Akzo Nobel Valuation

Is AKZA 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 AKZA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AKZA (€55.34) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€140.78)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As AKZA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AKZA. This is calculated by dividing AKZA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AKZA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.7x
Earnings€565.00m
Market Cap€9.45b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AKZA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.3x
CRBN Corbion
15.8x8.7%€1.3b
APAM Aperam
6.7x7.6%€2.0b
6988 Nitto Denko
12.1x2.1%JP¥1.7t
002001 Zhejiang NHU
14.6x9.3%CN¥67.0b
AKZA Akzo Nobel
16.7x12.0%€9.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AKZA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the peer average (12.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AKZA 16.7xIndustry Avg. 17.2xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AKZA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (17.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AKZA'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.

AKZA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.7x
Fair PE Ratio18.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AKZA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x).


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 AKZA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€55.34
€73.53
+32.9%
10.5%€90.00€58.00n/a19
Nov ’25€59.10
€73.47
+24.3%
10.5%€91.00€58.00n/a19
Oct ’25€62.44
€73.53
+17.8%
12.6%€91.00€54.00n/a19
Sep ’25€57.70
€72.89
+26.3%
13.6%€91.00€53.00n/a18
Aug ’25€56.20
€73.06
+30.0%
13.3%€91.00€53.00n/a18
Jul ’25€56.18
€75.94
+35.2%
13.4%€94.00€53.00n/a18
Jun ’25€64.14
€78.28
+22.0%
9.7%€94.00€65.00n/a18
May ’25€62.14
€78.39
+26.1%
9.8%€94.00€65.00n/a18
Apr ’25€69.18
€78.64
+13.7%
10.7%€96.00€63.00n/a18
Mar ’25€67.84
€79.08
+16.6%
9.7%€96.00€65.00n/a18
Feb ’25€71.02
€79.61
+12.1%
10.9%€96.00€65.00n/a19
Jan ’25€74.82
€79.05
+5.7%
13.2%€100.00€60.00n/a19
Dec ’24€71.14
€79.42
+11.6%
13.2%€100.00€60.00n/a19
Nov ’24€63.40
€80.89
+27.6%
12.0%€100.00€60.00€59.1019
Oct ’24€68.48
€83.29
+21.6%
8.6%€94.00€68.50€62.4419
Sep ’24€75.08
€82.82
+10.3%
10.1%€100.00€68.50€57.7019
Aug ’24€77.44
€82.61
+6.7%
10.1%€100.00€68.50€56.2019
Jul ’24€74.72
€82.21
+10.0%
11.0%€100.00€63.00€56.1819
Jun ’24€71.50
€80.33
+12.3%
15.6%€100.00€42.52€64.1420
May ’24€75.14
€79.20
+5.4%
15.5%€100.00€42.52€62.1420
Apr ’24€71.98
€76.60
+6.4%
16.5%€100.00€42.52€69.1820
Mar ’24€69.24
€76.68
+10.7%
16.4%€100.00€42.52€67.8420
Feb ’24€68.88
€75.58
+9.7%
16.6%€100.00€42.52€71.0220
Jan ’24€62.56
€78.79
+25.9%
18.3%€110.00€42.52€74.8221
Dec ’23€67.40
€78.79
+16.9%
18.4%€110.00€42.52€71.1421
Nov ’23€62.52
€78.99
+26.3%
19.0%€110.00€42.83€63.4021

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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