Safran Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: SAF (€217.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€324.79)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SAF. This is calculated by dividing SAF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SAF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio56x
Earnings€1.64b
Market Cap€91.77b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SAF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29.2x
FACC FACC
14x43.3%€294.0m
TDG TransDigm Group
47.5x17.2%US$70.5b
AIR Airbus
33.5x21.8%€109.5b
GD General Dynamics
21.6x9.2%US$79.1b
SAF Safran
56x20.0%€91.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SAF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (56x) compared to the peer average (29.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SAF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Aerospace & Defense Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SAF 56.0xIndustry Avg. 22.9xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SAF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (56x) compared to the European Aerospace & Defense industry average (22.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SAF'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.

SAF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio56x
Fair PE Ratio21.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SAF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (56x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.6x).


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 SAF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€217.60
€230.68
+6.0%
6.1%€260.00€200.00n/a19
Nov ’25€210.30
€227.42
+8.1%
5.0%€246.00€200.00n/a19
Oct ’25€213.20
€224.42
+5.3%
6.7%€247.00€193.00n/a19
Sep ’25€200.00
€218.26
+9.1%
10.3%€247.00€145.00n/a19
Aug ’25€196.65
€218.79
+11.3%
10.4%€247.00€145.00n/a19
Jul ’25€202.90
€218.05
+7.5%
11.1%€260.00€145.00n/a19
Jun ’25€215.00
€216.11
+0.5%
10.9%€260.00€145.00n/a19
May ’25€206.10
€210.37
+2.1%
11.5%€260.00€145.00n/a19
Apr ’25€209.65
€200.21
-4.5%
9.6%€230.00€145.00n/a19
Mar ’25€194.74
€193.89
-0.4%
11.6%€230.00€145.00n/a19
Feb ’25€170.96
€182.63
+6.8%
9.6%€215.00€145.00n/a19
Jan ’25€159.90
€177.80
+11.2%
9.3%€215.00€145.00n/a20
Dec ’24€164.12
€175.55
+7.0%
7.5%€200.00€145.00n/a20
Nov ’24€147.46
€176.05
+19.4%
7.7%€200.00€145.00€210.3020
Oct ’24€149.34
€174.63
+16.9%
8.5%€203.00€145.00€213.2019
Sep ’24€147.34
€171.84
+16.6%
9.9%€203.00€140.00€200.0019
Aug ’24€151.64
€170.61
+12.5%
9.4%€203.00€140.00€196.6518
Jul ’24€143.04
€162.02
+13.3%
10.7%€201.00€127.30€202.9019
Jun ’24€137.02
€158.61
+15.8%
10.2%€201.00€127.30€215.0017
May ’24€141.56
€156.96
+10.9%
11.4%€201.00€127.30€206.1016
Apr ’24€137.48
€154.72
+12.5%
12.0%€203.00€127.30€209.6517
Mar ’24€134.22
€153.31
+14.2%
12.1%€203.00€127.30€194.7417
Feb ’24€132.58
€147.49
+11.2%
12.7%€198.00€118.00€170.9617
Jan ’24€117.38
€141.14
+20.2%
15.5%€207.00€112.00€159.9017
Dec ’23€116.42
€141.02
+21.1%
15.6%€207.00€112.00€164.1217
Nov ’23€113.24
€138.83
+22.6%
13.7%€189.00€112.00€147.4616

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


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