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Comet Holding AG

Comet Holding AG

COTN · SW · Technology / Scientific & Technical Instruments

306.80CHF-8.80 (-2.79%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close315.60
Open310.00
Day Range303.20 – 313.00
52-Week Range174.02 – 452.20
Volume27.73K
Market Cap2.97B
P/E (TTM)192.16
Forward P/E31.15
EPS1.99
Dividend Yield0.13%
Beta1.78
50-Day Avg349.17
200-Day Avg319.46

About

Comet Holding AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides X-ray and radio frequency (RF) power technology solutions in Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally. It operates through three divisions: Plasma Control Technologies, X-Ray Systems, and Industrial X-Ray Modules. The Plasma Control Technologies division develops, manufactures, and markets vacuum capacitors, RF generators, and RF impedance matching networks for the high-precision control of plasma processes required in the production of memory chips and flat panel displays. The X-Ray Systems division develops, manufactures, and markets compact x-ray and provides related services, for non destructive examination using x-ray computed tomography. The Industrial X-Ray Modules division develops, manufactures, and markets compact X-ray sources and portable X-ray modules for non-destructive examination, steel metrology, and security inspection. The company offers its products under the Comet and Comet Yxlon brands. The company serves manufacturers in the semiconductor, aerospace, automotive, and security sectors. Comet Holding AG was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Flamatt, Switzerland.

Company Details

  • SectorTechnology
  • IndustryScientific & Technical Instruments
  • CEOMr. Stephan Eirik Haferl
  • Employees1.56K
  • HeadquartersHerrengasse 10, Flamatt, Switzerland, 3175, Switzerland
  • Websitehttps://comet.tech

Leadership

  • Mr. Stephan Eirik HaferlInterim President of the X-Ray Systems Division & CEO · b. 1972
  • Mr. Christian WittChief Financial Officer · b. 1971
  • Mr. Andre GredeChief Technology Officer · b. 1979
  • Dr. Ulrich SteinerVice President of Investor Relations & Sustainability
  • Marc SplisgardtSecretary of the Board & Group General Counsel
  • Ms. Meike BoekelmannChief Human Resources Officer · b. 1976
  • Mr. Kevin Timothy Crofton B.S., M.B.A.Former Chief Executive Officer · b. 1961
  • Mr. Michael Lars BergerPresident of Industrial X-Ray Systems · b. 1973
  • Mr. Joeri DurinckxPresident of Plasma Control Technologies Division · b. 1979
  • Erich KalbermattenHead of Business Applications

