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Swiss maker of reciprocating gas compressors used in industrial gas processing, refining and hydrogen applications worldwide.
Swiss maker of reciprocating gas compressors used in industrial gas processing, refining and hydrogen applications worldwide.
Earns from two things: new compressors sold on project orders, and a recurring stream of spare parts, repairs and upgrades on the compressors already installed, which is steadier than project work. Orders swing with plant building.
In one line: A specialized gas-compressor maker like a smaller Chart Industries.
Moat: narrow (process know-how, installed base, IP / patents). Engineering expertise in high-pressure reciprocating compression and a large installed base driving recurring service revenue.
Headquarters: Winterthur, Switzerland · Founded: 1844 · Employees: 3,305
Size Burckhardt Compression (BCHN.SW) is a Switzerland Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $2.07B, the 91st largest of 158 Switzerland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CHF 498.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.5%, against -11.4% for the median peer and +11.6% for the Switzerland market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 18 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 14.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.3%); the operating margin is 13.5% (peer median 11.1%).
Valuation It trades at 18.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.6× (7th cheapest of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 37.7 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Jun 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CHF 1,000M | CHF 1.06B | CHF 1.10B | CHF 973M | CHF 830M |
| Revenue growth | — | -4% | +13% | +17% | — |
| Gross profit | CHF 290M | CHF 305M | CHF 306M | CHF 255M | CHF 244M |
| EBITDA | CHF 157M | CHF 169M | CHF 169M | CHF 128M | CHF 125M |
| Net income | CHF 104M | CHF 110M | CHF 106M | CHF 84.4M | CHF 69.9M |
| Free cash flow | CHF 164M | CHF 128M | CHF 191M | -CHF 1.30M | CHF 94.5M |
| Capital expenditure | CHF 16.7M | CHF 23.5M | CHF 25.4M | CHF 22.5M | CHF 20.5M |
| Total debt | n/a | CHF 152M | CHF 153M | CHF 170M | CHF 136M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burckhardt Compression BCHN.SW | $2.07B | -3% | -15% | 13% | 18.6× | -7.8% |
| Atlas Copco ATCO-A.ST | $87.5B | +4% | +3% | 20% | 29.7× | 17.7% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | BCHN.SW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.5% | +0.8% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -3.5% | -11.4% | 8th highest of 18 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -16.3% | -30.4% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -14.9% | +11.3% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 11.1% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.6× | 19.6× | 7th cheapest of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -7.8% | 0.6% | 3rd least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.9% | +12.7% | 6th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.7 pp | -8.2 pp | 5th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +37.7 pp | +2.6 pp | 2nd highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2× | 10.9× | 6th cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.5× | -0.4× | 6th least indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burckhardt Compression BCHN.SW | Switzerland | $2.07B | -3% | -15% | 13% | 18.6× | -7.8% | +9.9% |
| Chenbro Micom 8210.TW | Taiwan | $2.06B | -57% | +54% | 23% | 10.4× | 0.3% | +23.9% |
| Guangdong Topstar Technology 300607.SZ | China | $2.05B | -1% | +20% | 7% | 88.9× | 31.0% | -1.8% |
| Miura 6005.T | Japan | $2.05B | -11% | +6% | 11% | 11.6× | -4.3% | +14.8% |
| Shenzhen Hongfuhan Technology 301086.SZ | China | $2.04B | -23% | +58% | 14% | 27.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenyang Machine Tool 000410.SZ | China | $2.11B | -14% | +29% | -3% | n/a | 25.3% | +22.7% |
| Direct Drive Tech 6731.HK | Hong Kong | $2.02B | n/a | +253% | -38% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Landis+Gyr LAND.SW | Switzerland | $2.01B | +17% | -22% | 25% | 21.5× | -10.2% | -5.7% |
| Max 6454.T | Japan | $2.01B | +1% | +11% | 18% | 19.4× | 2.4% | +9.2% |
| Xi'an Shaangu Power 601369.SS | China | $2.00B | -22% | -5% | 7% | 18.2× | -11.1% | +3.2% |
| Kaishan 300257.SZ | China | $2.00B | -56% | +12% | 15% | 22.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Enerpac Tool EPAC | United States | $1.99B | +9% | +6% | 20% | 18.8× | 3.8% | +4.3% |
| Makino Milling Machine 6135.T | Japan | $1.99B | +35% | +17% | 12% | 10.1× | -3.2% | +17.5% |
| CIMC Enric 3899.HK | Hong Kong | $1.96B | -32% | +6% | 4% | 10.4× | -4.7% | +15.6% |
| Kunshan Kersen Science & Technology 603626.SS | China | $2.22B | +7% | -24% | -22% | 31.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Autowell Technology 688516.SS | China | $2.22B | -42% | -14% | 8% | 23.4× | n/a | n/a |
| LMW LMW.NS | India | $1.93B | +14% | +19% | 4% | 55.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Midera Food Processing MFP | United States | $1.92B | n/a | +11% | 14% | 16.4× | 0.9% | +10.5% |
| Suzhou Secote Precision Electronic 603283.SS | China | $1.92B | -12% | +9% | 20% | 20.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Excelland Robotics (Wuxi) 3231.HK | Hong Kong | $1.91B | n/a | +19% | -36% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ta Liang Technology 3167.TW | Taiwan | $1.89B | -9% | +103% | 23% | 19.6× | 31.8% | +15.9% |