ALS Limited

ASX:ALQ Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$7.4b

ALS Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ALQ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ALQ (A$15.25) is trading above our estimate of fair value (A$10.04)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ALQ is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As ALQ is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ALQ. This is calculated by dividing ALQ's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ALQ's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio2.7x
SalesAU$2.70b
Market CapAU$7.39b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does ALQ's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for ALQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.9x
IPH IPH
2.3x5.1%AU$1.4b
KPG Kelly Partners Group Holdings
4.2xn/aAU$451.2m
C79 Chrysos
12x28.4%AU$543.5m
CUP Count
1.2x16.9%AU$129.7m
ALQ ALS
2.7x7.3%AU$7.4b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ALQ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.7x) compared to the peer average (4.9x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does ALQ's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the AU Professional Services Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PPE Peoplein
0.08x2.7%US$62.49m
ASH Ashley Services Group
0.04xn/aUS$15.31m
IGN Ignite
0.1xn/aUS$6.63m
GO2 GO2 People
0.07xn/aUS$4.01m
ALQ 2.7xIndustry Avg. 1.4xNo. of Companies5PS012345+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ALQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.7x) compared to the Australian Professional Services industry average (1.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ALQ's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ALQ PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.7x
Fair PS Ratio2.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ALQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x).

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 ALQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$15.25
AU$15.57
+2.1%
14.8%AU$17.70AU$10.20n/a11
Dec ’25AU$15.58
AU$15.40
-1.2%
15.3%AU$17.70AU$10.20n/a10
Nov ’25AU$14.02
AU$14.43
+2.9%
13.0%AU$16.90AU$10.20n/a10
Oct ’25AU$14.26
AU$14.43
+1.2%
13.0%AU$16.90AU$10.20n/a10
Sep ’25AU$15.67
AU$14.81
-5.5%
15.7%AU$17.40AU$9.10n/a10
Aug ’25AU$15.66
AU$14.39
-8.1%
15.3%AU$17.00AU$9.10n/a10
Jul ’25AU$14.04
AU$14.05
+0.09%
13.9%AU$15.60AU$9.10n/a10
Jun ’25AU$14.11
AU$14.05
-0.4%
13.9%AU$15.60AU$9.10n/a10
May ’25AU$12.95
AU$12.85
-0.7%
11.0%AU$13.90AU$8.90n/a10
Apr ’25AU$13.13
AU$12.84
-2.2%
11.1%AU$13.90AU$8.90n/a10
Mar ’25AU$12.00
AU$12.67
+5.6%
11.3%AU$13.70AU$8.60n/a10
Feb ’25AU$12.28
AU$12.67
+3.1%
11.3%AU$13.70AU$8.60n/a10
Jan ’25AU$12.85
AU$12.63
-1.7%
11.5%AU$13.70AU$8.60n/a10
Dec ’24AU$12.29
AU$12.63
+2.8%
11.5%AU$13.70AU$8.60AU$15.5810
Nov ’24AU$10.73
AU$12.45
+16.0%
11.9%AU$14.10AU$8.40AU$14.0210
Oct ’24AU$11.47
AU$12.45
+8.5%
11.9%AU$14.10AU$8.40AU$14.2610
Sep ’24AU$11.76
AU$12.21
+3.8%
11.5%AU$14.10AU$8.40AU$15.6711
Aug ’24AU$12.07
AU$12.24
+1.4%
11.7%AU$14.10AU$8.40AU$15.6611
Jul ’24AU$11.16
AU$12.31
+10.3%
12.2%AU$14.20AU$8.40AU$14.0411
Jun ’24AU$11.51
AU$12.31
+7.0%
12.2%AU$14.20AU$8.40AU$14.1111
May ’24AU$13.15
AU$12.77
-2.9%
12.6%AU$14.60AU$8.40AU$12.9511
Apr ’24AU$12.36
AU$12.58
+1.8%
12.5%AU$14.40AU$8.40AU$13.1310
Mar ’24AU$12.64
AU$12.54
-0.8%
16.3%AU$14.40AU$7.10AU$12.009
Feb ’24AU$12.98
AU$12.54
-3.4%
16.3%AU$14.40AU$7.10AU$12.289
Jan ’24AU$12.23
AU$12.46
+1.9%
16.1%AU$14.40AU$7.10AU$12.859
Dec ’23AU$12.36
AU$12.46
+0.8%
16.1%AU$14.40AU$7.10AU$12.299

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/21 21:56
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

ALS Limited is covered by 28 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Swapan PandyaAPP Securities Pty Ltd.
Russell WrightBarclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Megan Kirby-LewisBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited