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Jungfraubahn Holding AGJFN.SWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Switzerland · CHF·Industrials›Railroads

Swiss operator of mountain railways and cable cars to Jungfraujoch and other Bernese Oberland attractions.

≈ A Swiss scenic mountain-railway and resort operatorMomentum strong 60
Mkt cap
$1.81B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
90%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.51M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
22.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.9 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-18 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
153 days
8 Apr 2027
Close · CHFCHF 265.00
1D-1.1%
1W+3.5%
1M+16.5%
3M+5.8%
6M+0.8%
YTD-7.3%
1Y+10.9%
ATR %2.4%
52w lowhigh19.0% off high

What Jungfraubahn does

Swiss operator of mountain railways and cable cars to Jungfraujoch and other Bernese Oberland attractions.

Sells tickets to ride its trains and cable cars, with the Jungfraujoch railway the key line, plus restaurants, shops and hotels at stations. A large share of visitors are foreign tourists, so earnings follow international travel and the Swiss franc.

In one line: A Swiss scenic mountain-railway and resort operator.

Products and services

  • Jungfraujoch railway
  • Cable cars/gondolas (First, Mannlichen)
  • Hotels & gastronomy

Customers

  • International & Swiss tourists
  • Day-trip and ski visitors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Tourism/leisure
  • Mountain railways & cable cars
  • Alpine tourist attractions

What could go right

  • Asian tourist demand recovery
  • Premium visitor spending

What could go wrong

  • Weather/climate variability
  • Strong franc deterring foreign visitors

Moat: wide (installed base, regulatory licence, brand). Unique, irreplaceable rail infrastructure to an iconic attraction is hard to replicate.

Headquarters: Interlaken, Switzerland · Founded: 1894 · Employees: 757

Named competitors

  • Titlis Bergbahnen private or unlisted
  • Zermatt Bergbahnen private or unlisted
  • Pilatus Bahnen private or unlisted

Jungfraubahn at a glance

Size Jungfraubahn (JFN.SW) is a Switzerland Industrials company (Railroads) with a market value of $1.81B, the 98th largest of 158 Switzerland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CHF 265.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 0.8%, against +0.4% for the median peer and +11.6% for the Switzerland market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 14 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 4.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.8%); the operating margin is 21.5% (peer median 11.1%).

Valuation It trades at 22.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.5× (2nd most expensive of 13).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.9 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 8 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026JFN.SW 104Peer median 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Jungfraubahn against the median of its 13 peers (local-currency closes).

Jungfraubahn financials

Reported figures in CHF; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCHF 246MCHF 259MCHF 250MCHF 235MCHF 169M
Revenue growth—+4%+6%+39%—
Gross profitCHF 104MCHF 116MCHF 112MCHF 112MCHF 54.3M
EBITDACHF 92.6MCHF 93.8MCHF 90.1MCHF 97.7MCHF 49.8M
Net incomeCHF 70.0MCHF 78.2MCHF 75.7MCHF 79.1MCHF 43.6M
Free cash flowCHF 125MCHF 76.5MCHF 69.7MCHF 59.5MCHF 58.4M
Capital expenditureCHF 32.5MCHF 34.4MCHF 46.6MCHF 37.5MCHF 29.1M
Total debtn/aCHF 121MCHF 122MCHF 0CHF 6.10M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Jungfraubahn competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+20%0%+10%90459006900860012505259142CONCOR0000089007AZJ9009GATXJFN.SW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Jungfraubahn is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%10×15×20×25×90459006900860012505259142CONCOR900190079009GATXJFN.SWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Jungfraubahn is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%-20%0%20%600125CONCOR000008AZJJFN.SWGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Jungfraubahn is the large dot.

Jungfraubahn competitors and peer comparison

How Jungfraubahn compares with its peers

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.

Jungfraubahn against its 13 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureJFN.SWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+16.5%+3.4%highest of 14
6-month return+0.8%+0.4%7th highest of 14
Distance from 52-week high-19.0%-11.1%4th lowest of 14
Revenue growth (TTM)-4.5%+4.8%2nd lowest of 14
Operating margin21.5%11.1%2nd highest of 14
Forward P/E22.2×12.5×2nd most expensive of 13
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)4.4%6.6%2nd least demanding of 5
Growth delivered (Del g)+22.3%+4.4%highest of 5
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-17.9 pp+2.2 ppleast demanding of 5
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.9 pp-1.6 pp2nd highest of 13
EV / EBITDA15.5×11.4×3rd most expensive of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-0.5×5.6×2nd least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Jungfraubahn JFN.SWSwitzerland$1.81B+1%-4%21%22.2×4.4%+22.3%
Keihan 9045.TJapan$2.15B+3%+10%15%11.5×n/an/a
Keikyu 9006.TJapan$2.73B+2%+4%11%13.4×n/an/a
Keio 9008.TJapan$2.80B+3%+10%10%10.5×n/an/a
China Railway Tielong Container Logistics 600125.SSChina$1.06B-12%-2%7%11.5×-21.0%-5.4%
Guangshen Railway 0525.HKHong Kong$3.12B-9%+5%6%9.6×n/an/a
Kyushu Railway 9142.TJapan$3.53B0%+5%14%11.3×n/an/a
Container Corporation of India CONCOR.NSIndia$3.55B-16%+1%14%25.4×33.8%+7.2%
China High-Speed Railway Technology 000008.SZChina$919M-14%-11%-19%n/a8.7%+2.1%
Tobu Railway 9001.TJapan$3.58B+3%+5%11%10.0×n/an/a
Odakyu Electric Railway 9007.TJapan$3.80B+11%+3%13%15.1×n/an/a
Aurizon AZJ.AXAustralia$4.49B-5%+6%21%14.8×4.4%+6.7%
Keisei Electric Railway 9009.TJapan$4.51B+26%+4%11%15.5×n/an/a
GATX GATXUnited States$6.38B-2%+30%30%17.0×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Jungfraubahn's main competitors?
Named competitors: Titlis Bergbahnen (private or unlisted), Zermatt Bergbahnen (private or unlisted), Pilatus Bahnen (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Keihan (9045.T), Keikyu (9006.T), Keio (9008.T), China Railway Tielong Container Logistics (600125.SS), Guangshen Railway (0525.HK), Kyushu Railway (9142.T).
Is Jungfraubahn expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 22.2× against a peer median of 12.5×, 2nd most expensive of 13 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Jungfraubahn stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +0.8% against +0.4% for the median peer; over one year +10.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.