Employees: 316
Size IVF HARTMANN (VBSN.SW) is a Switzerland Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $364M, the 151st largest of 158 Switzerland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CHF 125.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.3%, against -11.2% for the median peer and +11.6% for the Switzerland market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.5%); the operating margin is 14.0% (peer median 2.6%).
Valuation It trades at 1.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 5.0× (3rd cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 31.4 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CHF 170M | CHF 162M | CHF 159M | CHF 148M | CHF 151M |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +7% | -2% | — |
| Gross profit | CHF 55.4M | CHF 52.9M | CHF 54.1M | CHF 45.0M | CHF 43.9M |
| EBITDA | CHF 28.6M | CHF 21.8M | CHF 24.7M | CHF 17.6M | CHF 16.1M |
| Net income | CHF 20.3M | CHF 18.3M | CHF 20.3M | CHF 15.1M | CHF 11.2M |
| Free cash flow | CHF 23.3M | CHF 17.7M | CHF 18.2M | CHF 31.8M | CHF 15.5M |
| Capital expenditure | CHF 3.36M | CHF 3.97M | CHF 2.58M | CHF 2.42M | CHF 2.71M |
| Total debt | n/a | CHF 1.39M | CHF 1.30M | CHF 1.34M | CHF 931,000 |
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| Measure | VBSN.SW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | 0.0% | -7.4% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -5.3% | -11.2% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -16.7% | -41.5% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.9% | +11.5% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 14.0% | 2.6% | 7th highest of 20 |
| EV / Sales | 1.1× | 5.0× | 3rd cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -12.7% | 0.1% | 5th least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -1.3% | -0.1% | 5th lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -11.4 pp | +8.7 pp | 5th least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +31.4 pp | -5.2 pp | 2nd highest of 17 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.8× | 9.1× | 5th cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -3.6× | -3.7× | 5th most indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVF HARTMANN VBSN.SW | Switzerland | $364M | -5% | +7% | 14% | 1.1× | -12.7% | -1.3% |
| COLTENE CLTN.SW | Switzerland | $361M | +3% | -2% | 8% | 1.4× | 0.1% | -0.7% |
| Star Sports Medicine 1609.HK | Hong Kong | $367M | -76% | +23% | 37% | 3.7× | -13.2% | +36.8% |
| Chongqing Xishan Science and Technology 688576.SS | China | $356M | -26% | -23% | -29% | 6.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Mobia Medical MOBI | United States | $373M | n/a | +105% | -145% | 6.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Apon Medical Technology 300753.SZ | China | $376M | -27% | -15% | -10% | 8.0× | 22.4% | -5.1% |
| Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology 300942.SZ | China | $352M | -27% | +12% | -2% | 8.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Embecta EMBC | United States | $351M | +70% | -8% | 26% | 1.6× | -19.9% | -0.1% |
| InBody 041830.KS | South Korea | $378M | +43% | +21% | 19% | 1.4× | -7.6% | +16.9% |
| Yantai Zhenghai Bio-Tech 300653.SZ | China | $380M | -23% | -8% | 17% | 6.0× | 20.0% | +4.4% |
| ACRO Biomedical 6748.TWO | Taiwan | $347M | +129% | +45% | -178% | 200.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing Medlander Medical Technology 688273.SS | China | $385M | -44% | -12% | 8% | 5.0× | 39.0% | +5.2% |
| BioNote 377740.KS | South Korea | $343M | -10% | +13% | 16% | 0.8× | -19.8% | -28.5% |
| Chemclin Diagnostics 688468.SS | China | $342M | -23% | -14% | 6% | 6.2× | 31.9% | -4.5% |
| Clarity Pharmaceuticals CU6.AX | Australia | $386M | -48% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Orchestra BioMed OBIO | United States | $341M | +41% | +986% | -181% | 9.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Stratec SBS.DE | Germany | $341M | +41% | -3% | 3% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| OrbusNeich Medical 6929.HK | Hong Kong | $389M | -3% | +16% | 23% | 1.0× | -18.5% | +15.4% |
| Peijia Medical 9996.HK | Hong Kong | $340M | -34% | +21% | -13% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| CapsoVision CV | United States | $336M | -11% | +15% | -217% | 23.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Nanfang Medical 603880.SS | China | $336M | +4% | -7% | -15% | 4.7× | 22.5% | -10.9% |