Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Limited

CHIA:SXE Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$413.6m

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: SXE (A$1.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$2.37)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SXE 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/Revenue0.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA9x
PEG Ratio1.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SXE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.9x
GNP GenusPlus Group
22.6x18.9%AU$447.9m
CVL Civmec
10.6x2.7%AU$474.6m
LYL Lycopodium
8.2xn/aAU$414.3m
DUR Duratec
18.2x13.6%AU$399.5m
SXE Southern Cross Electrical Engineering
18.9x12.8%AU$413.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SXE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.9x) compared to the peer average (15.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SXE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the AU Construction Industry?

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Industry Avg.n/a12.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SXE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.9x) compared to the Global Construction industry average (15.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SXE'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.

SXE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.9x
Fair PE Ratio18.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SXE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.9x).


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 SXE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$1.56
AU$2.15
+37.8%
3.3%AU$2.25AU$2.10n/a3
Nov ’25AU$1.62
AU$2.15
+32.7%
3.3%AU$2.25AU$2.10n/a3
Oct ’25AU$1.82
AU$2.15
+18.5%
3.3%AU$2.25AU$2.10n/a3
Sep ’25AU$1.87
AU$2.15
+14.8%
3.3%AU$2.25AU$2.10n/a3
Aug ’25AU$1.78
AU$2.01
+13.1%
3.3%AU$2.10AU$1.94n/a3
Jul ’25AU$1.69
AU$1.87
+10.7%
3.7%AU$1.94AU$1.80n/a2

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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