Alfa Laval AB (publ)

OM:ALFA Stock Report

Market Cap: SEK 211.3b

Alfa Laval Valuation

Is ALFA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of ALFA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ALFA (SEK522.6) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (SEK606.56)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ALFA is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ALFA?

Key metric: As ALFA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ALFA. This is calculated by dividing ALFA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ALFA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio26.4x
EarningsSEK 8.18b
Market CapSEK 211.29b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ALFA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ALFA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.5x
SKF B AB SKF
30.1x19.96%SEK 107.4b
SAND Sandvik
32.4x12.09%SEK 463.2b
TREL B Trelleborg
24.7x11.29%SEK 86.6b
INDT Indutrade
26.8x14.59%SEK 68.3b
ALFA Alfa Laval
26.4x8.30%SEK 216.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ALFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x) compared to the peer average (28.5x).


Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ALFA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the SE Machinery Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CNCJO B Concejo
3xn/aUS$62.16m
No more companies available in this PE range
ALFA 26.4xIndustry Avg. 25.5xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ALFA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x) compared to the Swedish Machinery industry average (25.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ALFA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ALFA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio26.4x
Fair PE Ratio27.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ALFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ALFA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentSEK 522.60
SEK 547.29
+4.73%
11.07%SEK 635.00SEK 420.00n/a17
May ’27SEK 548.00
SEK 544.65
-0.61%
11.18%SEK 635.00SEK 420.00n/a17
Apr ’27SEK 522.80
SEK 518.13
-0.89%
9.39%SEK 580.00SEK 430.00n/a16
Mar ’27SEK 535.00
SEK 509.13
-4.84%
9.17%SEK 570.00SEK 430.00n/a16
Feb ’27SEK 517.40
SEK 498.60
-3.63%
10.12%SEK 570.00SEK 420.00n/a15
Jan ’27SEK 465.70
SEK 479.33
+2.93%
7.56%SEK 540.00SEK 420.00n/a15
Dec ’26SEK 445.80
SEK 467.64
+4.90%
10.62%SEK 540.00SEK 345.00n/a14
Nov ’26SEK 454.00
SEK 465.93
+2.63%
10.70%SEK 540.00SEK 345.00n/a14
Oct ’26SEK 430.40
SEK 440.07
+2.25%
10.39%SEK 530.00SEK 345.00n/a14
Sep ’26SEK 431.10
SEK 440.36
+2.15%
10.43%SEK 530.00SEK 345.00n/a14
Aug ’26SEK 418.10
SEK 437.00
+4.52%
10.60%SEK 530.00SEK 345.00n/a14
Jul ’26SEK 398.50
SEK 415.20
+4.19%
11.97%SEK 520.00SEK 345.00n/a15
Jun ’26SEK 407.70
SEK 426.76
+4.68%
13.26%SEK 520.00SEK 345.00SEK 511.2017
May ’26SEK 400.10
SEK 436.47
+9.09%
13.62%SEK 530.00SEK 345.00SEK 548.0017
Apr ’26SEK 427.40
SEK 471.65
+10.35%
14.09%SEK 570.00SEK 360.00SEK 522.8017
Mar ’26SEK 464.50
SEK 476.65
+2.62%
14.12%SEK 590.00SEK 360.00SEK 535.0017
Feb ’26SEK 495.70
SEK 483.00
-2.56%
14.63%SEK 590.00SEK 360.00SEK 517.4017
Jan ’26SEK 462.60
SEK 474.89
+2.66%
15.05%SEK 590.00SEK 360.00SEK 465.7018
Dec ’25SEK 464.30
SEK 464.33
+0.0072%
14.16%SEK 580.00SEK 360.00SEK 445.8018
Nov ’25SEK 469.30
SEK 456.17
-2.80%
14.47%SEK 580.00SEK 360.00SEK 454.0018
Oct ’25SEK 488.60
SEK 448.72
-8.16%
13.43%SEK 545.00SEK 360.00SEK 430.4018
Sep ’25SEK 459.90
SEK 445.94
-3.03%
13.77%SEK 545.00SEK 355.00SEK 431.1018
Aug ’25SEK 460.20
SEK 447.71
-2.71%
14.34%SEK 545.00SEK 325.00SEK 418.1017
Jul ’25SEK 469.90
SEK 439.41
-6.49%
14.23%SEK 535.00SEK 325.00SEK 398.5017
Jun ’25SEK 485.20
SEK 428.47
-11.69%
14.62%SEK 535.00SEK 325.00SEK 407.7017
SEK 547.29
Fair Value
4.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/02 17:55
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/02 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Alfa Laval AB (publ) is covered by 37 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullABG Sundal Collier
Vladimir SergievskiiBarclays
Vladimir SergievskiiBarclays