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: CHF2002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue74.34M56.22M80.69M90.84M96.21M171.12M222.56M150.75M217.40M216.97M214.40M249.63M287.89M282.32M332.44M443.37M436.36M371.61M395.82M513.72M586.39M397.45M445.36M457.04M
Growth (%)--24.38%+43.53%+12.58%+5.92%+77.86%+30.05%-32.26%+44.21%-0.20%-1.18%+16.43%+15.33%-1.94%+17.75%+33.37%-1.58%-14.84%+6.51%+29.79%+14.15%-32.22%+12.05%+2.62%
Cost of Revenue48.97M36.93M47.36M55.23M57.27M113.04M140.01M102.29M135.83M136.57M131.12M151.99M176.50M174.63M197.43M262.50M263.07M228.76M238.25M290.92M324.76M234.53M252.26M283.37M
Gross Profit25.37M19.29M33.33M35.61M38.94M58.08M82.54M48.46M81.56M80.40M83.28M97.64M111.40M107.70M135.01M180.88M173.28M142.84M157.57M222.80M261.63M162.93M193.10M173.68M
Gross Margin34.13%34.32%41.31%39.20%40.47%33.94%37.09%32.15%37.52%37.06%38.84%39.11%38.69%38.15%40.61%40.80%39.71%38.44%39.81%43.37%44.62%40.99%43.36%38.00%
Operating Expense18.27M17.68M28.64M26.39M35.83M48.97M71.51M62.45M65.33M65.73M70.52M72.58M81.74M80.74M98.54M130.14M141.82M122.90M127.35M142.40M167.56M137.95M154.87M155.61M
Operating Income7.10M1.62M4.69M9.21M3.11M9.11M11.03M-13.99M16.24M14.67M12.76M25.06M29.66M26.95M36.47M50.74M31.47M19.94M30.21M80.40M94.08M24.98M38.23M18.07M
Operating Margin9.55%2.87%5.81%10.14%3.23%5.33%4.96%-9.28%7.47%6.76%5.95%10.04%10.30%9.55%10.97%11.44%7.21%5.37%7.63%15.65%16.04%6.28%8.58%3.95%
EBITDA10.46M6.58M11.65M17.35M4.89M23.47M34.99M3.93M36.80M25.82M24.80M34.42M38.76M36.49M48.78M60.88M41.82M36.93M54.69M102.75M118.45M41.41M64.42M39.49M
EBITDA Margin14.07%11.70%14.44%19.10%5.08%13.71%15.72%2.61%16.93%11.90%11.57%13.79%13.46%12.92%14.67%13.73%9.58%9.94%13.82%20.00%20.20%10.42%14.47%8.64%
Net Income5.26M1.03M2.80M7.39M2.45M5.40M8.27M-12.73M7.49M10.05M5.92M16.09M26.28M17.11M27.34M35.46M12.28M12.03M27.66M67.44M78.11M15.39M35.12M12.21M
Net Income Margin7.07%1.84%3.47%8.13%2.55%3.16%3.72%-8.44%3.44%4.63%2.76%6.45%9.13%6.06%8.22%8.00%2.81%3.24%6.99%13.13%13.32%3.87%7.89%2.67%
R&D5.98M5.76M7.34M7.92M11.20M16.42M24.13M17.84M20.57M22.52M26.82M25.82M29.16M29.29M37.93M47.57M55.86M48.97M53.22M55.34M63.77M60.71M67.26M65.30M
R&D as % of Total Revenue8.04%10.25%9.10%8.72%11.64%9.59%10.84%11.84%9.46%10.38%12.51%10.34%10.13%10.37%11.41%10.73%12.80%13.18%13.45%10.77%10.87%15.28%15.10%14.29%
Interest Expense312.00K581.00K1.80M1.51M1.01M2.29M14.62M7.65M14.78M18.14M1.99M1.61M1.21M1.04M1.47M1.32M1.58M2.00M1.92M1.54M1.72M2.39M2.34M2.31M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.42%1.03%2.23%1.66%1.05%1.34%6.57%5.08%6.80%8.36%0.93%0.65%0.42%0.37%0.44%0.30%0.36%0.54%0.48%0.30%0.29%0.60%0.53%0.51%

Balance Sheet

Currency: CHF2002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets112.63M104.32M127.42M135.70M137.08M273.79M249.93M229.60M214.81M208.42M203.01M227.83M245.91M255.64M344.91M389.79M380.27M391.71M441.15M491.89M569.94M473.58M531.17M508.00M
Total Liabilities51.16M43.75M51.44M51.07M50.99M144.56M123.21M117.23M103.07M89.13M85.23M89.98M86.14M93.44M168.56M188.24M181.97M195.76M226.20M216.91M238.41M177.49M205.73M199.23M
Total Equity61.47M60.57M75.98M84.63M86.09M129.23M126.73M112.37M111.73M119.30M117.79M137.85M159.77M162.21M176.34M201.55M198.29M195.95M214.96M274.98M331.53M296.09M325.44M308.77M
Cash7.04M3.85M6.93M13.61M15.80M21.43M26.40M24.19M16.62M19.99M16.74M18.21M18.56M24.30M74.83M60.42M43.01M60.26M74.68M115.53M125.94M86.71M113.74M96.59M
Total Debt--30.82M30.00M30.00M87.68M79.63M78.76M61.16M53.00M42.62M31.90M20.57M22.04M70.43M67.86M81.97M85.28M81.82M79.41M97.87M95.51M97.61M91.30M
Net Debt-7.04M-3.85M23.90M16.39M14.20M66.25M53.23M54.57M44.53M33.01M25.88M13.68M2.01M-2.26M-4.41M7.45M38.97M25.03M7.14M-36.12M-28.08M8.81M-16.13M-5.29M

