Swiss Life Holding AG (XSWX:SLHNE) GF Value Rank

: 1 (As of Today)

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Swiss Life Holding AG has the GF Value Rank of 1.

The GF Value Rank is determined by the price-to-GF-Value (P/GF Value) ratio, a proprietary metric calculated based on historical multiples along with an adjustment factor based on a company's past returns and growth and future estimates of the business' performance.

GuruFocus found that for valuation, we cannot simply give stocks a better GF Value rank simply because they have a lower P/GF Value ratio. Backtesting shows that over the long term, the two worst-performing groups are the most expensive group (with the highest P/GF Value ratio) and the least expensive group (with the lowest P/GF Value ratio).

We can understand why the most expensive group underperforms. We were initially puzzled by the underperformance of the least expensive group, but we realized there is a reason why some stocks are super cheap. If they look too undervalued, it is often because the businesses behind them are poor quality. The market realized this and gave them low valuations. In a way, the market is efficient.

After multiple backtesting analyses, we granted the stocks in third-cheapest percentile the highest GF Value rank, as they have performed the best over a full market cycle. Stock performance is actually not as sensitive to valuation as it is to growth and profitability. On average, the companies in the 20%-50% valuation groups have similar performances. Therefore, we should avoid the most expensive and the least expensive stocks. We can be more tolerant of valuation.

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Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Swiss Life Holding AG's GF Value Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Value Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Swiss Life Holding AG GF Value Rank Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Swiss Life Holding AG's GF Value Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Swiss Life Holding AG's GF Value Rank falls into.

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Swiss Life Holding AG (XSWX:SLHNE) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

SZLMY:USA SWSDF:USA SLHNz:UK 0QMG:UK SLW1:Germany SLHN:Switzerland

Address

General-Guisan-Quai 40, P.O. Box 2831, Zurich, CHE, CH-8022

Website

https://www.swisslife.com

Swiss Life is predominantly a life and long-term savings company that generates the main share of its revenue and earnings from its domestic market of Switzerland. The company also operates in France, Germany, and a few smaller, but wealthy European markets. The company also has an asset manager. Swiss Life has three main sources of income that vary in importance by geography. Savings income relates to spread-based earnings, the risk result relates to an insurance margin, and the fee result relates to asset management and its financial advisor network. The fee result has been growing in importance over recent years as a result of advice, unit-linked sales, and third-party asset management.

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