ABB Ltd
ABBN · SIX · Industrial Engineering and Technology
ABB Ltd is a global technology company focused on electrification and automation, helping industrial, commercial, utility, and infrastructure customers improve how they power, operate, and manage their assets.
Current price
CHF 93.70
▼ −CHF 2.64 (2.74%) today
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Last reviewed 13 September 2026
ET&A sees limited reason to buy aggressively or sell at the current price.
ABB is a high-quality industrial compounder positioned at the centre of long-term electrification, automation and energy-efficiency investment.
Why we like it
- Profits are growing fast (+20%).
- Turns about 12% of its sales into spare cash.
- Little debt — less than a year's earnings would repay it.
What worries us
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Yes — healthy
Earnings, cash generation and the balance sheet stand out.
Overall
- Growth Average
Revenue
$35.8bn · ↑ +9% last year
- Growth Excellent
Earnings
$5.0bn · ↑ +20% last year
- Good
Margins
Keeps 17% of sales as operating profit
- Strong
Cash generation
$4.5bn spare cash a year · 12% of sales
- Strong
Balance sheet
Debt ≈ 0.5 years of earnings
- Yield Below Average
Dividend
1.2% yield · Pays out 43% of earnings · covered 2.3×
Investor View
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Our full viewET&A's complete thesis — why we hold the view we do.Members
ABB is a high-quality industrial compounder positioned at the centre of long-term electrification, automation and energy-efficiency investment. Strong order growth, rising margins, a healthy balance sheet and structural…
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- What could drive it higher / go wrong
- Fair Value & Preferred Entry
- How our view has changed
What could drive it higher — and what could go wrongThe catalysts and risks we are watching.Members
Valuation discussionWhere today's price sits, and how it compares with the company's own history and its peers.Members
Financial and earnings trendsSales, margins, profit, earnings per share and cash, year by year.
Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $33.2bn | +8.6% | 17.2% | $4.7bn | $2.59 | $4.5bn |
| FY2024 | $30.6bn | −5.1% | 15.5% | $3.9bn | $2.13 | $3.9bn |
| FY2023 | $32.2bn | +9.5% | 13.5% | $3.7bn | $2.01 | $3.5bn |
| FY2022 | $29.4bn | — | 11.6% | $2.5bn | $1.30 | $525m |
Who it suitsStrategy suitability and investment style.
Long-term growth investors
Also suits: Investors who want a mix of growth and stability
How it compares with peersOther companies we cover in Industrial Engineering and Technology.
We don’t cover another company in this sector yet.
Compare ABB Ltd with any company → The model’s own peer calculations are in the Research View.
What the company doesThe full company profile.
ABB Ltd is a global technology company focused on electrification and automation, helping industrial, commercial, utility, and infrastructure customers improve how they power, operate, and manage their assets. The company provides products, systems, software, and services across areas such as electrical distribution, motors, drives, automation controls, process technologies, robotics, and digital industrial solutions.
ABB sits at the centre of several long-term industrial themes, including energy efficiency, factory automation, grid modernisation, electrification, data centre growth, and more sustainable manufacturing. Its technology is used across sectors such as utilities, transport, mining, manufacturing, buildings, marine, and energy, making it a key supplier to companies investing in cleaner, smarter, and more productive operations. With deep engineering expertise and a global industrial customer base, ABB remains one of the most important players in electrification and industrial automation.
Industrial Engineering and Technology · Switzerland
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Financial statementsEvery published figure with its source, the market snapshot and connected sheets.
