Risk factor
Resilient to price shocks
Profitability factor
Very strong margins and returns
About
Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX), established in Singapore in 1999, functions as a comprehensive securities and derivatives exchange alongside its clearing house operations. The company organizes its extensive activities into several key segments: Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities; Equities; and Data, Connectivity, and Indices. Within these areas, SGX provides a broad spectrum of services, including asset issuance, trading, clearing, settlement, depository management, and collateral management. Beyond its primary exchange and clearing functions, SGX also offers counterparty guarantees, facilitates bond trading, and performs crucial front-line regulatory duties. It operates an electronic foreign exchange trading platform, provides IT and software maintenance, and offers management consultancy for index-related activities. Furthermore, the company manages services for its related corporations, distributes bulk freight market data, runs an electricity market, and provides administrative support for index calculation, risk assessment, and financial research. SGX has also entered a global collaboration aimed at expanding the dairy derivatives market for New Zealand's Exchange.
Company Valuation
Considering past and projected metrics, the stock is distinctly 'expensive' compared to its peers. In particular, the stock is overpriced on P/E, 'expensive' on EV/EBITDA
Target Price
The average target price of S68.SI is 20.3 and suggests 14% downside potential. Usually, this means a SELL recommendation among investment firms, or a recommendation to d