Cash Flow

Currency: CHF2002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow21.85M2.88M3.87M11.78M8.19M356.00K19.20M7.71M19.18M28.17M22.61M17.38M30.56M35.67M33.18M38.35M27.73M48.69M57.05M70.49M64.41M22.26M49.96M48.26M
Investing Cash Flow36.73M1.90M-13.29M-4.09M-4.60M-83.90M-4.35M-5.07M-4.87M-10.55M-6.62M-6.65M-12.08M-21.98M-21.58M-40.22M-26.93M-18.58M-15.40M-12.72M-22.23M-22.84M-8.55M-42.04M
Financing Cash Flow20.16M869.00K12.61M-1.22M-1.33M89.22M-9.59M-4.55M-21.04M-14.23M-19.05M-9.12M-18.91M-7.70M39.22M-13.20M-17.80M-11.97M-26.33M-17.22M-29.62M-33.85M-16.79M-17.85M
Capital Expenditure40.16M3.25M5.18M8.93M9.75M8.35M5.28M5.19M4.91M7.18M5.73M4.87M8.82M11.37M17.00M37.55M26.02M18.62M13.57M11.47M22.75M26.41M12.78M41.48M
Free Cash Flow-18.31M-363.00K-1.31M2.85M-1.56M-7.99M13.92M2.52M14.26M20.99M16.88M12.51M21.74M24.30M16.18M799.00K1.71M30.07M43.48M59.02M41.65M-4.16M37.18M6.78M
Dividends Paid971.00K1.46M491.00K1.18M1.78M1.20M2.24M2.25M379.00K2.65M3.04M2.98M6.16M8.49M8.51M9.29M11.63M9.31M7.76M10.10M27.19M28.76M7.77M11.65M
FCF to OCF-83.81%-12.60%-33.71%24.23%-19.11%-2245.51%72.50%32.72%74.38%74.51%74.67%71.98%71.13%68.12%48.78%2.08%6.16%61.75%76.22%83.73%64.67%-18.67%74.42%14.05%
Dividend Paid to FCF-5.30%-401.93%-37.60%41.37%-113.87%-15.01%16.09%89.29%2.66%12.63%17.98%23.80%28.34%34.95%52.60%1163.33%681.31%30.97%17.86%17.11%65.28%-692.11%20.90%171.86%

Earnings

Report DateMar 18, 2016Aug 22, 2016Mar 17, 2017Aug 16, 2017Mar 14, 2018May 30, 2018Aug 16, 2018Nov 28, 2018Mar 14, 2019May 29, 2019Aug 15, 2019Nov 27, 2019Mar 19, 2020Jun 3, 2020Aug 13, 2020Dec 2, 2020Mar 18, 2021Jun 2, 2021Aug 12, 2021Dec 1, 2021Mar 3, 2022Apr 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022Nov 30, 2022Mar 2, 2023Apr 14, 2023Jul 28, 2023Oct 19, 2023Mar 4, 2024Apr 19, 2024Jul 31, 2024Oct 18, 2024Mar 6, 2025Apr 10, 2025Jul 31, 2025Oct 17, 2025Dec 31, 2025Mar 5, 2027
EPS Estimate0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00-0.00-0.00-0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00-0.00--
EPS Actual1.991.112.422.212.360.001.850.00-0.270.00-0.400.001.950.000.840.002.720.003.580.005.100.002.980.007.070.000.000.000.000.000.000.004.014.011.010.000.56-
Surprise--------------------------------------
Timing----------------------Pre-market-After-hoursAfter-hoursPre-market-------After-hours--Pre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap2.97B
Enterprise Value2.80B
Trailing P/E192.16
Forward P/E31.15
PEG Ratio1.45
Price / Sales6.33
Price / Book8.67
EPS1.99
Book Value41.12
Revenue (TTM)469.72M
Gross Profit (TTM)183.28M
EBITDA47.43M
Profit Margin3.32%
Operating Margin8.50%
Return on Equity4.96%
Return on Assets3.97%
Shares Outstanding7.77M
Shares Float7.77M
Beta1.78
Dividend Yield0.13%
Dividend Rate0.50
Payout Ratio89.32%

Dividends

20261×
0.50Apr 16, 2026
20251×
1.50Apr 14, 2025
20241×
1.00Apr 23, 2024
20231×
3.70Apr 18, 2023
20221×
3.50Apr 20, 2022
20211×
1.30Apr 26, 2021
20201×
1.00Apr 27, 2020
20191×
1.00Apr 29, 2019
20181×
1.50Apr 30, 2018
20171×
1.20Apr 24, 2017
20161×
1.10Apr 25, 2016
20151×
1.10Apr 24, 2015
20141×
0.80Apr 28, 2014
20131×
0.40Apr 22, 2013
20121×
0.40Apr 20, 2012
20111×
0.35Apr 29, 2011
20101×
0.05Apr 23, 2010
20091×
0.30Apr 29, 2009
20081×
0.30Apr 29, 2008
20071×
0.20May 4, 2007
20061×
0.30May 5, 2006
20051×
0.20May 6, 2005
20041×
0.10Apr 27, 2004
20031×
0.30May 6, 2003

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