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CSR Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CSR (A$8.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$10.35)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CSR is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CSR. This is calculated by dividing CSR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CSR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.6x
EarningsAU$231.00m
Market CapAU$4.30b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CSR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average355x
BLD Boral
30x11.1%AU$6.3b
JHX James Hardie Industries
30.3x18.3%AU$21.6b
WGN Wagners Holding
25.5x18.5%AU$261.7m
IGO IGO
1334.2x40.8%AU$3.7b
CSR CSR
18.6x3.0%AU$4.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CSR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.6x) compared to the peer average (24.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CSR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Basic Materials Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CSR 18.6xIndustry Avg. 16.2xNo. of Companies44PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CSR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.6x) compared to the Global Basic Materials industry average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CSR'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.

CSR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.6x
Fair PE Ratio12.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CSR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.4x).


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 CSR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
AU$8.60
0%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Jan ’26n/a
AU$8.60
0%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Dec ’25n/a
AU$8.60
0%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Nov ’25n/a
AU$8.60
0%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Oct ’25n/a
AU$8.60
0%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Sep ’25n/a
AU$8.60
0%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Aug ’25n/a
AU$8.60
0%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Jul ’25AU$8.97
AU$8.60
-4.1%
10.4%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a6
Jun ’25AU$8.90
AU$8.78
-1.3%
7.9%AU$9.00AU$6.60n/a11
May ’25AU$8.87
AU$7.69
-13.4%
17.9%AU$9.00AU$5.60n/a12
Apr ’25AU$8.82
AU$7.39
-16.2%
18.7%AU$9.00AU$5.60n/a12
Mar ’25AU$8.83
AU$7.39
-16.3%
18.7%AU$9.00AU$5.60n/a12
Feb ’25AU$6.89
AU$6.22
-9.8%
8.1%AU$7.10AU$5.60n/a15
Jan ’25AU$6.60
AU$6.03
-8.7%
6.9%AU$6.75AU$5.50n/a15
Dec ’24AU$5.89
AU$5.97
+1.4%
7.1%AU$6.75AU$5.50n/a14
Nov ’24AU$5.62
AU$5.70
+1.5%
9.3%AU$6.60AU$4.90n/a14
Oct ’24AU$5.65
AU$5.61
-0.8%
10.8%AU$6.60AU$4.50n/a14
Sep ’24AU$5.97
AU$5.54
-7.2%
10.4%AU$6.60AU$4.50n/a14
Aug ’24AU$5.78
AU$5.54
-4.1%
10.4%AU$6.60AU$4.50n/a14
Jul ’24AU$5.19
AU$5.51
+6.2%
10.7%AU$6.60AU$4.50AU$8.9714
Jun ’24AU$4.92
AU$5.51
+11.9%
11.1%AU$6.60AU$4.50AU$8.9013
May ’24AU$5.39
AU$5.42
+0.6%
10.6%AU$6.50AU$4.55AU$8.8712
Apr ’24AU$4.75
AU$5.44
+14.5%
11.0%AU$6.50AU$4.55AU$8.8211
Mar ’24AU$5.11
AU$5.44
+6.5%
11.0%AU$6.50AU$4.55AU$8.8311
Feb ’24AU$5.27
AU$5.49
+4.1%
9.9%AU$6.50AU$4.70AU$6.8911
Jan ’24AU$4.71
AU$5.43
+15.3%
10.6%AU$6.50AU$4.70AU$6.6011
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 6 Analysts
AU$8.60
Fair Value
4.3% overvalued intrinsic discount
6
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/07/09 11:40
End of Day Share Price 2024/06/19 00:00
Earnings2024/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

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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

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Analyst Sources

CSR Limited is covered by 16 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Russell WrightBarclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Shaurya VisenBofA Global Research
Andrew ScottCGS International