Switzerland's Bucher slightly beats 2025 sales estimates

Bucher Industries AG

03/03/2026 06:00

Overview

Swiss engineering firm's 2025 sales slightly beat analyst expectations despite a 7.6% decline

EBIT for 2025 beat analyst estimates, aided by a property sale

Company maintained strong cash flow and solid financial position

Outlook

Bucher Industries expects stable sales for 2026 on a comparable basis

Kuhn Group expects increased sales and higher operating profit margin in 2026

Bucher Emhart Glass expects significantly lower sales and margin in 2026

Result Drivers

ORDER INTAKE - Recovery in European markets and improved demand for agricultural machinery led to higher order intake

PROPERTY SALE - Operating profit margin benefitted from the expected sale of a property not required for operations

COST SAVING MEASURES - Cost-saving measures were expanded due to falling volumes and low capacity utilization

Company press release: ID:nEQ1T49Dka

Key Details

Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
FY Sales
Slight Beat*
CHF 2.91 bln
CHF 2.90 bln (6 Analysts)
FY EPS
CHF 23.22
FY Net Income
CHF 235 mln
FY EBIT
Beat
CHF 281 mln
CHF 255.87 mln (6 Analysts)
FY Order Backlog
CHF 1.12 bln
FY Orders
CHF 2.88 bln


*Applies to a deviation of less than 1%; not applicable for per-share numbers.

Analyst Coverage

The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy", 3 "hold" and 1 "sell" or "strong sell"

The average consensus recommendation for the heavy machinery & vehicles peer group is "buy."

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Bucher Industries AG is CHF398.50, about 7.3% above its March 2 closing price of CHF371.50

The stock recently traded at 18 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 17 three months ago

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