BN · rank #9 · 2026-09-10
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PARIS · EUR · $189.87B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | -0.31 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +9.1% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +12.2% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +11.3% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.9% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 1.54 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 1.85× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +13.7% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | — |
| Market cap (USD) | $189.87B |
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Summary
Schneider Electric is a global leader in integrated energy management and industrial automation, with a fast-growing data center infrastructure segment spanning power distribution, cooling, and DC conversion for AI hyperscale deployments.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver thesis is directly reinforced by Schneider's NetShelter Power Shelf targeting NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems and record H1 2026 organic growth of 14%, confirming it is actively monetizing the AI data center power bottleneck rather than merely riding sentiment.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscalers and peers developing in-house or commoditized power/cooling solutions could erode Schneider's systems-integration moat, which is relationship- and breadth-driven rather than sole-source, making it structurally vulnerable to margin compression as the market matures.
- 2Net financial debt of ~€15.4 billion against a debt-to-FCF of 1.85x leaves the balance sheet sensitive to any cyclical capex pullback from cloud/AI customers, which could rapidly reverse the 244% FCF surge that currently underpins the investment case.
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