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Swiss distributor of industrial fasteners and small parts, offering supply-chain management for manufacturers.
Swiss distributor of industrial fasteners and small parts, offering supply-chain management for manufacturers.
Buys fasteners in bulk and resells them at a markup, then charges for engineering advice on which part goes into a product and for running the stock on customers' production lines. The parts are cheap but a stopped line is costly, so customers pay for reliable supply. Sales are spread across Europe, North America and Asia.
In one line: Switzerland's Fastenal.
Moat: narrow (switching costs, scale, distribution). Embedded vendor-managed inventory systems create high switching costs for customers.
Headquarters: Zug, Switzerland · Founded: 1831 · Employees: 2,877
Size Bossard (BOSN.SW) is a Switzerland Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $2.42B, the 85th largest of 158 Switzerland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CHF 256.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 55.1%, against -18.6% for the median peer and +11.6% for the Switzerland market (cap-weighted) — highest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.6%); the operating margin is 11.0% (peer median 10.2%).
Valuation It trades at 20.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 40.5× (6th cheapest of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +0 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.6 points above its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CHF 1.10B | CHF 1.07B | CHF 984M | CHF 1.07B | CHF 1.15B |
| Revenue growth | — | +9% | -8% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | CHF 365M | CHF 346M | CHF 324M | CHF 339M | CHF 360M |
| EBITDA | CHF 147M | CHF 132M | CHF 124M | CHF 138M | CHF 165M |
| Net income | CHF 87.9M | CHF 71.9M | CHF 72.4M | CHF 74.2M | CHF 103M |
| Free cash flow | CHF 77.1M | CHF 66.4M | CHF 108M | CHF 131M | -CHF 19.8M |
| Capital expenditure | CHF 31.5M | CHF 35.6M | CHF 35.8M | CHF 38.4M | CHF 41.2M |
| Total debt | n/a | CHF 364M | CHF 304M | CHF 293M | CHF 355M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossard BOSN.SW | $2.42B | +55% | +7% | 11% | 20.1× | 5.9% |
| Fastenal FAST | $60.8B | +20% | +14% | 21% | 38.3× | 14.2% |
| W. W. Grainger GWW | $67.9B | +17% | +9% | 17% | 28.2× | 11.9% |
| Bufab BUFAB.ST | $2.55B | +16% | +8% | 13% | 29.2× | 18.7% |
| Distribution Solutions DSGR | $1.62B | +27% | +6% | 4% | 40.9× | 15.5% |
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 | BOSN.SW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.6% | -10.1% | 4th highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | +55.1% | -18.6% | highest of 19 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -6.6% | -45.0% | 2nd highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.0% | +16.6% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 10.2% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 20.1× | 40.5× | 6th cheapest of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 5.9% | 15.2% | 3rd least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.6% | +13.5% | lowest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.3 pp | +1.6 pp | 5th least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.6 pp | -0.5 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.7× | 15.8× | 4th cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.2× | -0.2× | 2nd most indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossard BOSN.SW | Switzerland | $2.42B | +55% | +7% | 11% | 20.1× | 5.9% | +5.6% |
| Jyoti Cnc Automation JYOTICNC.NS | India | $2.45B | +32% | +18% | 21% | 53.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Maruichi Steel Tube 5463.T | Japan | $2.32B | +5% | -2% | 14% | 11.9× | -2.7% | +8.6% |
| Taihan Cable & Solution 001440.KS | South Korea | $2.31B | -70% | +22% | 5% | 99.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Honglu Steel Construction (Group) 002541.SZ | China | $2.30B | +4% | +12% | 5% | 16.0× | 3.8% | +10.4% |
| Zhejiang Changsheng Sliding Bearings 300718.SZ | China | $2.25B | -29% | +20% | 21% | 47.3× | 16.5% | +14.1% |
| Lizhong Sitong Light Alloys 300428.SZ | China | $2.14B | -3% | +24% | 4% | 11.8× | n/a | n/a |
| NBTM New Materials 600114.SS | China | $2.14B | -40% | +6% | 9% | 22.8× | 13.8% | +13.0% |
| Tolerance Technology (Jiangsu) 301583.SZ | China | $2.82B | n/a | +18% | 15% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Avic Heavy Machinery 600765.SS | China | $2.84B | -23% | -13% | 4% | 23.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses ZETWERK.NS | India | $2.96B | n/a | +40% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang XCC 603667.SS | China | $2.99B | -20% | -15% | 2% | 91.0× | 47.9% | +13.9% |
| Shaanxi Sirui Advanced Materials 688102.SS | China | $2.99B | -39% | +38% | 11% | 96.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Hebei Huatong Wires and Cables 605196.SS | China | $1.94B | -41% | +49% | 10% | 13.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijer Alma BEIA-B.ST | Sweden | $1.86B | 0% | +6% | 15% | 20.7× | 9.9% | +12.8% |
| Baoding Technology 002552.SZ | China | $1.84B | +44% | +64% | 15% | n/a | 11.3% | +54.0% |
| SF Diamond 300179.SZ | China | $1.81B | -12% | +34% | 11% | 79.8× | 49.2% | +12.2% |
| Gaona Aero Material 300034.SZ | China | $1.71B | -29% | +5% | 5% | 49.0× | 21.3% | +18.5% |
| Happy Forging HAPPYFORGE.NS | India | $1.70B | +20% | +16% | 25% | 40.5× | 42.7% | +21.2% |
| Sinomach Precision Industry 002046.SZ | China | $3.47B | -17% | -1% | 4% | 75.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanshan Aluminium International 2610.HK | Hong Kong | $1.67B | -45% | -19% | 21% | 7.8× | n/a | n/a |