Bureau Veritas Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: BVI (€28.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€30.19)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BVI 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 BVI?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BVI. This is calculated by dividing BVI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BVI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.1x
Earnings€505.50m
Market Cap€12.68b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BVI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average35.2x
53.5xn/a€89.0m
CACI CACI International
23.1x8.0%US$10.7b
J Jacobs Solutions
28.4x12.0%US$16.8b
ULS UL Solutions
35.7x8.9%US$10.6b
BVI Bureau Veritas
25.1x9.6%€12.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BVI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) compared to the peer average (35.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BVI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Professional Services Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BVI 25.1xIndustry Avg. 18.3xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BVI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x) compared to the European Professional Services industry average (18.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BVI'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.

BVI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.1x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate BVI's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 BVI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€28.32
€32.96
+16.4%
8.5%€40.00€28.50n/a17
Nov ’25€29.34
€32.96
+12.4%
8.5%€40.00€28.50n/a17
Oct ’25€29.92
€32.19
+7.6%
9.9%€39.00€26.00n/a17
Sep ’25€29.84
€31.98
+7.2%
10.3%€39.50€26.00n/a18
Aug ’25€29.06
€31.98
+10.1%
10.3%€39.50€26.00n/a18
Jul ’25€26.80
€30.83
+15.0%
8.8%€37.00€26.00n/a18
Jun ’25€27.76
€30.85
+11.1%
8.8%€37.00€26.00n/a18
May ’25€27.62
€30.85
+11.7%
8.8%€37.00€26.00n/a18
Apr ’25€28.19
€30.06
+6.6%
10.3%€37.00€24.00n/a18
Mar ’25€27.02
€28.30
+4.7%
10.3%€37.00€24.00n/a17
Feb ’25€24.70
€27.01
+9.4%
11.7%€35.50€22.00n/a18
Jan ’25€22.84
€26.90
+17.8%
11.8%€35.50€22.00n/a18
Dec ’24€22.33
€26.96
+20.7%
12.0%€36.00€22.00n/a18
Nov ’24€21.51
€27.15
+26.2%
11.7%€36.00€22.00€29.3418
Oct ’24€22.97
€28.38
+23.5%
10.9%€37.00€23.00€29.9217
Sep ’24€24.76
€28.28
+14.2%
10.7%€36.00€23.00€29.8416
Aug ’24€25.10
€27.96
+11.4%
11.4%€36.00€23.00€29.0617
Jul ’24€24.66
€27.81
+12.8%
10.5%€35.00€23.00€26.8017
Jun ’24€23.98
€27.83
+16.1%
10.5%€35.00€23.00€27.7617
May ’24€26.43
€27.83
+5.3%
10.5%€35.00€23.00€27.6217
Apr ’24n/a
€28.56
0%
10.1%€35.00€24.00€28.1916
Mar ’24n/a
€28.09
0%
10.4%€33.00€23.00€27.0216
Feb ’24€26.35
€27.78
+5.4%
10.0%€33.00€23.00€24.7016
Jan ’24€24.85
€27.76
+11.7%
11.5%€34.00€22.00€22.8417
Dec ’23€25.33
€27.76
+9.6%
11.5%€34.00€22.00€22.3317
Nov ’23€25.21
€27.34
+8.5%
11.6%€34.00€22.00€21.5118

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


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