Income
- Revenue
- $35.8bnMarket data
- Gross profit
- $14.4bnMarket data
- EBITDA
- $7.1bnMarket data
- Operating profit (EBIT)
- $5.7bnMarket data
- Net income
- $5.0bnMarket data
- Earnings per share (EPS)
- $2.75Market data
Growth
- Revenue growth, latest year
- Good8.6%Calculated
- Revenue growth, 3-year average
- Average4.1%Calculated
- Earnings growth, latest year
- Excellent20.3%Calculated
- Earnings growth, 3-year average
- Excellent24.1%Calculated
- Revenue growth, latest quarter vs a year earlier
- 14.2%Market data
- Earnings growth, latest quarter vs a year earlier
- 8.2%Market data
Margins & returns
- Gross margin
- Good40.2%Market data
- EBITDA margin
- 20.0%Market data
- Operating margin
- Good16.9%Market data
- Net margin
- Good14.1%Market data
- Return on equity (ROE)
- Excellent32.6%Market data
- Return on assets (ROA)
- 9.0%Market data
Cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- $5.9bnMarket data
- Free cash flow
- $4.5bnMarket data
- Free-cash-flow margin
- Strong12.5%Calculated
- Free cash flow ÷ net income
- 0.9×Calculated
Balance sheet
- Cash
- $5.9bnMarket data
- Total debt
- $9.1bnMarket data
- Net debt
- $3.3bnMarket data
- Net debt ÷ EBITDA
- Strong0.5×Calculated
- Debt ÷ equity
- 0.6×Market data
- Current ratio
- 1.4×Market data
Shares & dividends
- Shares outstanding
- 1.81bnMarket data
- Market capitalisation
- $169.5bnMarket data
- Dividend per share
- $1.19Market data
- Dividend yield
- Below Average1.2%Market data
- Payout ratio
- 43.4%Market data
- Market data — the live feed (Yahoo Finance)
- Calculated — worked out by ET&A from the figures shown, using the formulas in our methodology
Other published figures
- Price / Sales
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Price / Book
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- Forward P/E
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Market data
LiveAs of 14 October 2026
- P/E Ratio
- 34.07x
Valuation multiplesP/E, forward P/E, EV/EBITDA, Price/Sales and FCF yield — today and at Fair Value.Members
Standard ways of comparing the share price with the company’s earnings, sales and cash. Tap the “i” for what each one means.
| Measure | Today | Source |
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| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
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| FCF Yield | Members |
Valuation ratios are part of ET&A membership.
Other published measures
- Price / Book
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Historical dataValuation history, how our view has changed, and the share-price history.
Share-price history
Use the 5Y and Max ranges on the price chart at the top of the page.
ForecastsWhat analysts expect — market consensus, not ET&A estimates.
Forecasts
- Forward EPS (next year, consensus)
- $3.66Market data
- Expected EPS growth, next year
- Excellent43.5%Market data
- Expected revenue growth, next year
- 14.8%Market data
Forecasts are market consensus or calculated from forward EPS — not ET&A estimates, and they can be wrong.
MethodologyHow ET&A values a company and reaches a view.
How we value ABB Ltd
- 1. The right method for the business. Each business is valued on the method that suits its economics — earnings for most companies, book value and returns for banks and insurers, cash flows or dividends where earnings mislead.
- 2. What the business deserves. ET&A builds a fair multiple from the company's own quality, sustainable growth, earnings predictability and risk. History, peers and the market are checked against it, but they don't set it.
- 3. Fair Value. The earnings (or other basis) per share multiplied by that fair multiple, cross-checked against independent methods.
- 4. Preferred Entry. A price below Fair Value that leaves room for the return ET&A requires for the company's risk.
- 5. Is it expensive? Today’s price is placed on ET&A’s Valuation Attractiveness scale — the same measure the ET&A Score uses. Cheap is the Preferred Entry; above Fair Value the shares are Expensive, and Very Expensive once they are more than 25% above it.
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Read the full ET&A methodology →How we reach a view
The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
- Business quality
- Financial performance
- Growth outlook
- Debt and financial strength
- Valuation
- Risk
- What could drive it higher
- Buy
- ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
- Accumulate
- ET&A likes the company but would prefer investors to build exposure gradually.
- Hold
- ET&A sees limited reason to buy aggressively or sell at the current price.
- Reduce
- ET&A believes the current valuation or risk profile makes a smaller position more appropriate.
- Sell
- ET&A believes the downside risk materially outweighs the potential return at the current price.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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Scoring calculationsBehind the ET&A Score and the Business Health ratings.
Behind the ET&A Score
The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
ET&A Quant Score
Profitable · Strong balance sheet · Positive
Context — not part of the score
- Valuation multiplesExpensive
- Share-price steadinessHigh volatility
- IncomeLow yield
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
- Annualised volatility
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- Max drawdown (1y)
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- 12-month return
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- 3-month return
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- P/E
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- Price / Sales
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- EV / EBITDA
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- EBITDA margin
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- Net debt / EBITDA
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- Dividend yield
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Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Business Health ratings
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
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| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 5.2 / 10 | Average |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 9.4 / 10 | Excellent |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 6.6 / 10 | Good |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 8.1 / 10 | Strong |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 8.0 / 10 | Strong |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 3.5 / 10 | Below Average |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 7.5 / 10 | Strong |
ET&A's scales
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
Valuation model outputsFair Value, the 12-Month Price Target, Preferred Entry and the expected return — and how each was calculated.Members
Peer calculationsThe comparable companies the valuation model used, with their multiples and returns.Members
Detailed assumptionsEvery input the valuation model used, with its source.Members
Research notes1 downloadable research note.
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