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Swiss RE

Swiss RE's headquarter is based in Zurich. Swiss RE is mostly active in the insurance sector. Michel M. Li�s is the company' CEO. The global insurers gained around 4 percent over the last 10 years. Measured since 2011 the sector is 17 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 4 percent.

The past year was a good investment year for Swiss RE investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a loss-making period for the investors in Swiss RE. The stock lost around 2 percent. Over the period 2011-2016 the stock rose a massive 120,72 percent. Swiss RE's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and moved between 30,06 billion CHFF and 35,23 billion CHFF. Swiss RE's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile and moved between 2,62 billion CHFF and 4,72 billion CHFF.

The Swiss company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average Swiss RE's dividend yield over the past 5 years was around 23,43 percent annually.

At the end of 2015 around 12,22 thousand people were on Swiss RE' payroll.

Swiss RE financed with a quite low debt position

Last year the balance sheet of the Swiss company was worth 196,49 billion CHFF. The total debt of the insurer was at the end of 2015 162,91 billion CHFF, which equals around 82,91 percent of the total balance sheet. The Swiss company's price/earnings-ratio was 6. So the market valued the stock at 6 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the Swiss stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the Swiss company's market capitalization equaled around 32,78 billion CHFF. At the end of 2015 around 341,95 million stocks were listed.

All Swiss RE's annual reports can be found here. More information about Swiss RE can be found it's website. .