Santos Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: STO (A$7.55) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$20.31)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

STO 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/Revenue3.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA5.5x
PEG Ratio1.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for STO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11x
WDS Woodside Energy Group
20.3x5.2%AU$52.2b
KAR Karoon Energy
4x0.1%AU$1.5b
HZN Horizon Oil
4.3x1.2%AU$291.3m
ALD Ampol
15.3x9.2%AU$8.5b
STO Santos
11.2x8.2%AU$24.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: STO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.2x) compared to the peer average (11x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does STO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the AU Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a10.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: STO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.2x) compared to the Australian Oil and Gas industry average (6.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is STO'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.

STO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.2x
Fair PE Ratio10.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: STO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x).


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 STO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$7.55
AU$8.49
+12.6%
12.0%AU$12.02AU$7.63n/a15
Apr ’25AU$7.74
AU$8.63
+11.5%
12.3%AU$12.31AU$7.77n/a15
Mar ’25AU$7.18
AU$8.66
+20.6%
12.4%AU$12.39AU$7.82n/a15
Feb ’25AU$7.76
AU$8.90
+14.7%
13.6%AU$12.27AU$7.78n/a11
Jan ’25AU$7.60
AU$8.64
+13.7%
13.4%AU$12.04AU$7.09n/a13
Dec ’24AU$6.88
AU$8.80
+27.9%
10.8%AU$11.80AU$7.78n/a15
Nov ’24AU$7.71
AU$9.07
+17.7%
11.1%AU$12.28AU$7.94n/a15
Oct ’24AU$7.88
AU$9.09
+15.3%
11.0%AU$12.37AU$8.04n/a15
Sep ’24AU$7.82
AU$9.07
+16.0%
10.6%AU$12.34AU$8.05n/a16
Aug ’24AU$8.02
AU$9.05
+12.9%
11.6%AU$12.54AU$7.90n/a16
Jul ’24AU$7.54
AU$8.96
+18.8%
11.5%AU$12.17AU$7.80n/a16
Jun ’24AU$7.33
AU$9.12
+24.4%
11.6%AU$12.43AU$7.94n/a16
May ’24AU$7.25
AU$8.96
+23.6%
11.5%AU$12.11AU$7.73AU$7.5516
Apr ’24AU$6.90
AU$9.09
+31.8%
11.7%AU$12.20AU$7.83AU$7.7416
Mar ’24AU$7.06
AU$9.20
+30.3%
11.3%AU$12.16AU$7.80AU$7.1817
Feb ’24AU$7.04
AU$8.99
+27.6%
10.9%AU$11.74AU$7.68AU$7.7617
Jan ’24AU$7.17
AU$9.37
+30.7%
9.9%AU$12.16AU$8.13AU$7.6017
Dec ’23AU$7.46
AU$9.03
+21.1%
9.0%AU$11.13AU$7.90AU$6.8816
Nov ’23AU$7.83
AU$9.54
+21.8%
8.3%AU$11.20AU$8.28AU$7.7116
Oct ’23AU$7.09
AU$10.00
+41.0%
10.5%AU$12.04AU$8.33AU$7.8816
Sep ’23AU$7.70
AU$9.75
+26.7%
9.6%AU$11.42AU$8.40AU$7.8216
Aug ’23AU$7.38
AU$9.59
+30.0%
10.3%AU$10.96AU$7.46AU$8.0216
Jul ’23AU$7.23
AU$9.99
+38.2%
12.1%AU$11.77AU$7.47AU$7.5416
Jun ’23AU$8.17
AU$9.79
+19.8%
11.1%AU$11.44AU$7.26AU$7.3316
May ’23AU$7.98
AU$9.85
+23.5%
10.8%AU$11.32AU$7.19AU$7.2515

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


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