profit from every CHF 100 of sales.
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SGS SA
CHF 103.05+0.10% today
+15.9% in 1 year
1-year low CHF 82.621-year high CHF 104.30
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay CHF 30.51 for every CHF 1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What SGS SA sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from CHF 6.64 billion in 2022 to CHF 6.95 billion in 2025, with CHF 668 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
SGS SA handed back 33% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks CHF 100MCHF 222M
Free cash flow 2025CHF 968M
Bought back its own sharesCHF 100M
Paid as dividendsCHF 222M
Cash vs. debtCHF 2.3B vs. CHF 4.9B
SGS SA vs. similar companies
SGS SA grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from CHF 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per CHF 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| SGS SA | 30.5× · Expensive | ||
 Experian | 29.4× · Fair price | ||
 Equifax | 33.3× · Expensive | ||
 TransUnion | 33.9× · Expensive | ||
 Bureau Veritas SA | 22.9× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads SGS SA's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,642 | 6,622 | 6,794 | 6,945 | |
| 5,697 | 5,676 | 5,833 | 5,968 | |
| 894 | 847 | 907 | 957 | |
| 1,413 | 1,417 | 1,391 | 1,504 | |
| 588 | 553 | 581 | 668 | |
| 3.02 | 2.87 | 3.09 | 3.46 | |
| 85.8% | 85.7% | 85.9% | 85.9% | |
| 13.5% | 12.8% | 13.4% | 13.8% | |
| 8.9% | 8.4% | 8.6% | 9.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,122 | 6,761 | 6,749 | 7,883 |
| Cash | 1,623 | 1,569 | 1,210 | 2,330 |
| Total debt | 4,446 | 4,408 | 3,880 | 4,897 |
| Total liabilities | 6,359 | 6,233 | 5,872 | 6,888 |
| 682 | 459 | 797 | 901 | |
| 195 | 193 | 188 | 193 | |
| 14.8% | 15.2% | 16.7% | 15.2% | |
| 86.2% | 120.5% | 72.9% | 74.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,030 | 1,123 | 1,224 | 1,223 | |
| 329 | 298 | 251 | 255 | |
| 701 | 825 | 973 | 968 | |
| Dividends paid | 599 | 590 | 207 | 222 |
| 268 | 10 | 50 | 100 | |
| 18 | 24 | 19 | 16 |
Valuation
- 30.5×
- –
- 6.65
- 19.5×
- 2.9×
- 21.1×
- 15.3×
- 4.7%
- 3.3%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 85.9%
- 13.8%
- 9.6%
- –
- 15.2%
- 15.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.5%
- +4.6%
- –
- –
- −0.3%
Financial health
- 1.7×
- 5.44
- –
- 13.7×
- 1.44
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 15%of 984
Top 26%of 987
Bottom 30%of 875
Bottom 23%of 988
Top 41%of 987
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
33.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 22.9%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
59No pass
Benjamin Graham
31No pass
Philip Fisher
57No pass
Peter Lynch
13No pass
Joel Greenblatt
28No pass
Charlie Munger
55No pass
Terry Smith
57No pass
Questions about SGS SA
Is SGS SA a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the SGS SA AI analysis
What does SGS SA do?
SGS SA operates as a testing, inspection, and certification company in the Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and America. It operates in two segments, Testing & Inspection and Certification. It is in Consulting Services, based in Baar, Switzerland, with 83,000 employees.
Does SGS SA pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 33% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out CHF 222 million in dividends.
Is SGS SA stock halal?
Yes. SGS SA passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 24% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has SGS SA stock done over the past year?
Up 15.9% over the past twelve months, to CHF 103.05. It traded between CHF 82.62 and CHF 104.30, close to its high.
Who are SGS SA's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Experian, Equifax, TransUnion and Bureau Veritas SA. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with SGS SA's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.