$3,065.30n/a21
May ’25US$4,120.47
US$4,169.95
+1.2%
11.8%US$5,150.80US$3,068.56n/a21
Apr ’25n/a
US$3,994.94
0%
13.1%US$5,085.57US$3,095.56n/a21
Mar ’25US$4,204.49
US$3,863.12
-8.1%
11.1%US$4,721.05US$3,177.63n/a21
Feb ’25US$4,100.00
US$3,890.73
-5.1%
10.1%US$4,663.58US$3,206.21US$4,384.4921
Jan ’25n/a
US$3,739.04
0%
10.7%US$4,671.21US$3,036.28US$4,349.8420
Dec ’24US$3,799.62
US$3,614.32
-4.9%
11.3%US$4,576.87US$2,860.54US$4,326.6820
Nov ’24US$3,200.00
US$3,523.26
+10.1%
12.4%US$4,560.01US$2,780.50US$4,788.0021
Oct ’24US$3,249.00
US$3,456.84
+6.4%
12.5%US$4,478.97US$2,731.08n/a21
Sep ’24n/a
US$3,555.49
0%
13.3%US$4,670.82US$2,734.14US$5,112.0322
Aug ’24US$3,201.30
US$3,602.63
+12.5%
13.4%US$4,684.32US$2,742.04US$4,790.5023
Jul ’24US$3,238.84
US$3,503.81
+8.2%
13.2%US$4,571.91US$2,676.24US$4,800.0024
Jun ’24US$3,174.88
US$3,518.22
+10.8%
13.4%US$4,596.21US$2,690.46US$4,591.0023
May ’24US$3,309.53
US$3,518.22
+6.3%
13.4%US$4,596.21US$2,690.46US$4,120.4723
Apr ’24US$3,214.68
US$3,368.59
+4.8%
15.6%US$4,481.95US$2,229.39n/a24
Mar ’24US$3,017.50
US$3,278.03
+8.6%
15.8%US$4,362.17US$2,169.81US$4,204.4923
Feb ’24US$3,077.00
US$3,396.41
+10.4%
16.1%US$4,566.76US$2,244.21US$4,100.0023
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 20 Analysts
US$4.56k
Fair Value
3.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
20
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 Analysis2025/02/02 10:23
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 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 here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Givaudan SA is covered by 48 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
Martin SchneeAlphaValue
Konstantin WiechertBaader Helvea Equity Research
Jean-Philippe BertschyBank Vontobel AG