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Partners Group Holding AGPGHN.SWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Switzerland · CHF·Financials›Investment Managers

Swiss private markets asset manager investing in private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt globally.

≈ A Swiss Blackstone/Ares ManagementMomentum laggard 12
Mkt cap
$21.3B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
81%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$83.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
16.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
130 days
16 Mar 2027
Close · CHFCHF 670.80
1D-0.7%
1W+4.8%
1M+13.8%
3M-9.3%
6M-24.1%
YTD-31.7%
1Y-30.1%
ATR %2.4%
52w lowhigh38.9% off high

What Partners does

Swiss private markets asset manager investing in private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt globally.

Earns recurring management fees on the capital investors commit to or invest through its funds, plus performance fees when it sells investments at a profit, which arrive unevenly. Its founders still own a large part of the company, and evergreen funds that allow periodic withdrawals are a newer channel for private clients.

In one line: A Swiss Blackstone/Ares Management.

Products and services

  • Private equity funds
  • Infrastructure funds
  • Private real estate funds
  • Private debt funds

Customers

  • Institutional investors (pensions, sovereign wealt
  • High-net-worth/private wealth clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Alternative asset management
  • Private equity, infrastructure, real…

What could go right

  • Private markets fundraising growth
  • Private wealth channel expansion

What could go wrong

  • Deal exit/realization timing risk
  • Fundraising market cyclicality

Moat: narrow (brand, scale, track record). Established global fundraising track record and institutional relationships support access to large-scale deals.

Headquarters: Baar, Switzerland · Founded: 1996 · Employees: 2,027

Named competitors

Partners at a glance

Size Partners (PGHN.SW) is a Switzerland Financials company (Investment Managers) with a market value of $21.3B, the 25th largest of 158 Switzerland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CHF 670.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 24.1%, against +7.2% for the median peer and +11.6% for the Switzerland market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.5%); the operating margin is 55.6% (peer median 30.5%).

Valuation It trades at 16.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.3× (5th most expensive of 21).

Credit Partners has 1 bond outstanding ($366M) and trading like A- at a weighted spread of 112 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 16 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 107PGHN.SW 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Partners against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Partners financials

Reported figures in CHF; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCHF 2.79BCHF 2.80BCHF 2.38BCHF 2.17BCHF 2.10B
Revenue growth—+18%+9%+4%—
Gross profitCHF 2.45BCHF 2.49BCHF 2.09BCHF 1.90BCHF 1.83B
EBITDACHF 1.62BCHF 1.69BCHF 1.47BCHF 1.30BCHF 1.19B
Net incomeCHF 1.18BCHF 1.26BCHF 1.13BCHF 1.00BCHF 1.00B
Free cash flowCHF 1.53BCHF 1.46BCHF 798MCHF 537MCHF 997M
Capital expenditureCHF 19.9MCHF 20.8MCHF 141MCHF 109MCHF 88.7M
Total debtn/aCHF 2.49BCHF 2.14BCHF 1.48BCHF 1.15B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Partners 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

-20%0%+20%0%+10%AMUNPS6099TROW601066PFGTPGBEN8604CVCOWLICICIAMCARESDWSCG002736IGMIAGPGHN.SW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Partners is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%10×20×30×40×AMUNPS6099TROW601066TPGBEN8604CVCICICIAMCARESDWSNTRSCG002736IGMPGHN.SWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Partners is the large dot.

Partners competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PGHN.SW vs BX vs KKR vs ARES)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Partners PGHN.SW$21.3B-24%+9%56%16.7×n/a
Blackstone BX$149B-3%+9%57%18.1×n/a
KKR & KKR$86.6B-6%+32%23%11.4×n/a
Ares Management ARES$30.0B+7%+7%27%20.5×n/a
Eqt EQT.ST$39.2B+1%-18%59%22.6×n/a

How Partners 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.

Partners against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePGHN.SWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+13.8%+2.6%3rd highest of 21
6-month return-24.1%+7.2%lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-38.9%-14.5%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.6%+10.5%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin55.6%30.5%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E16.7×12.3×5th most expensive of 21
Bond spread112 bp90 bp3rd widest of 9

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
Partners PGHN.SWSwitzerland$21.3B-24%+9%56%16.7×n/an/a
Amundi AMUN.PAFrance$21.7B+9%+1%23%11.9×n/an/a
Pershing Square PSUnited States$20.6B+24%+67%37%84.9×n/an/a
China Merchants Securities 6099.HKHong Kong$20.2B-10%+98%34%4.5×n/an/a
T. Rowe Price TROWUnited States$23.1B+4%+7%36%10.8×n/an/a
CSC Financial 601066.SSChina$23.4B-3%-2%49%14.2×n/an/a
Principal Financial PFGUnited States$23.6B+10%+5%15%11.3×n/an/a
TPG TPGUnited States$17.9B+4%+21%17%13.8×n/an/a
Franklin Resources BENUnited States$17.1B+10%+8%15%10.6×n/an/a
Nomura 8604.TJapan$26.5B+15%+12%12%9.0×n/an/a
CVC Capital Partners CVC.ASNetherlands$16.9B+10%+14%57%18.1×n/an/a
Blue Owl Capital OWLUnited States$15.4B-7%+11%17%10.4×n/an/a
ICICI Prudential Asset Management ICICIAMC.NSIndia$15.4B-11%+22%73%39.2×n/an/a
Ares Management ARESUnited States$30.0B+7%+7%27%20.5×n/an/a
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA DWS.DEGermany$14.7B+7%+24%37%12.6×n/an/a
Raymond James Financial RJFUnited States$31.3B+6%+10%21%11.4×n/an/a
Northern Trust NTRSUnited States$31.3B+8%+7%24%13.7×n/an/a
Carlyle CGUnited States$14.1B-22%-44%14%10.2×n/an/a
Guosen Securities 002736.SZChina$13.9B-16%-10%34%7.9×n/an/a
IGM Financial IGM.TOCanada$13.3B+7%+20%36%14.0×n/an/a
iA Financial IAG.TOCanada$13.1B+29%+13%59%13.9×n/an/a

Partners bonds and credit

Partners has 1 bond outstanding with $366M face value. Weighted yield 1.53%, a spread of 112 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Partners's main competitors?
Named competitors: Blackstone (BX), KKR (KKR), Ares Management (ARES), EQT AB (EQT.ST). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Amundi (AMUN.PA), Pershing Square (PS), China Merchants Securities (6099.HK), T. Rowe Price (TROW), CSC Financial (601066.SS), Principal Financial (PFG).
Is Partners expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 16.7× against a peer median of 12.3×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Partners stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -24.1% against +7.2% for the median peer; over one year -30.1%.

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.