Johnson Matthey Valuation

Is JMAT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of JMAT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: JMAT (£18.45) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£26.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: JMAT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for JMAT?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

JMAT key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.9x
PEG Ratio0.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does JMAT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for JMAT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average35.1x
CRDA Croda International
38.4x15.2%UK£6.6b
VCT Victrex
36.9x32.8%UK£1.1b
ELM Elementis
39x28.6%UK£864.8m
TET Treatt
26.3x15.6%UK£297.5m
JMAT Johnson Matthey
19.1x20.8%UK£3.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: JMAT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x) compared to the peer average (35.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does JMAT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.7%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: JMAT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (19.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is JMAT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

JMAT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.1x
Fair PE Ratio21.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: JMAT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst JMAT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£18.45
UK£20.08
+8.8%
13.2%UK£24.00UK£14.60n/a13
May ’25UK£17.57
UK£19.92
+13.4%
12.4%UK£23.00UK£14.60n/a13
Apr ’25UK£17.89
UK£19.11
+6.8%
15.6%UK£23.00UK£14.00n/a14
Mar ’25UK£15.80
UK£18.43
+16.7%
14.6%UK£23.00UK£14.00n/a16
Feb ’25UK£16.22
UK£18.43
+13.7%
14.6%UK£23.00UK£14.00n/a16
Jan ’25UK£16.98
UK£18.48
+8.8%
14.8%UK£23.00UK£14.00n/a16
Dec ’24UK£15.72
UK£18.48
+17.5%
14.8%UK£23.00UK£14.00n/a16
Nov ’24UK£14.92
UK£19.43
+30.3%
16.8%UK£28.75UK£14.00n/a16
Oct ’24UK£16.28
UK£20.47
+25.8%
16.1%UK£28.75UK£14.00n/a18
Sep ’24UK£17.91
UK£20.66
+15.4%
15.8%UK£28.75UK£14.00n/a18
Aug ’24UK£17.92
UK£21.09
+17.7%
14.4%UK£29.50UK£16.00n/a17
Jul ’24UK£17.46
UK£21.00
+20.3%
13.6%UK£29.50UK£16.00n/a17
Jun ’24UK£17.62
UK£21.48
+21.9%
13.3%UK£30.16UK£16.00n/a17
May ’24UK£19.64
UK£21.72
+10.6%
13.1%UK£30.16UK£16.00UK£17.5717
Apr ’24UK£19.84
UK£22.30
+12.4%
12.3%UK£30.16UK£16.00UK£17.8917
Mar ’24UK£21.85
UK£22.35
+2.3%
13.8%UK£32.25UK£16.00UK£15.8018
Feb ’24UK£22.97
UK£22.35
-2.7%
13.8%UK£32.25UK£16.00UK£16.2218
Jan ’24UK£21.27
UK£22.21
+4.4%
14.1%UK£32.25UK£16.00UK£16.9818
Dec ’23UK£20.87
UK£22.04
+5.6%
14.9%UK£32.25UK£16.00UK£15.7218
Nov ’23UK£19.60
UK£22.03
+12.4%
15.9%UK£33.62UK£16.00UK£14.9218
Oct ’23UK£18.33
UK£22.76
+24.2%
16.4%UK£33.62UK£16.00UK£16.2818
Sep ’23UK£19.44
UK£23.12
+18.9%
15.8%UK£33.62UK£16.00UK£17.9118
Aug ’23UK£21.35
UK£23.31
+9.2%
15.9%UK£33.62UK£16.00UK£17.9217
Jul ’23UK£18.77
UK£23.51
+25.3%
15.8%UK£33.62UK£16.00UK£17.4616
Jun ’23UK£21.00
UK£22.70
+8.1%
12.3%UK£26.50UK£16.00UK£17.6217
May ’23UK£22.25
UK£21.91
-1.5%
13.4%UK£26.50UK£16.00UK£19.6418

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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