Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
Last price: CHF 170.30
Updated: 8 hours ago
52w range:
CHF 127.20
to
CHF 202.20
52w change:
33.88%
to
-15.78%
Forward PE: 21.348475
Trailing EPS: 5.47
50d average: CHF 182.66
(-7%)
200d average: CHF 167.18
(2%)
Open: CHF 169.60
Previous close: CHF 168.40
Change: CHF 1.90
(1.13%)
Day high: CHF 171.35
Day low: CHF 169.40
Volume: 420.26 thousand
Avg. vol 3m: 813.43 thousand
Cap: 100.13 billion
Swiss
SWX:CFR
Shares outstanding: 534.2 million
Price hint: 2
Price to book: 4.459667
Annual dividend rate: 3.57
Annual dividend yield: 0.02
CHF 1.00 dividend 3 years ago
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Summary
(retrieved 3 weeks ago)
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Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is a global luxury goods group best known for hard luxury—especially jewelry and prestige watches. Its portfolio includes major maisons such as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, along with specialist watch brands and other luxury labels. In practice, the business is tied to affluent consumer demand, brand desirability, and the ability to preserve exclusivity while raising prices.
Richemont makes money by selling high-end jewelry, watches, and accessories through a mix of directly operated boutiques, wholesale partners, and selective online channels. The strongest economics typically come from its top jewelry houses, where heritage, craftsmanship, and scarcity support premium pricing and attractive margins. That brand power is the core of the investment case.
On quality, Richemont stands out for owning some of the most durable names in global luxury. Businesses like Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels tend to benefit from repeat demand, gifting, and wealth-driven consumption that is less cyclical than mass-market retail. The stock’s scale also matters: with a market cap of 1.95 trillion, this is a major luxury platform rather than a single-brand story.
The valuation picture is mixed. The shares trade at 30.10x trailing earnings, which is already a premium multiple, while the cited 218.10x forward P/E is unusually high and suggests either depressed forward earnings expectations, estimate distortion, or both. The stock at 3,323.26 is below its 50-day average of 3,776.27 and also below its 200-day average of 3,448.76, which points to weak recent momentum.
Technically, the shares are closer to the middle-lower part of their 2,785.25 to 4,037.50 52-week range after a -2.48% move. That does not make the business weak, but it does suggest sentiment has cooled. Meanwhile, the stated dividend rate of ZAR 3.57 alongside a shown 0.00% yield looks inconsistent, so I would treat the income angle cautiously until verified.
Overall, Richemont looks like a high-quality luxury franchise with exceptional brand assets, but the current figures create a conflicted setup: premium trailing valuation, extremely stretched forward P/E, and soft price trend. That combination argues for respect for the business, but caution on the stock at this moment.