Perseus Mining Limited

ASX:PRU Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$3.4b

Perseus Mining Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: PRU (A$2.53) is trading above our estimate of fair value (A$2.05)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PRU. This is calculated by dividing PRU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PRU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.9x
EarningsUS$324.28m
Market CapUS$2.19b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PRU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.7x
WGX Westgold Resources
26.8x33.8%AU$2.5b
GOR Gold Road Resources
18.2x20.9%AU$1.8b
RMS Ramelius Resources
10.6x-2.9%AU$2.3b
CMM Capricorn Metals
27.1x24.5%AU$2.2b
PRU Perseus Mining
6.9x-8.6%AU$3.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PRU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.9x) compared to the peer average (20.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PRU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the AU Metals and Mining Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KCN Kingsgate Consolidated
1.6x-13.3%US$206.93m
GRR Grange Resources
2.5xn/aUS$175.38m
RHI Red Hill Minerals
1.7xn/aUS$170.37m
PTN Patronus Resources
2.3xn/aUS$67.57m
PRU 6.9xIndustry Avg. 11.3xNo. of Companies14PE01224364860+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PRU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.9x) compared to the Australian Metals and Mining industry average (11.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PRU'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.

PRU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.9x
Fair PE Ratio12.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PRU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.5x).

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 PRU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$2.53
AU$3.17
+25.2%
18.5%AU$4.00AU$2.05n/a6
Nov ’25AU$2.82
AU$3.17
+12.3%
18.5%AU$4.00AU$2.05n/a6
Oct ’25AU$2.58
AU$2.81
+9.0%
21.9%AU$3.60AU$1.79n/a7
Sep ’25AU$2.64
AU$2.75
+4.1%
23.1%AU$3.60AU$1.79n/a6
Aug ’25AU$2.56
AU$2.66
+3.8%
21.7%AU$3.50AU$1.79n/a6
Jul ’25AU$2.32
AU$2.60
+12.0%
25.1%AU$3.60AU$1.79n/a6
Jun ’25AU$2.35
AU$2.53
+7.7%
23.1%AU$3.60AU$1.79n/a6
May ’25AU$2.18
AU$2.49
+14.2%
23.2%AU$3.60AU$1.79n/a6
Apr ’25AU$2.15
AU$2.18
+1.5%
15.1%AU$2.70AU$1.79n/a6
Mar ’25AU$1.76
AU$2.24
+27.3%
12.4%AU$2.60AU$1.85n/a5
Feb ’25AU$1.77
AU$2.24
+26.9%
12.4%AU$2.60AU$1.85n/a5
Jan ’25AU$1.85
AU$2.22
+20.0%
11.2%AU$2.60AU$1.90n/a5
Dec ’24AU$1.94
AU$2.28
+17.3%
10.9%AU$2.60AU$1.90n/a4
Nov ’24AU$1.72
AU$2.28
+32.3%
10.9%AU$2.60AU$1.90AU$2.824
Oct ’24AU$1.65
AU$2.29
+39.1%
11.0%AU$2.60AU$1.90AU$2.584
Sep ’24AU$1.90
AU$2.45
+29.3%
13.3%AU$2.75AU$1.90AU$2.644
Aug ’24AU$1.78
AU$2.46
+38.3%
13.4%AU$2.75AU$1.90AU$2.564
Jul ’24AU$1.65
AU$2.70
+63.6%
8.0%AU$2.90AU$2.40AU$2.323
Jun ’24AU$1.91
AU$2.70
+41.4%
8.0%AU$2.90AU$2.40AU$2.353
May ’24AU$2.20
AU$2.69
+22.2%
7.0%AU$2.90AU$2.40AU$2.184
Apr ’24AU$2.38
AU$2.42
+1.6%
8.1%AU$2.70AU$2.20AU$2.155
Mar ’24AU$2.06
AU$2.38
+15.4%
6.2%AU$2.60AU$2.20AU$1.765
Feb ’24AU$2.08
AU$2.40
+15.3%
5.3%AU$2.60AU$2.29AU$1.775
Jan ’24AU$2.11
AU$2.22
+5.1%
5.9%AU$2.40AU$2.00AU$1.855
Dec ’23AU$2.26
AU$2.16
-4.5%
8.5%AU$2.40AU$1.90AU$1.945
Nov ’23AU$1.85
AU$2.16
+16.6%
8.5%AU$2.40AU$1.90AU$1.725

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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