Sulzer AG stock analysis
Sulzer AG (0QQ9) Share Price & Analysis
0QQ9 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- CHF 183.80 - CHF 185.90
- 52-Week Range
- CHF 129.20 - CHF 187.60
- Previous Close
- CHF 181.60
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 4,495
- Market Cap
- CHF 6.14B
- Enterprise Value
- CHF 4.94B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- CHF 843.30M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- CHF 1.20B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 20.5
- Beta
- 1.38
- Next Earnings
- Feb 24, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 4.57
- Last Dividend Ex-Date
- Apr 17, 2026
- Dividend Yield
- 2.57%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Improving Profitability
Sustained margin expansion indicates that Sulzer’s operational improvement initiatives are translating into better economics, not merely higher sales. Greater profitability can strengthen reinvestment capacity, improve resilience across industrial cycles, and support earnings growth over the next several quarters.
Recurring Services Platform
The Services business benefits from customers’ continuing need to maintain installed equipment, giving Sulzer a more recurring revenue stream than equipment sales alone. Recent growth and margin gains suggest this installed-base exposure can support cash generation and earnings stability over time.
Healthy Order Coverage
Book-to-bill above one indicates that orders are replenishing revenue faster than current sales consume the backlog across most businesses. This provides forward demand visibility and supports management’s ability to maintain growth while operational improvements continue to lift profitability.
Bears Say
Meaningful Leverage
Debt remains roughly comparable with equity, leaving Sulzer less financially flexible than a lightly leveraged industrial company. This capital structure can constrain investment choices and make earnings and cash-flow volatility more consequential when project timing or end-market demand weakens.
Volatile Cash Conversion
Positive free cash flow has not translated into a consistently improving trend, and operating cash flow covers only a modest portion of debt. This weakens the quality and predictability of earnings conversion, potentially limiting deleveraging and internally funded growth.
Chemtech Execution Pressure
Chemtech is facing delayed decisions and weaker demand in several newer applications, while lower order intake margins and restructuring add execution pressure. Prolonged weakness could reduce divisional profitability, require further cost actions, and dilute the benefits of improvement elsewhere in Sulzer.
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Company Description
Sulzer AG
Founded in 1834 and based in Winterthur, Switzerland, Sulzer Ltd specializes in providing advanced fluid engineering solutions globally. The company's operations are strategically organized into four segments: Flow Equipment, Services, Chemtech, and Others. Sulzer offers a comprehensive range of products and services designed for diverse industrial needs. Its fluid handling and mixing portfolio includes a variety of agitators (both horizontal and vertical configurations), dynamic chemical mixers, sophisticated tower and tank flow management systems, and a broad selection of pumping solutions with associated auxiliary and lifting equipment. For separation and processing applications, Sulzer provides high-performance turbo compressors, aeration systems, and mechanical aerators. They also supply specialized cartridges, dispensers, and comprehensive process solutions, from initial conceptualization to pilot testing. Furthermore, the company delivers cutting-edge technologies for distillation, absorption, stripping, evaporation, phase separation, liquid-liquid extraction, and crystallization, alongside robust systems for solids reduction, separation, removal, screening, sedimentation, and filtration. Beyond equipment, Sulzer delivers essential industrial services, encompassing maintenance for both rotating and static equipment, expert welding, complete plant maintenance, and critical turnaround project services. The company also offers innovative digital solutions, such as control and monitoring software for streamlined setup and web-based alarm handling; Sense condition monitoring to proactively detect equipment failures and optimize maintenance; PumpsOnline for convenient access to equipment information; BLUE BOX for collaborative digital workflows; and DOC BOX for systematic root cause identification of operational issues. Serving a wide array of markets, Sulzer caters to the oil and gas, chemical, general industry, water, power, adhesive, dental, healthcare, and beauty sectors. With a strong international presence, the company operates across Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Spain, Sweden, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific region.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- CEO
- Suzanne Thoma
- Employees
- 13,311
- Website
- www.sulzer.com
- Address
- Neuwiesenstrasse 15, Winterthur, 8401, CH
Sulzer AG (0QQ9) Earnings & Revenues
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0QQ9 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call presents a constructive operational and profitability story: strong margin expansion, Flow and Services regaining momentum, and clear execution of Sulzer Excellence and strategic initiatives. However, significant headwinds remain—primarily within Chemtech (large order delays in new technologies), elevated net working capital and free‑cash‑flow pressure, and geopolitical-related project timing risk. Management reiterated its full‑year guidance and expects orders to be back‑loaded into H2/Q4, indicating confidence but also execution risk tied to the timing of large awards.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
