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The past year gave good returns for Forbo investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Forbo, the stock gained around 9 percent. Over the period 2011-2016 the stock rose a massive 222,7 percent. Forbo's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively steady and moved between 1,2 billion CHFF and 1,14 billion CHFF. The net results between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and fluctuated between 137,4 million CHFF and 115,7 million CHFF.

Between 2006 and 2016 the global construction companies lost around 8 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 23 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a minus of 8 percent.

The Swiss company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average Forbo's dividend yield over the past 5 years was around 71 percent annually. Over the period 2011-2015 Forbo raised it's dividends per share each year. Based on the yearly higher dividend payments Forbo is a kind of dividend aristocrat.

At the end of 2015 around 906 people were employed at Forbo.

Forbo' balance mostly consists of equity

At the end of 2015 the Swiss company had a balance sheet of around 912,1 million CHFF. At the end of 2015 the total debt positon equaled 352,9 million CHFF. This is around 38,69 percent of the total balance sheet. The Swiss company's price/earnings-ratio was 16. So the market valued the stock at 16 times the 2015' earnings per share. Based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the Swiss stock can be seen as a value stock.

The construction company's market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding times the market value) equaled around 2,15 billion CHFF. At the end of 2015 the Swiss company had around 1,86 million stocks listed on the exchanges.

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