W.A.G payment solutions plc

LSE:WPS Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£566.7m

W.A.G payment solutions Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: WPS (£0.82) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£0.91)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WPS is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WPS 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/Revenue0.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16.2x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for WPS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.8x
BOKU Boku
8.2x12.6%UK£578.4m
PAY PayPoint
1.9x-3.8%UK£574.0m
FNX Fonix
3x8.0%UK£227.6m
CABP CAB Payments Holdings
2.3x19.6%UK£202.6m
WPS W.A.G payment solutions
0.3x13.4%UK£566.7m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: WPS is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the peer average (3.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WPS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Diversified Financial Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a10.1%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a10.1%
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: WPS is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the UK Diversified Financial industry average (1.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WPS'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.

WPS PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.3x
Fair PS Ratio1.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: WPS is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x).


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 WPS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£0.82
UK£1.19
+45.0%
13.0%UK£1.36UK£0.84n/a9
Nov ’25UK£0.81
UK£1.19
+47.1%
13.0%UK£1.36UK£0.84n/a9
Oct ’25UK£0.80
UK£1.18
+47.1%
12.3%UK£1.33UK£0.84n/a9
Sep ’25UK£0.68
UK£1.22
+79.7%
11.4%UK£1.37UK£0.92n/a9
Aug ’25UK£0.68
UK£1.21
+78.3%
11.4%UK£1.36UK£0.91n/a9
Jul ’25UK£0.63
UK£1.22
+93.0%
11.9%UK£1.41UK£0.91n/a9
Jun ’25UK£0.70
UK£1.23
+75.9%
12.6%UK£1.39UK£0.90n/a9
May ’25UK£0.67
UK£1.25
+87.2%
12.2%UK£1.39UK£0.91n/a9
Apr ’25UK£0.67
UK£1.26
+88.7%
12.7%UK£1.45UK£0.91n/a9
Mar ’25UK£0.78
UK£1.29
+65.9%
8.7%UK£1.45UK£1.11n/a9
Feb ’25UK£0.85
UK£1.29
+52.2%
9.1%UK£1.48UK£1.10n/a9
Jan ’25UK£0.90
UK£1.34
+48.6%
8.4%UK£1.48UK£1.18n/a7
Dec ’24UK£0.90
UK£1.36
+51.3%
7.7%UK£1.51UK£1.20n/a7
Nov ’24UK£0.91
UK£1.36
+48.9%
7.7%UK£1.51UK£1.20UK£0.817
Oct ’24UK£0.92
UK£1.40
+52.7%
13.1%UK£1.80UK£1.21UK£0.807
Sep ’24UK£0.90
UK£1.41
+56.1%
12.0%UK£1.78UK£1.19UK£0.687
Aug ’24UK£0.96
UK£1.40
+45.9%
12.8%UK£1.78UK£1.14UK£0.687
Jul ’24UK£0.88
UK£1.42
+60.3%
13.1%UK£1.80UK£1.11UK£0.637
Jun ’24UK£0.97
UK£1.44
+48.9%
14.1%UK£1.82UK£1.13UK£0.706
May ’24UK£0.97
UK£1.44
+48.6%
14.1%UK£1.82UK£1.13UK£0.676
Apr ’24UK£0.94
UK£1.46
+55.6%
15.4%UK£1.84UK£1.14UK£0.675
Mar ’24UK£0.80
UK£1.46
+82.0%
15.2%UK£1.82UK£1.13UK£0.785
Feb ’24UK£0.79
UK£1.46
+83.3%
15.2%UK£1.82UK£1.13UK£0.855
Jan ’24UK£0.79
UK£1.45
+83.0%
16.0%UK£1.79UK£1.13UK£0.904
Dec ’23UK£0.80
UK£1.50
+87.1%
16.1%UK£1.79UK£1.13UK£0.904
Nov ’23UK£0.82
UK£1.48
+80.8%
15.9%UK£1.81UK£1.14UK£0.914

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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