Hunting PLC

LSE:HTG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£656.9m

Hunting Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: HTG (£4.5) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (£8.69)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: HTG is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HTG. This is calculated by dividing HTG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HTG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.1x
EarningsUS$41.10m
Market CapUS$866.97m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HTG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.5x
GMS Gulf Marine Services
15x35.55%UK£214.8m
CSC Chesterfield Special Cylinders Holdings
18xn/aUK£13.7m
GKP Gulf Keystone Petroleum
33.7x24.92%UK£386.2m
ITH Ithaca Energy
19.3x10.06%UK£3.5b
HTG Hunting
21.1x16.06%UK£656.9m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HTG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the peer average (21.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HTG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Energy Services Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HTG 21.1xIndustry Avg. 11.4xNo. of Companies9PE0816243240+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HTG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the European Energy Services industry average (11.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HTG'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.

HTG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.1x
Fair PE Ratio17.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HTG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x).

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 HTG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£4.50
UK£5.54
+23.10%
7.98%UK£6.09UK£4.75n/a9
Jun ’27UK£4.64
UK£5.51
+18.87%
8.01%UK£6.05UK£4.72n/a9
May ’27UK£5.10
UK£5.50
+7.84%
7.96%UK£6.04UK£4.71n/a9
Apr ’27UK£4.85
UK£5.41
+11.58%
10.49%UK£6.05UK£4.04n/a9
Mar ’27UK£5.19
UK£4.59
-11.56%
13.23%UK£5.99UK£3.89n/a9
Feb ’27UK£4.42
UK£4.59
+3.85%
13.23%UK£5.99UK£3.89n/a9
Jan ’27UK£3.71
UK£4.43
+19.47%
16.16%UK£5.97UK£3.33n/a8
Dec ’26UK£3.75
UK£4.47
+19.49%
16.22%UK£6.05UK£3.37n/a8
Nov ’26UK£3.42
UK£4.45
+30.19%
16.22%UK£6.00UK£3.35n/a8
Oct ’26UK£3.49
UK£4.41
+26.34%
18.20%UK£6.03UK£3.32n/a8
Sep ’26UK£3.34
UK£4.31
+29.14%
19.49%UK£5.98UK£3.29n/a8
Aug ’26UK£2.98
UK£4.49
+50.99%
18.00%UK£6.04UK£3.45n/a7
Jul ’26UK£2.99
UK£4.19
+40.11%
22.23%UK£5.95UK£2.68n/a8
Jun ’26UK£2.57
UK£4.18
+62.59%
22.01%UK£5.89UK£2.66UK£4.648
May ’26UK£2.55
UK£4.50
+76.28%
15.28%UK£5.92UK£3.47UK£5.108
Apr ’26UK£3.08
UK£4.68
+51.83%
12.99%UK£5.99UK£3.91UK£4.858
Mar ’26UK£3.10
UK£4.89
+57.77%
10.91%UK£5.92UK£4.15UK£5.198
Feb ’26UK£3.51
UK£4.99
+42.25%
11.69%UK£6.00UK£4.21UK£4.427
Jan ’26UK£2.89
UK£5.02
+73.56%
12.68%UK£6.00UK£3.97UK£3.717
Dec ’25UK£3.03
UK£5.02
+65.54%
12.68%UK£6.00UK£3.97UK£3.757
Nov ’25UK£3.07
UK£5.02
+63.39%
12.68%UK£6.00UK£3.97UK£3.427
Oct ’25UK£3.80
UK£5.34
+40.63%
12.90%UK£6.62UK£4.36UK£3.497
Sep ’25UK£4.48
UK£5.29
+18.17%
13.89%UK£6.66UK£4.26UK£3.347
Aug ’25UK£4.58
UK£5.21
+13.66%
14.08%UK£6.57UK£4.33UK£2.987
Jul ’25UK£4.12
UK£4.84
+17.53%
11.79%UK£6.02UK£4.28UK£2.997
Jun ’25UK£4.18
UK£4.66
+11.53%
13.67%UK£5.98UK£3.92UK£2.577
UK£5.54
Fair Value
18.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
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 Analysis2026/06/29 09:02
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/26 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Hunting PLC is covered by 23 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael PickupBarclays
Alex SmithBerenberg
Nicholas GreenBernstein