Canacol Energy Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
CA$50.90
Fair Value
95.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
3
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: CNE (CA$2.18) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$50.9)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As CNE is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for CNE. This is calculated by dividing CNE's market cap by their current revenue.
What is CNE's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.1x
SalesUS$368.51m
Market CapUS$54.11m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for CNE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.6x
LCX Lycos Energy
0.5x-6.07%CA$71.3m
QEC Questerre Energy
3.5xn/aCA$135.0m
TXP Touchstone Exploration
1.3x35.45%CA$69.2m
JOY Journey Energy
0.9x16.33%CA$147.6m
CNE Canacol Energy
0.1x-4.17%CA$74.0m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: CNE is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (1.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does CNE's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Oil and Gas Industry?

16 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.2.1x3.5%
CNE Canacol Energy
0.1x-4.17%US$54.11m
PKI Parkland
0.2x3.03%US$4.92b
GEI Gibson Energy
0.4x-7.25%US$2.94b
CNE 0.1xIndustry Avg. 2.1xNo. of Companies24PS01.63.24.86.48+
16 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.2.1x5.7%
CNE Canacol Energy
0.1x41.35%US$54.11m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: CNE is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the Canadian Oil and Gas industry average (2.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CNE'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.

CNE PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.1x
Fair PS Ratio1.8x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: CNE is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.8x).


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 CNE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$2.18
CA$3.58
+64.37%
8.70%CA$4.00CA$3.25n/a3
Jul ’26CA$2.64
CA$3.58
+35.73%
8.70%CA$4.00CA$3.25n/a3
Jun ’26CA$2.75
CA$3.58
+30.30%
8.70%CA$4.00CA$3.25n/a3
May ’26CA$2.95
CA$4.67
+58.19%
18.21%CA$5.50CA$3.50n/a3
Apr ’26CA$3.73
CA$4.67
+25.11%
18.21%CA$5.50CA$3.50n/a3
Mar ’26CA$3.84
CA$4.67
+21.53%
18.21%CA$5.50CA$3.50n/a3
Feb ’26CA$3.81
CA$4.67
+22.48%
18.21%CA$5.50CA$3.50n/a3
Jan ’26CA$3.84
CA$4.91
+27.93%
17.31%CA$5.65CA$3.50n/a4
Dec ’25CA$3.86
CA$4.91
+27.27%
17.31%CA$5.65CA$3.50n/a4
Nov ’25CA$2.82
CA$5.66
+100.80%
28.16%CA$8.00CA$3.50n/a4
Oct ’25CA$3.50
CA$5.66
+61.79%
28.16%CA$8.00CA$3.50n/a4
Sep ’25CA$3.70
CA$5.66
+53.04%
28.16%CA$8.00CA$3.50n/a4
Aug ’25CA$4.38
CA$6.13
+39.95%
27.82%CA$8.00CA$3.50n/a5
Jul ’25CA$4.33
CA$6.11
+41.11%
28.04%CA$8.00CA$3.50CA$2.645
Jun ’25CA$4.59
CA$6.11
+33.12%
28.04%CA$8.00CA$3.50CA$2.755
May ’25CA$4.90
CA$6.11
+24.69%
28.04%CA$8.00CA$3.50CA$2.955
Apr ’25CA$4.74
CA$6.81
+43.67%
16.35%CA$8.00CA$5.40CA$3.735
Mar ’25CA$5.20
CA$7.74
+48.85%
10.58%CA$9.00CA$6.70CA$3.845
Feb ’25CA$6.00
CA$8.80
+46.67%
15.08%CA$11.00CA$7.00CA$3.815
Jan ’25CA$6.96
CA$8.80
+26.44%
15.08%CA$11.00CA$7.00CA$3.845
Dec ’24CA$6.85
CA$9.10
+32.85%
11.21%CA$11.00CA$8.00CA$3.865
Nov ’24CA$6.65
CA$9.30
+39.85%
9.37%CA$11.00CA$8.50CA$2.825
Oct ’24CA$10.73
CA$22.50
+109.69%
32.02%CA$32.50CA$16.00CA$3.505
Sep ’24CA$11.50
CA$24.13
+109.78%
29.80%CA$32.50CA$16.50CA$3.704
Aug ’24CA$12.12
CA$26.75
+120.71%
22.06%CA$32.50CA$17.00CA$4.384
Jul ’24CA$10.53
CA$26.75
+154.04%
22.06%CA$32.50CA$17.00CA$4.334
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 3 Analysts
CA$3.58
Fair Value
39.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
3
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 Analysis2025/07/16 16:59
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/16 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
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

* 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

Canacol Energy Ltd is covered by 26 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Randy OllenbergerBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Daniel GuardiolaBTG Pactual
Natalia AgudeloBTG Pactual Chile S.A. Corredores de Bolsa