IMCD Valuation

Is IMCD 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-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: IMCD (€146.75) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€149.37)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IMCD 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 IMCD?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

IMCD 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/Revenue2.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA18.6x
PEG Ratio4.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IMCD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.8x
FKA Frauenthal Holding
14.3xn/a€205.9m
ANDR Andritz
10.6x6.1%€5.4b
STR Strabag
7.7x-9.0%€4.8b
RXL Rexel
10.7x3.1%€8.3b
IMCD IMCD
28.8x6.7%€8.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IMCD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.8x) compared to the peer average (10.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IMCD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Trade Distributors Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.2%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IMCD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.8x) compared to the European Trade Distributors industry average (15.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IMCD'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.

IMCD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio28.8x
Fair PE Ratio12.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IMCD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.3x).


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 IMCD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€146.75
€156.96
+7.0%
14.5%€190.00€116.00n/a15
May ’25€136.45
€158.23
+16.0%
15.4%€200.00€116.00n/a15
Apr ’25€164.20
€157.36
-4.2%
16.0%€200.00€116.00n/a15
Mar ’25€150.95
€145.36
-3.7%
13.3%€178.00€116.00n/a15
Feb ’25€141.25
€144.76
+2.5%
13.0%€178.00€116.00n/a15
Jan ’25€158.10
€143.59
-9.2%
11.8%€175.00€116.00n/a15
Dec ’24€141.75
€143.59
+1.3%
11.8%€175.00€116.00n/a15
Nov ’24€113.95
€143.30
+25.8%
11.8%€175.00€115.00n/a15
Oct ’24€116.95
€147.77
+26.4%
13.4%€185.00€116.00n/a15
Sep ’24€127.15
€152.83
+20.2%
12.7%€185.00€116.00n/a15
Aug ’24€136.75
€160.38
+17.3%
15.1%€200.00€116.00n/a13
Jul ’24€127.40
€161.54
+26.8%
15.2%€200.00€116.00n/a13
Jun ’24€140.25
€161.92
+15.5%
15.5%€205.00€116.00n/a13
May ’24€147.45
€162.75
+10.4%
16.9%€210.00€116.00€136.4512
Apr ’24n/a
€161.67
0%
17.6%€210.00€116.00€164.2012
Mar ’24n/a
€157.31
0%
17.6%€200.00€116.00€150.9513
Feb ’24€146.00
€157.31
+7.7%
17.6%€200.00€116.00€141.2513
Jan ’24€134.98
€157.69
+16.8%
17.4%€200.00€116.00€158.1013
Dec ’23n/a
€160.14
0%
16.6%€200.00€116.00€141.7512
Nov ’23n/a
€161.23
0%
14.8%€200.00€116.00€113.9512
Oct ’23n/a
€162.98
0%
15.9%€201.00€116.00€116.9512
Sep ’23n/a
€162.98
0%
15.9%€201.00€116.00€127.1512
Aug ’23n/a
€159.08
0%
12.8%€200.00€133.00€136.7512
Jul ’23n/a
€161.25
0%
14.0%€215.00€133.00€127.4012
Jun ’23n/a
€162.27
0%
14.4%€215.00€133.00€140.2511
May ’23n/a
€160.17
0%
15.5%€215.00€128.00€147.4512

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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