Assessing Current Valuation After a Period of Sideways Share Price Movement

ABB (SWX:ABBN) has attracted investor attention recently, with shares trading at 56.12 CHF after a month of mostly sideways movement. Given the company’s steady revenue and profit growth, many are revisiting its long-term prospects.

See our latest analysis for ABB.

ABB’s share price has cooled slightly after its strong year-to-date climb. The recent dip reflects shifting sentiment following a robust run. Still, long-term performance has been remarkable, as highlighted by a 14.43% total shareholder return over the past year and an impressive 171.58% gain over five years. This signals that momentum remains clearly positive even as the stock takes a short breather.

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With ABB’s strong fundamentals and only modest recent price shifts, investors face a familiar dilemma: is this a rare window to invest at fair value, or are future gains already reflected in the current price?

The most popular narrative places ABB’s fair value in line with its latest closing price of CHF56.12. While some variance exists in analyst projections, the narrative’s consensus casts ABB as trading close to what its future earnings growth justifies.

ABB’s robust order intake, particularly in electrification, utility, and data center demand, reflects structural increases in global electricity consumption and grid upgrades as industries and urban infrastructure transition away from fossil fuels. This supports visible multi-year revenue growth and an expanding order backlog.

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Result: Fair Value of $55.45 (ABOUT RIGHT)

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However, persistent weakness in key end-markets and intensifying competition, especially in China, could still trigger earnings volatility and test ABB’s growth assumptions.

Find out about the key risks to this ABB narrative.

Switching lenses, our DCF model suggests ABB may actually be trading above its estimated fair value of CHF49.86 per share. This implies the current price could reflect more optimism than future cash flows might justify. Does this point to hidden downside, or is the market seeing strengths that models cannot capture?

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

ABBN Discounted Cash Flow as at Nov 2025

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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.

Companies discussed in this article include ABBN.SW.

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