Risk factor
Considerable default risk
Profitability factor
Very low or no dividends
About
Bobst Group SA supplies equipment and services for printing, coating and laminating, cutting, folding, gluing, and other processes in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. It operates through BU Printing & Converting; and BU Services & Performance segments. Its products comprise vacuum coaters and metalizers, extrusion coating and laminating lines, coating lines, and laminating machines; digital inkjet printing presses, flexo post-printing presses, CI flexo presses, inline flexo presses, and rotogravure printing presses; flatbed die cutters, hot foil stampers, folding-gluers, Web-fed converting, and litho-laminators; and flatbed die-cutting lines, flexo folder gluers, flexo rotary die cutters, and converting lines for printing and converting. The company also provides equipment monitoring, performance tooling, consumables and spare parts, maintenance, performance management, tooling storage, process optimization, and relocation services. Its products are used in label printing, flexible packaging, corrugated boards, folding cartons, food, beverages, personal care, home and office, industrial films processing, tapes production, security and textile printing, e-commerce packaging, and transit and other industrial applications. The company was founded in 1890 and is based in Mex, Switzerland. Bobst Group SA is a subsidiary of JBF Finance SA.
Company Valuation
Considering past and projected metrics, the stock is slightly 'cheaper' than its peers. In particular, the stock is reasonably priced on P/E, 'cheap' on EV/EBITD.