Fletcher Building Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: FBU (A$3.37) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$7.15)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

FBU key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.6x
PEG Ratio2.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for FBU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.3x
RWC Reliance Worldwide
20.6x13.2%AU$3.9b
GWA GWA Group
14.8x5.6%AU$663.0m
VNT Ventia Services Group
16.1x7.8%AU$3.0b
EMB Embelton
17.8xn/aAU$20.5m
FBU Fletcher Building
125.7x49.9%AU$2.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FBU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (125.7x) compared to the peer average (17.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FBU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Building Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FBU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (125.7x) compared to the Global Building industry average (17.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FBU'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.

FBU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio125.7x
Fair PE Ratio51.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FBU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (125.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (51.6x).


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 FBU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$3.37
AU$4.13
+22.5%
16.3%AU$5.44AU$3.14n/a10
Apr ’25AU$3.81
AU$4.22
+10.8%
16.3%AU$5.56AU$3.21n/a10
Mar ’25AU$3.93
AU$4.28
+8.9%
15.6%AU$5.61AU$3.24n/a11
Feb ’25AU$4.21
AU$5.28
+25.4%
9.2%AU$5.93AU$4.31n/a11
Jan ’25AU$4.41
AU$5.26
+19.3%
9.2%AU$5.95AU$4.33n/a11
Dec ’24AU$4.33
AU$5.27
+21.7%
8.3%AU$5.86AU$4.26n/a10
Nov ’24AU$3.97
AU$5.27
+32.7%
8.3%AU$5.86AU$4.26n/a10
Oct ’24AU$4.33
AU$5.62
+29.9%
8.2%AU$6.34AU$4.66n/a10
Sep ’24AU$4.42
AU$5.65
+27.9%
10.1%AU$6.84AU$4.63n/a10
Aug ’24AU$5.19
AU$5.79
+11.7%
11.7%AU$7.06AU$4.77n/a10
Jul ’24AU$5.00
AU$5.78
+15.5%
12.1%AU$7.08AU$4.78n/a10
Jun ’24AU$4.60
AU$5.81
+26.3%
12.4%AU$7.26AU$4.80n/a10
May ’24AU$4.28
AU$5.78
+35.0%
12.2%AU$7.24AU$4.79AU$3.3910
Apr ’24AU$4.07
AU$5.66
+39.0%
12.9%AU$7.26AU$4.67AU$3.8110
Mar ’24AU$4.29
AU$5.66
+31.9%
12.9%AU$7.26AU$4.67AU$3.9310
Feb ’24AU$4.76
AU$5.88
+23.5%
9.7%AU$7.30AU$5.11AU$4.2110
Jan ’24AU$4.45
AU$6.11
+37.4%
9.7%AU$7.51AU$5.07AU$4.4110
Dec ’23AU$4.73
AU$6.01
+27.0%
9.1%AU$7.38AU$5.46AU$4.3310
Nov ’23AU$4.75
AU$5.99
+26.1%
9.1%AU$7.36AU$5.44AU$3.9710
Oct ’23AU$4.24
AU$6.07
+43.1%
10.3%AU$7.30AU$5.34AU$4.3310
Sep ’23AU$4.93
AU$6.05
+22.7%
9.7%AU$7.09AU$5.34AU$4.4210
Aug ’23AU$4.57
AU$6.42
+40.5%
14.7%AU$8.10AU$5.40AU$5.1910
Jul ’23AU$4.48
AU$6.55
+46.2%
13.6%AU$8.19AU$5.46AU$5.0010
Jun ’23AU$4.92
AU$6.82
+38.7%
11.4%AU$8.18AU$5.45AU$4.6010
May ’23AU$5.65
AU$7.14
+26.4%
10.5%AU$8.40AU$5.60AU$4.2810

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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