GF Stock Analysis: Georg Fischer | SW
Specialty Industrial Machinery | SW, Switzerland | Market Cap: 4.274m CHF | 12M Return: -15.4% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 12.8M
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Georg Fischer AG (GF) is a Swiss industrial company founded in 1802 and headquartered in Schaffhausen. It operates globally through two main segments: GF Industry and Infrastructure Flow Solutions, which supplies leak-free piping systems, fittings, valves, pipes, automation, and jointing technologies to industries such as microelectronics, chemical processing, water, marine, data centers, food and beverage, energy, and life sciences; and GF Building Flow Solutions, which provides drinking water systems, radiant heating and cooling, and water management infrastructure for residential and commercial construction, municipalities, and utilities.
As an Industrials company classified under Industrial Machinery & Components, GFs business is closely tied to global construction activity, industrial capital expenditure cycles, and infrastructure investment. Its model is primarily B2B, supplying engineered components and system solutions rather than finished consumer goods, with end-market exposure spanning both cyclical industrial segments and more stable utility and building-related demand.
- Data center and semiconductor capex drives industrial piping demand
- European construction weakness pressures Building Flow Solutions margins
- Pricing actions and portfolio focus improve margins after Machining divestiture
| Net Income: -134.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.02 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.71 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 37.87% < 20% (prev 17.43%; Δ 20.44% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.08 > 3% & CFO 258.0m > Net Income -134.0m |
| Net Debt (1.70b) to EBITDA (160.0m): 10.62 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.96 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (82.0m) vs 12m ago -0.30% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 29.87% > 18% (prev 34.92%; Δ -5.05% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 79.12% > 50% (prev 105.9%; Δ -26.80% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.83 > 6 (EBIT TTM 70.0m / Interest Expense TTM 84.0m) |
| A: 0.31 (Total Current Assets 2.07b - Total Current Liabilities 1.05b) / Total Assets 3.26b |
| B: 0.09 (Retained Earnings 283.0m / Total Assets 3.26b) |
| C: 0.02 (EBIT TTM 70.0m / Avg Total Assets 3.40b) |
| D: -0.01 (Book Value of Equity -23.0m / Total Liabilities 3.24b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.46 = A |
| DSRI: 1.62 (Receivables 834.0m/718.0m, Revenue 2.69b/3.74b) |
| GMI: 1.17 (GM 34.92% / 29.87%) |
| AQI: 1.14 (AQ_t 0.10 / AQ_t-1 0.09) |
| SGI: 0.72 (Revenue 2.69b / 3.74b) |
| TATA: -0.12 (NI -134.0m - CFO 258.0m) / TA 3.26b) |
| Beneish M = -2.50 (Cap -4..+1) = BBB |
As of July 28, 2026, the stock is trading at CHF 51.70 with a total of 171,791 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.58%, over one month by +24.28%, over three months by +21.65% and over the past year by -15.44%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 49.60 (which is 4.1% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Georg Fischer has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Forward = 17.2712
P/S = 1.7575
P/B = 19.2331
P/EG = 1.8984
Revenue TTM = 2.69b CHF
EBIT TTM = 70.0m CHF
EBITDA TTM = 160.0m CHF
Long Term Debt = 1.93b CHF (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 122.0m CHF (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.15b CHF (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 80.0m
Net Debt = 1.70b CHF (calculated: Debt 2.15b - CCE 451.0m)
Enterprise Value = 5.97b CHF (4.27b + Debt 2.15b - CCE 451.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.83 (Ebit TTM 70.0m / Interest Expense TTM 84.0m)
EV/FCF = 112.7x (Enterprise Value 5.97b / FCF TTM 53.0m)
FCF Yield = 0.89% (FCF TTM 53.0m / Enterprise Value 5.97b)
FCF Margin = 1.97% (FCF TTM 53.0m / Revenue TTM 2.69b)
Net Margin = -4.99% (Net Income TTM -134.0m / Revenue TTM 2.69b)
Gross Margin = 29.87% ((Revenue TTM 2.69b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.89b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 29.10% (prev 30.98%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.83 (Enterprise Value 5.97b / Total Assets 3.26b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.91% (Interest Expense 84.0m / Debt 2.15b)
Taxrate = 24.24% (64.0m / 264.0m)
NOPAT = 53.0m (EBIT 70.0m * (1 - 24.24%))
Current Ratio = 1.96 (Total Current Assets 2.07b / Total Current Liabilities 1.05b)
Debt / Equity = -93.52 (negative equity) (Debt 2.15b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter -23.0m)
Debt / EBITDA = 10.62 (Net Debt 1.70b / EBITDA 160.0m)
Debt / FCF = 32.08 (Net Debt 1.70b / FCF TTM 53.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 63.8m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -3.94% (Net Income -134.0m / Total Assets 3.26b)
RoE = -210.2% (Net Income TTM -134.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 63.8m)
RoCE = 3.50% (EBIT 70.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 63.8m + L.T.Debt 1.93b))
RoIC = 2.41% (NOPAT 53.0m / Invested Capital 2.20b)
WACC = 6.33% (E(4.27b)/V(6.42b) * Re(8.02%) + D(2.15b)/V(6.42b) * Rd(3.91%) * (1-Tc(0.24)))
Discount Rate = 8.02% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -4.02 | Cagr: -0.03%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈93.0m ; Y1≈81.6m ; Y5≈65.9m
[DCF] Fair Price = N/A (negative equity: EV 1.06b - Net Debt 1.70b = -642.3m; debt exceeds intrinsic value)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -88.29 | Revenue CAGR: -15.36% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Year (2025-12-31): EPS=2.51 | Chg30d=+8.51% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-3.8% | GrowthRev=-14.2%
EPS next Year (2026-12-31): EPS=2.55 | Chg30d=+4.18% | Revisions=-50% | GrowthEPS=+102.4% | GrowthRev=-17.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -38% (up=1, down=4)