Switch, Inc.

NYSE:SWCH Stock Report

Market Cap: US$8.4b

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Switch Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SWCH ($34.25) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($3.69)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SWCH. This is calculated by dividing SWCH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SWCH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.3x
EarningsUS$379.15m
Market CapUS$8.42b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SWCH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.6x
GDDY GoDaddy
26.6x11.3%US$25.1b
AKAM Akamai Technologies
24.5x12.9%US$12.2b
VRSN VeriSign
28.5x7.3%US$22.7b
CD Chindata Group Holdings
26.6x25.6%US$3.1b
SWCH Switch
14.3x-43.0%US$8.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SWCH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x) compared to the peer average (29.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SWCH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US IT Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TAOP Taoping
2.2xn/aUS$4.74m
GTCH GBT Technologies
0.001xn/aUS$1.68m
DLTI DLT Resolution
0.7xn/aUS$528.80k
COWI CarbonMeta Technologies
0.06xn/aUS$21.99k
No more companies available in this PE range
SWCH 14.3xIndustry Avg. 38.6xNo. of Companies7PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SWCH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x) compared to the US IT industry average (28.9x)

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SWCH'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.

SWCH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.3x
Fair PE Ratio12.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SWCH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x).

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 SWCH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Feb ’26n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Jan ’26n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Dec ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Nov ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Oct ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Sep ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Aug ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Jul ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Jun ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
May ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Apr ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Mar ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Feb ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Jan ’25n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Dec ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Nov ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Oct ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Sep ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Aug ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Jul ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Jun ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
May ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Apr ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9
Mar ’24n/a
US$33.92
0%
3.1%US$35.00US$31.00n/a9

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 Analysis2022/12/06 22:48
End of Day Share Price 2022/12/05 00:00
Earnings2022/09/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

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

Switch, Inc. is covered by 19 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Timothy LongBarclays
Brendan LynchBarclays
Nathan CrossettBerenberg