VAT Group AG

VAT Group AG

VACN · SW · Industrials / Specialty Industrial Machinery

533.40CHF-13.40 (-2.45%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close546.80
Open542.00
Day Range531.40 – 546.20
52-Week Range301.41 – 727.20
Volume73.39K
Market Cap15.48B
P/E (TTM)74.76
Forward P/E27.86
EPS6.91
Dividend Yield1.36%
Beta1.52
50-Day Avg617.94
200-Day Avg595.85

About

VAT Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of vacuum and gas inlet valves, multi-valve modules, motion components, and edge-welded metal bellows. It operates in two segments, Valves and Global Service. The Valves segment offers vacuum valves for the semiconductor, displays, photovoltaics, and vacuum coating industries, as well as for the industrial and research sectors. The Global Service segment provides spare parts, repairs, and upgrades, as well as support services. The company offers vacuum isolation, gate, angle, inline, check, cylinder, and all-metal valves; vacuum pendulum and butterfly valves; 3 position, multi-value, and vacuum control valves; vacuum transfer valves and doors; pressure relief/venting, gas dosing, and fast closing/beam stopper valves; and flange connections, bellows, and vacuum modules. It has operations in Switzerland, rest of Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, rest of Asia, and internationally. VAT Group AG was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Solothurn, Switzerland.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery
  • CEOMr. Urs Gantner
  • Employees3.96K
  • HeadquartersSeelistrasse 1, Solothurn, Switzerland, 9469, Switzerland
  • Websitehttps://www.vatgroup.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Urs GantnerChief Executive Officer · b. 1970
  • Mr. Fabian ChiozzaChief Financial Officer · b. 1981
  • M. ZickarMember of Group Management Board & Head of Core Technology
  • J. HaggertyMember of Group Management Board & Head of Global Sales & Service
  • O. MüllerMember of Group Management Board & Head of Strategy and Business Development
  • K. DahlstroemMember of Group Management Board and Head of GVA & Bellows
  • A. SondererHead of Accounting & Treasury
  • Mr. Michel R. GerberHead of Marketing, Communications & Investor Relations
  • Mr. Benno LichtsteinerHead of Legal & Compliance
  • M. VaplonHead of Information Technology

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: CHF2015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue410.96M507.90M692.41M698.14M570.38M692.43M901.16M1.15B885.32M942.20M1.07B
Growth (%)-+23.59%+36.33%+0.83%-18.30%+21.40%+30.14%+27.11%-22.71%+6.43%+13.94%
Cost of Revenue157.99M200.85M278.64M294.33M238.00M468.17M565.15M675.83M585.68M308.05M692.82M
Gross Profit252.97M307.05M413.78M403.80M332.37M224.26M336.00M469.65M299.64M634.15M380.70M
Gross Margin61.56%60.46%59.76%57.84%58.27%32.39%37.29%41.00%33.85%67.30%35.46%
Operating Expense159.65M186.27M235.50M232.22M226.26M54.78M68.74M99.96M83.97M381.94M115.90M
Operating Income93.32M120.78M178.28M171.58M106.11M169.48M267.26M369.69M215.66M252.21M264.80M
Operating Margin22.71%23.78%25.75%24.58%18.60%24.48%29.66%32.27%24.36%26.77%24.67%
EBITDA122.60M152.07M209.88M207.13M149.98M200.98M306.86M402.28M254.72M303.15M313.56M
EBITDA Margin29.83%29.94%30.31%29.67%26.30%29.03%34.05%35.12%28.77%32.17%29.21%
Net Income7.06M67.23M115.68M135.69M74.83M127.94M217.44M306.78M190.31M211.80M214.30M
Net Income Margin1.72%13.24%16.71%19.44%13.12%18.48%24.13%26.78%21.50%22.48%19.96%
R&D28.50M33.10M34.00M34.10M33.40M41.50M45.10M50.70M54.20M1.49M74.80M
R&D as % of Total Revenue6.93%6.52%4.91%4.88%5.86%5.99%5.00%4.43%6.12%0.16%6.97%
Interest Expense50.83M32.66M6.45M6.54M6.52M6.06M6.07M4.86M6.57M7.07M4.67M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue12.37%6.43%0.93%0.94%1.14%0.87%0.67%0.42%0.74%0.75%0.43%

