Accelerated Globalization And Alternative Assets Will Expand Cross-Border Services

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Consensus Narrative from 8 Analysts
Published
12 Jul 25
Updated
08 Aug 25
AnalystHighTarget's Fair Value
UK£14.20
35.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
08 Aug
UK£9.19
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Author's Valuation

UK£14.2

35.3% undervalued intrinsic discount

AnalystHighTarget Fair Value

Key Takeaways

  • Integration of Citi Trust is set to drive outsized revenue growth, margin expansion, and significant cross-sell opportunities as JTC leverages global scale and brand strength.
  • JTC's leadership in U.S. and global markets, aided by complex regulatory trends and a unique ownership culture, positions the firm for resilient organic growth and superior profitability.
  • JTC faces threats to profitability from automation-driven disruption, regulatory tightening, acquisition risks, talent scarcity, rising costs, and geopolitical headwinds impacting its international business.

Catalysts

About JTC
    Provides fund, corporate, and private wealth services to institutional and private clients.
What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?
  • While analyst consensus anticipates substantial benefits from the Citi Trust acquisition, the market may be underestimating the transformational scale and accelerated revenue synergies possible as JTC leverages Citi's global distribution channels and trusted brand, unlocking multi-year double-digit revenue growth and significant cross-sell opportunities that could meaningfully exceed £100 million in incremental revenues, with substantial margin accretion as the acquired business is integrated into JTC's higher-margin model.
  • Analysts broadly agree the U.S. market will be JTC's largest revenue contributor post-Citi Trust, but this view may underappreciate the power of JTC's first-mover advantage and rapid market share gains in a fragmented U.S. trust and fund administration space, positioning the company to outpace both organic and M&A-driven revenue growth forecasts and to structurally expand group profitability as scale advantages materialize.
  • Soaring global demand for cross-border fund administration and specialist corporate services-driven by ongoing globalization and rising complexity in cross-jurisdictional investments-is expected to dramatically expand JTC's addressable market, enabling sustainable high organic revenue growth and strong visibility over long-term earnings despite macroeconomic volatility.
  • Increasing regulation and compliance burdens across regions are accelerating industry-wide outsourcing of complex back
  • and middle-office functions to knowledgeable partners like JTC, which should not only lift recurring revenues but also drive higher client retention and lifetime value, further underpinning long-duration EBITDA and net margin expansion.
  • JTC's industry-leading retention rates and employee ownership culture, now celebrated with £450 million in value creation for team members, is unlocking consistently high service quality and new business win rates above 50 percent, supporting continual organic growth and improved long-term margin resilience versus competitors facing higher attrition and operational disruption.

JTC Earnings and Revenue Growth

JTC Future Earnings and Revenue Growth

Assumptions

How have these above catalysts been quantified?
  • This narrative explores a more optimistic perspective on JTC compared to the consensus, based on a Fair Value that aligns with the bullish cohort of analysts.
  • The bullish analysts are assuming JTC's revenue will grow by 22.1% annually over the next 3 years.
  • The bullish analysts assume that profit margins will increase from -2.4% today to 23.2% in 3 years time.
  • The bullish analysts expect earnings to reach £128.8 million (and earnings per share of £0.72) by about August 2028, up from £-7.3 million today. The analysts are largely in agreement about this estimate.
  • In order for the above numbers to justify the price target of the more bullish analyst cohort, the company would need to trade at a PE ratio of 25.6x on those 2028 earnings, up from -212.7x today. This future PE is greater than the current PE for the GB Capital Markets industry at 13.4x.
  • Analysts expect the number of shares outstanding to grow by 2.08% per year for the next 3 years.
  • To value all of this in today's terms, we will use a discount rate of 8.83%, as per the Simply Wall St company report.

JTC Future Earnings Per Share Growth

JTC Future Earnings Per Share Growth

Risks

What could happen that would invalidate this narrative?
  • The long-term adoption of automation and AI in financial services could reduce demand for JTC's core specialist administration services, threatening future revenue growth as clients increasingly rely on technology-driven platforms instead of traditional outsourcing.
  • Heightened global regulatory scrutiny and anti-tax avoidance measures may contract the complex structures market-including trusts, funds, and offshore vehicles-negatively affecting JTC's client base and causing a potential decline in recurring revenue.
  • JTC's strategy remains heavily reliant on acquisitions for expansion, which brings significant operational risk due to integration challenges, potential cultural misalignment, and higher costs, risking deterioration of net margins and returns on capital if acquisition synergies do not materialize as planned.
  • Rising wage inflation and the ongoing battle for skilled talent in key financial centers drive higher operating expenses, which, combined with the need for substantial technology and compliance investments to meet heightened client and regulatory demands, may further compress earnings and reduce overall profitability.
  • Geopolitical fragmentation and increasing economic nationalism can decrease cross-border investment flows and shrink addressable markets for international fund and trust administration, exposing JTC's international revenues to volatility and potential long-term contraction.

Valuation

How have all the factors above been brought together to estimate a fair value?
  • The assumed bullish price target for JTC is £14.2, which is the highest price target estimate amongst analysts. This valuation is based on what can be assumed as the expectations of JTC's future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors from analysts on the bullish end of the spectrum.
  • However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of £14.2, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just £10.25.
  • In order for you to agree with the bullish analysts, you'd need to believe that by 2028, revenues will be £555.3 million, earnings will come to £128.8 million, and it would be trading on a PE ratio of 25.6x, assuming you use a discount rate of 8.8%.
  • Given the current share price of £9.08, the bullish analyst price target of £14.2 is 36.1% higher.
  • We always encourage you to reach your own conclusions though. So sense check these analyst numbers against your own assumptions and expectations based on your understanding of the business and what you believe is probable.

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