If you are wondering whether Kuehne + Nagel International is a bargain or a value trap at today’s price, you are not alone. This breakdown aims to cut through the noise so you can judge the stock on its fundamentals.
After a tough stretch where the share price is still down 16.5% year to date and 12.0% over the last year, the recent 6.0% gain in the past week and 11.8% over the last month hints that sentiment might be starting to turn.
Some of this renewed interest ties back to ongoing conversations around global trade routes, shifting supply chains, and logistics capacity constraints, which keep freight specialists like Kuehne + Nagel in the spotlight. At the same time, investors are weighing how these structural trends balance against cyclical slowdowns in volumes and pricing across the shipping and logistics industry.
Right now, Kuehne + Nagel scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. This suggests there is some value support but also several yellow flags to unpack. In the sections ahead we will explore traditional valuation methods, then finish with a more holistic way of thinking about what this stock is really worth.
Kuehne + Nagel International scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown.
A Discounted Cash Flow model estimates what a company is worth by projecting the cash it can generate in the future and discounting those amounts back to today in CHF. For Kuehne + Nagel International, the model used is a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach, starting from last twelve months free cash flow of about CHF 1.39 billion.
Analyst forecasts and Simply Wall St extrapolations suggest free cash flow gradually trends down from around CHF 960 million in 2026 to roughly CHF 784 million by 2035, reflecting modestly declining cash generation as industry conditions normalize. Each of these future cash flows is discounted back to today to account for risk and the time value of money.
Bringing these projections together, the DCF points to an intrinsic value of about CHF 175.42 per share, implying the stock is only around 1.0% undervalued versus its current market price. In practice, that margin is slim and within the usual valuation noise.
Result: ABOUT RIGHT
Kuehne + Nagel International is fairly valued according to our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), but this can change at a moment’s notice. Track the value in your watchlist or portfolio and be alerted on when to act.
KNIN Discounted Cash Flow as at Dec 2025
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For profitable businesses like Kuehne + Nagel International, the price to earnings, or PE, ratio is a useful shorthand for how much investors are willing to pay today for each unit of current earnings. It links directly to what shareholders ultimately care about, the profits the company can sustainably generate.
What counts as a normal or fair PE depends on how fast earnings are expected to grow, and how risky or cyclical those earnings are. Higher growth and stronger resilience usually justify a higher multiple, while more volatile or low growth businesses tend to deserve a discount.
Right now, Kuehne + Nagel trades on about 20.2x earnings, which is above the broader Shipping industry average of around 9.9x but below the peer group average of roughly 12.1x. Simply Wall St also calculates a Fair Ratio of 24.1x, an estimate of the PE the stock should trade on after accounting for its growth outlook, margins, risk profile, industry and market cap. This firm specific Fair Ratio is more informative than simple peer or industry comparisons because it adjusts for Kuehne + Nagel’s particular strengths and weaknesses. With the current 20.2x multiple sitting below the 24.1x Fair Ratio, the shares screen as modestly undervalued on earnings.
Result: UNDERVALUED
SWX:KNIN PE Ratio as at Dec 2025
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Earlier we mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation, so let us introduce you to Narratives, which are simply your story about a company, tied directly to a specific forecast for its future revenue, earnings and margins, and then to a clear Fair Value that you can compare to today’s share price on the Simply Wall St Community page used by millions of investors. With a Narrative, you spell out why you think Kuehne + Nagel will win or struggle, link that view to concrete numbers, and then see at a glance whether your Fair Value indicates buy, hold or sell. The platform automatically updates your Narrative when fresh news or earnings arrive, so your view never goes stale. For example, one Kuehne + Nagel Narrative might focus on cost discipline and digital efficiency to justify a Fair Value near the CHF 225.0 target, while another emphasizes freight overcapacity and margin pressure and lands closer to the CHF 127.0 view. Both can coexist so you can quickly see which story you find more convincing.
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SWX:KNIN 1-Year Stock Price Chart
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