Balance Sheet

Currency: CHF2015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets893.48M883.43M991.13M968.19M972.67M993.96M1.07B1.28B1.17B1.29B1.27B
Total Liabilities844.29M372.78M433.13M404.02M449.24M449.39M435.13M496.58M411.30M540.87M480.20M
Total Equity49.19M510.65M558.01M564.17M523.44M544.57M634.37M780.32M757.16M753.88M793.17M
Cash80.60M62.64M72.02M79.06M109.82M137.87M127.15M174.37M144.11M158.12M140.94M
Total Debt709.22M196.50M215.76M226.69M254.09M266.34M206.94M214.33M207.31M241.79M248.28M
Net Debt628.62M133.86M143.74M147.62M144.27M128.47M79.79M39.96M63.20M83.67M107.34M

Cash Flow

Currency: CHF2015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow117.47M146.36M155.59M171.71M157.74M172.81M239.79M293.97M256.41M240.64M294.88M
Investing Cash Flow-11.84M-18.27M-47.14M-47.84M-17.86M-25.77M-44.09M-65.80M-67.65M-57.39M-69.63M
Financing Cash Flow-98.81M-146.21M-99.55M-116.41M-108.09M-116.92M-206.71M-177.24M-205.58M-172.50M-226.76M
Capital Expenditure9.92M15.85M43.77M41.95M18.14M25.94M42.97M66.24M69.24M55.67M58.21M
Free Cash Flow107.55M130.50M111.82M129.76M139.60M146.87M196.82M227.73M187.17M184.97M236.68M
Dividends Paid119.92M119.92M119.92M119.93M119.94M119.96M134.98M164.96M187.44M187.41M187.36M
FCF to OCF91.56%89.17%71.87%75.57%88.50%84.99%82.08%77.47%73.00%76.87%80.26%
Dividend Paid to FCF111.51%91.89%107.25%92.43%85.92%81.68%68.58%72.44%100.14%101.32%79.16%

Earnings

Report DateMar 31, 2017May 17, 2017Aug 24, 2017Oct 17, 2017Mar 12, 2018Apr 17, 2018Aug 2, 2018Oct 25, 2018Mar 8, 2019Apr 16, 2019Aug 8, 2019Oct 24, 2019Mar 3, 2020Apr 15, 2020Aug 6, 2020Oct 16, 2020Mar 4, 2021Apr 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021Jan 12, 2022Apr 14, 2022Aug 4, 2022Oct 13, 2022Mar 2, 2023Apr 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023Oct 12, 2023Mar 5, 2024May 21, 2024Jul 18, 2024Oct 17, 2024Mar 4, 2025Apr 17, 2025Jul 23, 2025Oct 16, 2025Mar 3, 2026Apr 16, 2026Mar 2, 2027
EPS Estimate0.000.000.000.000.000.002.930.002.130.000.000.001.711.711.880.002.180.002.160.003.400.004.870.004.870.004.563.203.200.293.134.623.730.004.770.003.710.00-
EPS Actual1.550.001.990.001.870.002.790.001.730.000.830.001.661.661.860.002.590.003.310.003.930.004.920.005.300.000.000.003.200.003.130.003.920.003.520.003.530.00-
Surprise-------4.78%--18.78%----2.92%-2.92%-1.06%-18.81%-53.24%-15.59%-1.03%-8.83%--100.00%-100.00%0.00%-100.00%0.00%-100.00%5.09%--26.21%--4.85%--
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap15.48B
Enterprise Value15.76B
Trailing P/E74.76
Forward P/E27.86
PEG Ratio0.88
Price / Sales15.07
Price / Book22.60
EPS6.91
Book Value22.88
Revenue (TTM)1.03B
Gross Profit (TTM)630.79M
EBITDA270.03M
Profit Margin20.20%
Operating Margin21.43%
Return on Equity30.09%
Return on Assets10.27%
Shares Outstanding29.97M
Shares Float26.91M
Beta1.52
Dividend Yield1.36%
Dividend Rate7.00
Payout Ratio1.98%

Dividends

20261×
7.00Apr 30, 2026
20251×
6.25May 2, 2025
20241×
6.25May 16, 2024
20231×
6.25May 19, 2023
20221×
0.25May 19, 2022
20211×
2.25May 20, 2021
20201×
2.00May 18, 2020
20191×
4.00May 20, 2019
20181×
4.00May 22, 2018
20171×
4.00May 19, 2017