SGL Carbon Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SGL (€4.54) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€16.61)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SGL. This is calculated by dividing SGL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SGL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8.1x
Earnings€68.50m
Market Cap€552.66m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SGL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9x
ZAG Zumtobel Group
7.7xn/a€210.2m
POS PORR
6.4x14.3%€583.3m
PAL Palfinger
6.4x-0.3%€689.8m
SEM Semperit Holding
15.6x47.0%€234.5m
SGL SGL Carbon
8.1x18.5%€552.7m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SGL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.1x) compared to the peer average (9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SGL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electrical Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SGL 8.1xIndustry Avg. 17.0xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SGL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.1x) compared to the European Electrical industry average (17x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SGL'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.

SGL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.1x
Fair PE Ratio10.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SGL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x).


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 SGL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€4.54
€9.78
+115.7%
11.1%€11.40€8.40n/a5
Nov ’25€4.73
€9.98
+111.0%
8.9%€11.40€9.00n/a5
Oct ’25€5.38
€10.42
+93.7%
9.5%€11.40€9.00n/a5
Sep ’25€5.73
€10.42
+81.8%
9.5%€11.40€9.00n/a5
Aug ’25€6.12
€10.40
+69.9%
6.3%€11.40€9.50n/a5
Jul ’25€6.44
€10.40
+61.5%
6.3%€11.40€9.50n/a5
Jun ’25€7.03
€17.90
+154.6%
83.6%€47.80€9.50n/a5
May ’25€6.75
€10.48
+55.3%
6.9%€11.40€9.50n/a5
Apr ’25€6.94
€10.58
+52.4%
7.9%€11.70€9.50n/a5
Mar ’25€6.13
€10.18
+66.1%
13.2%€11.70€8.00n/a5
Feb ’25€5.87
€10.18
+73.6%
13.2%€11.70€8.00n/a5
Jan ’25€6.52
€10.64
+63.3%
13.0%€11.70€8.00n/a5
Dec ’24€6.13
€10.64
+73.6%
13.0%€11.70€8.00n/a5
Nov ’24€5.86
€10.90
+86.2%
15.2%€13.00€8.00€4.735
Oct ’24€6.62
€10.68
+61.5%
15.2%€13.00€8.00€5.385
Sep ’24€6.96
€10.54
+51.5%
17.6%€13.00€7.30€5.735
Aug ’24€7.50
€10.54
+40.5%
17.6%€13.00€7.30€6.125
Jul ’24€8.42
€11.98
+42.3%
9.0%€13.00€10.50€6.444
Jun ’24€8.52
€10.28
+20.8%
24.9%€13.00€6.50€7.036
May ’24€8.35
€10.16
+21.7%
27.3%€13.00€6.50€6.755
Apr ’24€9.07
€8.92
-1.7%
25.3%€13.00€6.50€6.945
Mar ’24€9.11
€8.92
-2.1%
25.3%€13.00€6.50€6.135
Feb ’24€7.90
€7.94
+0.6%
11.4%€9.00€6.50€5.875
Jan ’24€6.96
€7.94
+14.1%
11.4%€9.00€6.50€6.525
Dec ’23€7.49
€7.03
-6.0%
31.1%€9.00€2.50€6.136
Nov ’23€7.37
€7.03
-4.6%
31.1%€9.00€2.50€5.866

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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