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SGS Limited

SGS Limited has located her head office Geneva,. SGS Limited is active in the support services sector. CHRIS KIRK is the company' CEO. The CFO of SGS Limited the company is Carla De Geyseleer. The period from 2006 till the end of 2016 the international sector gained around 20 percent. Over the past 5 years the sector is 17 percent higher.

The past year yielded positive returns for SGS Limited investors

Over the last 12 months, that were profitable period for the investors in SGS Limited, the stock gained around 11 percent. Over the past 5 years SGS Limited' stock rose at around 38 percent in value. SGS Limited's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 5,57 billion CHFF and 5,71 billion CHFF. SGS Limited's net results between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 579,36 million CHFF and 675,46 million CHFF.

Over the past 5 years the Swiss company paid out dividends. SGS Limited's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 261 percent per year. Over the period 2011-2015 SGS Limited raised it's dividends per share each year. So because of the yearly raised dividends per share SGS Limited is a kind of dividend aristocrat.

At the end of 2015 around 83,52 thousand people were employed at SGS Limited.

SGS Limited financed with a quite low debt position

At the end of 2015 the Swiss company's balance sheet was worth 5,89 billion CHFF. Last year the total debt of the company was 3,99 billion CHFF. This equals around 67,66 percent of the total balance sheet. Last year the support company's price/earnings-ratio (PE) was around 24. So the investors valued the stock at 24 times 2015' earnings per share. Many analysts say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the Swiss stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the support company's market size (her number of outstanding share times the stock price) equaled around 14,15 billion CHFF. At the end of 2015 the Swiss company had around 7,63 million stocks listed.

All SGS Limited's annual reports can be found here. More information about SGS Limited can be found it's website. .