Smartgroup Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: SIQ (A$7.86) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$16.43)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SIQ. This is calculated by dividing SIQ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SIQ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	15.2x
Earnings	AU$67.24m
Market Cap	AU$1.02b

SIQ 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/Revenue	3.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	10.3x
PEG Ratio	2.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SIQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	15.9x
MMS McMillan Shakespeare	11.6x	5.5%	AU$1.0b
HIT HiTech Group Australia	13.5x	n/a	AU$81.4m
PPE Peoplein	18.2x	45.5%	AU$85.2m
ASH Ashley Services Group	20.3x	n/a	AU$27.4m
SIQ Smartgroup	15.2x	6.4%	AU$1.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SIQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the peer average (15.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

20 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap

20 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SIQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the Global Professional Services industry average (20.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SIQ'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.

SIQ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	15.2x
Fair PE Ratio	15.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SIQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x).

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 SIQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	AU$7.86	AU$9.49 +20.8%	7.5%	AU$10.50	AU$8.30	n/a	9
Nov ’25	AU$7.57	AU$9.55 +26.1%	7.1%	AU$10.50	AU$8.30	n/a	10
Oct ’25	AU$8.38	AU$9.55 +13.9%	7.1%	AU$10.50	AU$8.30	n/a	10
Sep ’25	AU$8.01	AU$9.55 +19.2%	7.1%	AU$10.50	AU$8.30	n/a	10
Aug ’25	AU$8.62	AU$9.87 +14.5%	7.0%	AU$10.95	AU$8.30	n/a	10
Jul ’25	AU$8.30	AU$9.88 +19.0%	7.1%	AU$11.00	AU$8.30	n/a	10
Jun ’25	AU$8.18	AU$9.88 +20.8%	7.1%	AU$11.00	AU$8.30	n/a	10
May ’25	AU$9.19	AU$10.19 +10.9%	9.2%	AU$11.55	AU$8.30	n/a	10
Apr ’25	AU$9.71	AU$10.04 +3.4%	8.7%	AU$11.25	AU$8.30	n/a	9
Mar ’25	AU$10.58	AU$10.08 -4.8%	9.1%	AU$11.25	AU$8.30	n/a	8
Feb ’25	AU$9.35	AU$9.58 +2.4%	7.0%	AU$10.50	AU$8.30	n/a	7
Jan ’25	AU$8.72	AU$9.45 +8.4%	5.9%	AU$10.20	AU$8.30	n/a	7
Dec ’24	AU$8.62	AU$8.74 +1.4%	7.4%	AU$9.70	AU$7.77	n/a	8
Nov ’24	AU$8.78	AU$8.69 -1.0%	8.3%	AU$9.70	AU$7.50	AU$7.57	8
Oct ’24	AU$8.28	AU$8.43 +1.8%	6.6%	AU$9.25	AU$7.50	AU$8.38	8
Sep ’24	AU$8.37	AU$8.23 -1.6%	9.0%	AU$9.25	AU$6.95	AU$8.01	8
Aug ’24	AU$8.90	AU$7.87 -11.6%	12.3%	AU$10.00	AU$6.36	AU$8.62	9
Jul ’24	AU$7.92	AU$7.09 -10.5%	11.0%	AU$8.20	AU$5.90	AU$8.30	9
Jun ’24	AU$7.41	AU$6.97 -5.9%	9.7%	AU$7.77	AU$5.90	AU$8.18	9
May ’24	AU$6.78	AU$6.63 -2.2%	7.8%	AU$7.50	AU$5.90	AU$9.19	8
Apr ’24	AU$6.41	AU$6.63 +3.5%	7.8%	AU$7.50	AU$5.90	AU$9.71	8
Mar ’24	AU$6.54	AU$6.78 +3.7%	8.8%	AU$7.69	AU$5.90	AU$10.58	9
Feb ’24	AU$5.59	AU$6.39 +14.4%	14.4%	AU$7.69	AU$4.75	AU$9.35	9
Jan ’24	AU$5.10	AU$6.43 +26.0%	15.0%	AU$7.80	AU$4.75	AU$8.72	9
Dec ’23	AU$4.80	AU$6.53 +36.0%	17.5%	AU$8.00	AU$4.75	AU$8.62	8
Nov ’23	AU$4.98	AU$7.31 +46.7%	7.5%	AU$8.00	AU$6.30	AU$8.78	8

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.