Italgas Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IG (€5.69) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€8.43)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IG. This is calculated by dividing IG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.6x
Earnings€477.47m
Market Cap€4.60b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14x
EVN EVN
7.4x-7.7%€4.4b
SR Spire
17.8x7.4%US$4.2b
384 China Gas Holdings
10.9x12.6%HK$34.6b
OGS ONE Gas
20.1x11.4%US$4.5b
IG Italgas
9.6x13.4%€4.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the peer average (14.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Gas Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IG 9.6xIndustry Avg. 14.3xNo. of Companies16PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the Global Gas Utilities industry average (14.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IG'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.

IG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.6x
Fair PE Ratio13.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.6x).


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 IG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€5.69
€6.14
+8.0%
6.4%€7.20€5.60n/a12
Nov ’25€5.66
€6.14
+8.5%
6.4%€7.20€5.60n/a12
Oct ’25€5.49
€5.79
+5.4%
5.8%€6.30€5.10n/a13
Sep ’25€5.09
€5.81
+14.1%
6.1%€6.40€5.10n/a13
Aug ’25€4.90
€5.84
+19.2%
6.2%€6.40€5.00n/a13
Jul ’25€4.69
€5.85
+24.8%
6.3%€6.40€5.00n/a12
Jun ’25€4.88
€5.88
+20.4%
5.4%€6.40€5.20n/a13
May ’25€5.27
€5.91
+12.3%
6.1%€6.50€5.20n/a14
Apr ’25€5.36
€5.96
+11.2%
7.0%€6.90€5.20n/a14
Mar ’25€5.07
€5.96
+17.7%
8.3%€6.90€5.20n/a14
Feb ’25€5.25
€5.96
+13.5%
8.3%€6.90€5.20n/a14
Jan ’25€5.19
€5.90
+13.8%
8.9%€6.90€5.20n/a13
Dec ’24€5.12
€5.91
+15.5%
8.7%€6.90€5.20n/a13
Nov ’24€4.80
€5.91
+23.2%
8.7%€6.90€5.20€5.6613
Oct ’24€4.86
€6.04
+24.2%
7.4%€6.90€5.40€5.4913
Sep ’24€5.26
€6.05
+15.0%
7.2%€7.00€5.50€5.0914
Aug ’24€5.39
€6.03
+12.0%
7.5%€7.00€5.45€4.9014
Jul ’24€5.44
€6.04
+11.1%
7.3%€7.00€5.40€4.6914
Jun ’24€5.35
€6.05
+13.1%
7.1%€7.00€5.40€4.8814
May ’24€5.91
€6.01
+1.8%
7.3%€7.00€5.40€5.2714
Apr ’24€5.64
€5.98
+6.1%
7.5%€7.00€5.40€5.3614
Mar ’24€5.29
€5.94
+12.3%
8.3%€7.00€5.30€5.0714
Feb ’24€5.37
€5.94
+10.5%
8.0%€7.00€5.30€5.2514
Jan ’24€5.25
€5.88
+12.2%
8.3%€7.00€5.30€5.1913
Dec ’23€5.60
€5.83
+4.2%
8.4%€7.00€5.30€5.1214
Nov ’23€5.19
€5.83
+12.4%
8.4%€7.00€5.30€4.8014

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


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