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SkiStar AB Class BSKIS-B.STCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Sweden · SEK·Consumer Discretionary›Hotels/Resorts/Cruise lines

Operator of ski resorts in Sweden and Norway, offering lift tickets, ski schools, rentals and resort accommodation.

≈ A Nordic Vail ResortsMomentum leader 89
Mkt cap
$1.58B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.08M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
21.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+1.9 pp
WACC 6.3%
Hurdle
-4 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
42 days
18 Dec 2026
Close · SEKSEK 197.70
1D+0.4%
1W+6.3%
1M+21.2%
3M+21.7%
6M+26.6%
YTD+19.4%
1Y+26.6%
ATR %1.9%
52w lowhigh0.2% off high

What SkiStar does

Operator of ski resorts in Sweden and Norway, offering lift tickets, ski schools, rentals and resort accommodation.

Earns from lift passes and season passes, plus accommodation it rents out and ski school and rentals; it also develops and sells apartments and cottages at its resorts, which adds lumpy property income. Sales follow snow conditions, weather and winter holiday periods.

In one line: A Nordic Vail Resorts.

Products and services

  • Ski lift tickets/season passes
  • Resort accommodation
  • Ski rental/school services

Customers

  • Ski/winter-sports tourists

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Leisure/resorts
  • Ski resort operation

What could go right

  • Season-pass revenue growth
  • Off-season/summer tourism diversification

What could go wrong

  • Weather/snowfall variability and climate risk
  • Discretionary travel spending sensitivity

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base, regulatory licence). Owns/operates the largest Nordic ski resorts with limited new-resort competition due to land/permitting constraints.

Headquarters: Sälen, Sweden · Founded: 1976

Named competitors

  • Vail Resorts MTN
  • Alpine resorts operators (regional, private) private or unlisted

SkiStar at a glance

Size SkiStar (SKIS-B.ST) is a Sweden Consumer Discretionary company (Hotels/Resorts/Cruise lines) with a market value of $1.58B, the 100th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 197.70 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 26.6%, against -7.4% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.7%); the operating margin is 16.5% (peer median 14.3%).

Valuation It trades at 21.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.7× (7th most expensive 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 +12%, so the hurdle is -4 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.9 points above its cost of capital (6.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SKIS-B.ST 126Peer median 93
Six months, rebased to 100: SkiStar against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

SkiStar financials

Reported figures in SEK; fiscal year ends 2026-08-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023
RevenueSEK 4.96BSEK 4.95BSEK 4.63BSEK 4.68BSEK 4.28B
Revenue growth—+7%-1%+9%—
Gross profitSEK 819MSEK 819MSEK 757MSEK 746MSEK 579M
EBITDASEK 1.41BSEK 1.40BSEK 1.32BSEK 1.28BSEK 1.05B
Net incomeSEK 628MSEK 627MSEK 553MSEK 473MSEK 414M
Free cash flowSEK 628MSEK 628MSEK 599MSEK 564M-SEK 98.0M
Capital expenditureSEK 628MSEK 628MSEK 528MSEK 543MSEK 808M
Total debtSEK 3.53BSEK 3.53BSEK 3.73BSEK 4.02BSEK 4.30B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

SkiStar 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

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%0%+20%MLCO00410069VENTIVECHALETMCRI96163918EIHOTELH15HBXTHLIND6002580045SHOT97224681THELEELA008770SKIS-B.ST6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. SkiStar is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%0×25×50×75×MLCO0069VENTIVECHALETMCRI96163918EIHOTELTHLIND600258THELEELA008770SKIS-B.STRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. SkiStar is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+25%+50%+75%0%50%MLCO00410069VENTIVECHALETMCRI3918EIHOTELHBXTHLIND6002584681008770SKIS-B.STGrowth 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. SkiStar is the large dot.

SkiStar competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SKIS-B.ST vs MTN)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
SkiStar SKIS-B.ST$1.58B+27%+7%17%21.3×8.4%
Vail Resorts MTN$5.66B+26%-4%16%27.9×9.6%

How SkiStar 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.

SkiStar against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSKIS-B.STPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+21.2%+2.8%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+26.6%-7.4%6th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-0.2%-21.3%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.0%+5.7%10th highest of 21
Operating margin16.5%14.3%10th highest of 21
Forward P/E21.3×16.7×7th most expensive of 18
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)8.4%0.7%6th most demanding of 19
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.5%+21.2%6th lowest of 19
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-4.1 pp-19.4 pp2nd most demanding of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.9 pp+1.0 pp10th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA13.5×12.6×9th most expensive of 19
Net debt / EBITDA2.5×2.4×9th most indebted of 19

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
SkiStar SKIS-B.STSweden$1.58B+27%+7%17%21.3×8.4%+12.5%
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd. Sponsored ADR MLCOUnited States$1.79B-16%+6%12%7.5×-6.2%+24.5%
Great Eagle 0041.HKHong Kong$1.37B-24%+75%12%n/a-0.9%+13.8%
Shangri-La Asia 0069.HKHong Kong$1.87B-9%+5%35%10.6×-8.7%+16.8%
Ventive Hospitality VENTIVE.NSIndia$1.34B-17%+15%29%26.2×29.9%+78.5%
Chalet Hotels CHALET.NSIndia$1.88B+2%-17%34%28.1×24.1%+57.5%
Monarch Casino & Resort MCRIUnited States$1.92B-8%+5%27%15.6×6.7%+24.2%
Kyoritsu Maintenance 9616.TJapan$2.00B+47%+20%9%16.7×2.3%+17.8%
NagaCorp 3918.HKHong Kong$1.21B-48%+12%58%4.7×-19.3%-4.1%
EIH EIHOTEL.NSIndia$2.07B-7%+8%29%23.2×28.9%+42.9%
Hotel Properties H15.SISingapore$2.07B+11%+2%7%n/an/an/a
Hbx Group International HBX.MCSpain$2.19B+29%+4%38%9.6×-4.2%+18.4%
Target Hospitality THUnited States$1.13B-26%+12%-9%22.9×49.9%+7.3%
Lindblad Expeditions LINDUnited States$2.23B+61%+17%8%89.0×33.0%+56.4%
BTG Hotels (Group) Co Ltd Shs -A- 600258.SSChina$2.25B-14%-3%18%17.0×-11.1%+7.6%
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels 0045.HKHong Kong$1.11B-12%-4%13%n/a4.0%+24.1%
Scandic Hotels SHOT.STSweden$2.29B+16%+3%13%17.2×3.2%+24.4%
Fujita Kanko 9722.TJapan$1.08B+37%+3%16%12.9×-4.6%+25.2%
Resorttrust 4681.TJapan$2.36B-1%+8%12%16.4×-6.4%+9.4%
Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts THELEELA.NSIndia$2.45B+65%+17%42%43.7×n/an/a
HtlShilla 008770.KSSouth Korea$985M-46%+1%3%15.1×-7.6%+5.0%

Questions

Who are SkiStar's main competitors?
Named competitors: Vail Resorts (MTN), Alpine resorts operators (regional, private) (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd. Sponsored ADR (MLCO), Great Eagle (0041.HK), Shangri-La Asia (0069.HK), Ventive Hospitality (VENTIVE.NS), Chalet Hotels (CHALET.NS), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI).
Is SkiStar expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 21.3× against a peer median of 16.7×, 7th most expensive of 18 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -4 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has SkiStar stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +26.6% against -7.4% for the median peer; over one year +26.6%.

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.