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Irish (ISEQ) Market Analysis & Valuation

UpdatedAug 04, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies18
  • 7D-2.9%
  • 3M-8.7%
  • 1Y-0.3%
  • YTD0.5%

Over the last 7 days, the market has dropped 2.9%, driven by a pullback of 8.3% in the Financials sector. In contrast, the Consumer Staples sector has actually gained 6.4%. Although the market performance has been flat over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 3.8% annually.

Market Valuation and Performance

Has the Irish Market valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 04 Aug 2024€77.4b€50.4b€7.3b13.3x10.5x1.5x
Tue, 02 Jul 2024€89.0b€61.5b€8.1b14.2x11x1.4x
Thu, 30 May 2024€94.5b€61.5b€8.1b15x11.6x1.5x
Sat, 27 Apr 2024€97.1b€61.2b€8.2b13.9x11.8x1.6x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024€96.1b€61.2b€8.2b14.3x11.7x1.6x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024€91.9b€60.1b€7.5b11.4x12.3x1.5x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024€85.3b€61.7b€7.7b10.5x11.1x1.4x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023€87.0b€61.7b€7.7b10.9x11.3x1.4x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023€81.9b€61.8b€7.7b10x10.6x1.3x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023€83.4b€60.9b€7.3b10.2x11.5x1.4x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023€85.1b€61.0b€7.3b10.3x11.6x1.4x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023€89.4b€61.1b€7.2b10.3x12.4x1.5x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023€84.2b€59.3b€5.8b12.4x14.4x1.4x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023€84.9b€59.2b€5.8b13x14.6x1.4x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023€84.5b€58.6b€5.9b12.3x14.4x1.4x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023€81.2b€58.6b€5.9b11.8x13.8x1.4x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023€84.1b€57.1b€5.9b12.7x14.4x1.5x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023€82.3b€53.7b€5.7b13x14.3x1.5x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022€75.0b€53.7b€5.7b12.1x13.1x1.4x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022€76.9b€53.7b€5.7b13.7x13.4x1.4x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022€68.2b€51.5b€4.9b12.7x13.9x1.3x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022€58.5b€43.2b€4.0b17x14.5x1.4x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022€58.0b€41.0b€3.8b19.6x15.1x1.4x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022€51.8b€36.8b€3.0b17.3x17.3x1.4x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022€63.0b€36.9b€3.0b18.6x20.8x1.7x
Mon, 02 May 2022€114.2b€72.6b€6.0b18.9x18.9x1.6x
Wed, 30 Mar 2022€114.8b€71.1b€5.9b21.5x19.4x1.6x
Fri, 25 Feb 2022€114.9b€67.8b€3.7b22.7x30.9x1.7x
Sun, 23 Jan 2022€125.4b€63.8b€3.1b27.2x40.3x2x
Tue, 21 Dec 2021€121.2b€63.9b€3.1b26.5x38.8x1.9x
Thu, 18 Nov 2021€150.9b€71.0b€3.0b21x50.5x2.1x
Sat, 16 Oct 2021€152.1b€69.5b€2.5b23.3x60.8x2.2x
Mon, 13 Sep 2021€157.0b€68.8b€2.5b23.6x64x2.3x
Wed, 11 Aug 2021€158.3b€68.8b€2.5b23.1x64.5x2.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

64.5x


Total Market Cap: €158.3bTotal Earnings: €2.5bTotal Revenue: €68.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Irish Market Price to Earnings3Y Average 20.9x202220232024
Current Market PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Irish market, indicating that they anticipate earnings will not grow as fast as they have historically.
  • The market is trading at a PE ratio of 10.5x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 20.9x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for Irish listed companies have grown 44% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 9.8% per year.
  • This means that less sales are being generated overall, but since the cost of doing business is lower, profits are increasing.

Sector Trends

Which sectors have driven the changes within the Irish Market?

IE Market-2.89%
Consumer Staples6.37%
Healthcare3.55%
Utilities2.81%
Energy0%
Materials0%
Tech0%
Telecom0%
Information Technology0%
Financials0%
Health Care0%
Industrials0%
Real Estate-0.32%
Consumer Discretionary-2.73%
Industrials-4.55%
Financials-8.29%
Sector PE
  • Investors favour the Healthcare sector the most for future growth even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 23.7x.
    • The market's confidence is likely because analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 8.3% which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 1.7% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Utilities sector, expecting annual earnings growth of 19% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 49% per year.
  • In contrast, the Financials sector is expected to see its earnings decline by 8.8% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuationSector
KRZ Kerry Group€87.658.9%
+€1.2b
-3.6%PE22.7xConsumer Staples
PTSB Permanent TSB Group Holdings€1.543.7%
+€30.0m
-30.2%PB0.3xFinancials
UPR Uniphar€2.604.0%
+€27.3m
-14.0%PE15.8xHealthcare
GRP Greencoat Renewables€0.922.8%
+€26.8m
-14.0%PE14.8xUtilities
DLE Datalex€0.444.8%
+€2.7m
-23.5%PS2.2xTech
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A5G

€4.99

AIB Group

7D

-6.0%

1Y

17.1%

BIRG

€9.16

Bank of Ireland Group

7D

-12.3%

1Y

-7.2%

PTSB

€1.54

Permanent TSB Group Holdings

7D

3.7%

1Y

-30.2%

UPR

€2.60

Uniphar

7D

4.0%

1Y

-14.0%

GRP

€0.92

Greencoat Renewables

7D

2.8%

1Y

-14.0%

SK3

€41.44

Smurfit Kappa Group

7D

-0.4%

1Y

33.5%

DHG

€4.07

Dalata Hotel Group

7D

-3.1%

1Y

-1.9%

OIZ

€3.10

Origin Enterprises

7D

0.6%

1Y

-6.8%

GVR

€1.36

Glenveagh Properties

7D

-2.3%

1Y

25.7%

KRX

€80.75

Kingspan Group

7D

-3.5%

1Y

8.0%

MLC

€5.95

Malin

7D

0.8%

1Y

36.5%