Zotefoams plc

LSE:ZTF Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£187.1m

Zotefoams Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: ZTF (£3.84) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£2.88)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ZTF is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As ZTF is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ZTF. This is calculated by dividing ZTF's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ZTF's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.2x
SalesUK£154.16m
Market CapUK£187.11m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does ZTF's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for ZTF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
ESNT Essentra
0.9x4.77%UK£278.6m
ITX Itaconix
2.3x24.73%UK£14.5m
TET Treatt
0.9x2.21%UK£123.4m
SYNT Synthomer
0.05x2.40%UK£99.1m
ZTF Zotefoams
1.2x9.90%UK£187.1m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ZTF is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x) compared to the peer average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does ZTF's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Chemicals Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SYNT Synthomer
0.05x2.40%US$133.30m
HEIQ HeiQ
0.2xn/aUS$9.61m
BYOT Byotrol
0.1xn/aUS$569.29k
BIOM Biome Technologies
0.07x33.12%US$499.55k
No more companies available in this PS range
ZTF 1.2xIndustry Avg. 1.1xNo. of Companies4PS01.22.43.64.86+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ZTF is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

ZTF PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.2x
Fair PS Ratio1.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ZTF is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.1x).

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 ZTF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£3.84
UK£5.80
+51.04%
6.79%UK£6.40UK£5.40n/a4
Dec ’26UK£4.31
UK£5.80
+34.57%
6.79%UK£6.40UK£5.40n/a4
Nov ’26UK£4.58
UK£5.59
+22.00%
6.88%UK£6.00UK£5.05n/a4
Oct ’26UK£3.98
UK£5.45
+36.93%
6.40%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a3
Sep ’26UK£4.16
UK£5.45
+31.01%
6.40%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a3
Aug ’26UK£2.71
UK£5.48
+102.03%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
Jul ’26UK£3.26
UK£5.48
+67.94%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
Jun ’26UK£2.98
UK£5.48
+83.72%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
May ’26UK£2.45
UK£5.48
+123.47%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
Apr ’26UK£2.88
UK£5.48
+90.10%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
Mar ’26UK£2.68
UK£5.48
+104.29%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
Feb ’26UK£3.06
UK£5.48
+78.92%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
Jan ’26UK£3.15
UK£5.48
+73.81%
7.76%UK£5.90UK£5.05n/a2
Dec ’25UK£3.58
UK£5.83
+62.71%
5.58%UK£6.15UK£5.50UK£4.312
Nov ’25UK£3.56
UK£5.83
+63.62%
5.58%UK£6.15UK£5.50UK£4.582
Oct ’25UK£4.10
UK£5.83
+42.07%
5.58%UK£6.15UK£5.50UK£3.982
Sep ’25UK£4.66
UK£5.83
+25.00%
5.58%UK£6.15UK£5.50UK£4.162
Aug ’25UK£5.06
UK£5.78
+14.13%
4.76%UK£6.05UK£5.50UK£2.712
Jul ’25UK£4.46
UK£5.78
+29.48%
4.76%UK£6.05UK£5.50UK£3.262
Jun ’25UK£5.62
UK£5.78
+2.76%
4.76%UK£6.05UK£5.50UK£2.982
May ’25UK£4.20
UK£4.60
+9.52%
8.70%UK£5.00UK£4.20UK£2.452
Apr ’25UK£3.81
UK£4.60
+20.73%
8.70%UK£5.00UK£4.20UK£2.882
Mar ’25UK£3.40
UK£4.50
+32.35%
6.67%UK£4.80UK£4.20UK£2.682
Feb ’25UK£3.82
UK£4.50
+17.80%
6.67%UK£4.80UK£4.20UK£3.062
Jan ’25UK£3.35
UK£4.50
+34.33%
6.67%UK£4.80UK£4.20UK£3.152
Dec ’24UK£3.30
UK£4.50
+36.36%
6.67%UK£4.80UK£4.20UK£3.582
UK£5.8
Fair Value
33.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
4
Number of Analysts

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/12/22 02:19
End of Day Share Price 2025/12/22 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Zotefoams plc is covered by 5 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Tom CastleBerenberg
Alexander BrooksCanaccord Genuity
Thomas RandsInvestec Bank plc (UK)