Klöckner & Co Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: KCO (€4.77) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€33.11)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for KCO. This is calculated by dividing KCO's market cap by their current revenue.
What is KCO's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.07x
Sales€6.75b
Market Cap€471.32m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for KCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.2x
FKA Frauenthal Holding
0.2xn/a€177.5m
POS PORR
0.1x2.6%€608.6m
PAL Palfinger
0.3x1.6%€682.8m
SEM Semperit Holding
0.3x6.3%€235.8m
KCO Klöckner & Co
0.07x4.8%€471.3m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: KCO is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (0.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

18 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.5x3.8%
KCO Klöckner & Co
0.07x4.8%US$490.80m
KCO 0.1xIndustry Avg. 0.5xNo. of Companies18PS00.61.21.82.43+
18 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.5x10.8%
KCO Klöckner & Co
0.07x111.2%US$490.80m
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: KCO is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the European Trade Distributors industry average (0.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KCO'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.

KCO PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.07x
Fair PS Ratio0.1x

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


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 KCO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€4.77
€7.55
+58.4%
21.7%€10.00€5.70n/a4
Nov ’25€4.66
€7.88
+69.2%
18.2%€10.00€6.00n/a4
Oct ’25€5.18
€7.88
+52.0%
18.2%€10.00€6.00n/a4
Sep ’25€5.22
€7.88
+50.9%
18.2%€10.00€6.00n/a4
Aug ’25€5.12
€8.00
+56.3%
15.9%€10.00€6.50n/a4
Jul ’25€5.56
€9.08
+63.2%
12.2%€10.00€7.30n/a4
Jun ’25€6.11
€9.08
+48.5%
12.2%€10.00€7.30n/a4
May ’25€6.64
€9.20
+38.6%
9.8%€10.00€7.80n/a4
Apr ’25€6.77
€9.70
+43.4%
15.9%€12.00€7.80n/a4
Mar ’25€6.51
€10.00
+53.6%
16.3%€12.00€8.00n/a3
Feb ’25€6.78
€10.50
+55.0%
16.9%€12.00€8.00n/a3
Jan ’25€6.90
€10.50
+52.2%
16.9%€12.00€8.00n/a3
Dec ’24€6.23
€10.50
+68.7%
16.9%€12.00€8.00n/a3
Nov ’24€5.56
€10.50
+88.8%
16.9%€12.00€8.00€4.663
Oct ’24€6.83
€10.83
+58.6%
12.1%€12.00€9.00€5.183
Sep ’24€7.96
€10.83
+36.1%
12.1%€12.00€9.00€5.223
Aug ’24€8.52
€11.17
+31.1%
7.6%€12.00€10.00€5.123
Jul ’24€8.91
€10.95
+23.0%
7.5%€12.00€10.00€5.564
Jun ’24€8.95
€10.95
+22.4%
7.5%€12.00€10.00€6.114
May ’24€10.13
€10.95
+8.1%
7.5%€12.00€10.00€6.644
Apr ’24€9.91
€9.93
+0.2%
3.3%€10.30€9.50€6.773
Mar ’24€10.44
€9.60
-8.0%
5.6%€10.30€9.00€6.513
Feb ’24€9.69
€9.60
-0.9%
5.6%€10.30€9.00€6.783
Jan ’24€9.17
€9.60
+4.7%
5.6%€10.30€9.00€6.903
Dec ’23€9.07
€10.05
+10.9%
15.8%€12.40€8.00€6.234
Nov ’23€8.09
€10.43
+28.9%
15.3%€12.40€8.00€5.564

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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