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Avolta

SWX:AVOL · CH0023405456
Specialty RetailX-Large

360

22
EV / EBIT21
Price / Owner Earnings38
Owner Earnings Yield22
Dividend Yield51
Price/Sales33
EV / Gross Profit84
Price/Book25
Return on Capital20
Cash Return on Capital14
Return on Equity40
EBIT Margin50
Gross Profitability72
Cash Conversion100
Accruals97
Owner Earnings Margin37
Sales growth19
Profit Growth92
Long-Term EPS Growth71
Owner Earnings Growth56
Reinvestment30
Price momentum65
Debt load11
Refinancing32
Debt Payback9
Liquidity22
Analyst ratings37
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside32
Market mood55
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Avolta clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountrySwitzerland
IndustrySpecialty Retail
SizeX-Large
TypePublic Company
ExchangeSWX
Founded1865
Employees2,710
ISINCH0023405456
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
LifestyleFast-Moving Consumer GoodsTourismTravel AccommodationsBusiness TravelRetailTravel

Description

Avolta AG operates as a travel retailer company. Business Segments The company operates through two segments: Travel Retail and Food & Beverage. Travel Retail This segment encompasses a wide range of retail shops that cater to travelers, offering…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Avolta AG sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is fair. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 22.5×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 8% a year, against analyst forecasts of 12%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is fragile. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
18
202320242026

All-time high

37

Jan 2024

All-time low

12

Jan 2023

Average rank

24

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
33
45
53
Price/Earnings
31
50
19
Price/Book
25
44
16
Dividend Yield
51
58
1
Value (overall)
28
63
15

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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