CAR Group Limited

ASX:CAR Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$15.5b

CAR Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

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

Below Fair Value: CAR (A$41.14) is trading above our estimate of fair value (A$35.13)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CAR. This is calculated by dividing CAR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CAR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio62.2x
EarningsAU$249.97m
Market CapAU$15.54b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CAR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average56x
REA REA Group
107.8x17.6%AU$32.7b
DHG Domain Holdings Australia
41x14.5%AU$1.8b
HPG hipages Group Holdings
49.7x24.9%AU$176.9m
AUTO Auto Trader Group
25.4x8.2%UK£7.1b
CAR CAR Group
62.2x13.7%AU$15.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (62.2x) compared to the peer average (56x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CAR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Interactive Media and Services Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CAR 62.2xIndustry Avg. 20.1xNo. of Companies24PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (62.2x) compared to the Global Interactive Media and Services industry average (20.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CAR'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.

CAR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio62.2x
Fair PE Ratio29.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (62.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.1x).

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 CAR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$41.14
AU$38.07
-7.5%
10.1%AU$44.50AU$29.00n/a15
Nov ’25AU$37.23
AU$38.07
+2.2%
10.1%AU$44.50AU$29.00n/a15
Oct ’25AU$37.39
AU$37.05
-0.9%
9.8%AU$42.00AU$29.00n/a15
Sep ’25AU$37.86
AU$36.72
-3.0%
11.0%AU$42.00AU$28.00n/a15
Aug ’25AU$34.70
AU$35.98
+3.7%
11.8%AU$41.40AU$27.00n/a15
Jul ’25AU$34.67
AU$35.06
+1.1%
11.3%AU$40.00AU$27.00n/a15
Jun ’25AU$34.89
AU$34.99
+0.3%
11.7%AU$40.00AU$26.00n/a15
May ’25AU$33.54
AU$34.99
+4.3%
11.7%AU$40.00AU$26.00n/a15
Apr ’25AU$36.08
AU$34.45
-4.5%
11.2%AU$40.00AU$26.00n/a15
Mar ’25AU$36.30
AU$34.45
-5.1%
11.2%AU$40.00AU$26.00n/a15
Feb ’25AU$33.08
AU$31.26
-5.5%
11.6%AU$38.33AU$25.00n/a15
Jan ’25AU$31.14
AU$28.96
-7.0%
7.9%AU$32.40AU$25.00n/a15
Dec ’24AU$28.10
AU$28.55
+1.6%
9.6%AU$32.40AU$22.36n/a16
Nov ’24AU$27.92
AU$28.34
+1.5%
9.5%AU$32.00AU$22.36AU$37.2316
Oct ’24AU$27.94
AU$28.13
+0.7%
9.5%AU$32.00AU$22.36AU$37.3916
Sep ’24AU$28.86
AU$27.32
-5.3%
7.9%AU$30.19AU$22.36AU$37.8616
Aug ’24AU$25.29
AU$24.90
-1.5%
10.2%AU$29.00AU$20.30AU$34.7016
Jul ’24AU$23.82
AU$24.21
+1.6%
8.5%AU$27.96AU$20.30AU$34.6716
Jun ’24AU$23.59
AU$24.22
+2.7%
8.0%AU$27.00AU$20.30AU$34.8917
May ’24AU$23.42
AU$24.31
+3.8%
8.0%AU$27.00AU$20.30AU$33.5416
Apr ’24AU$22.13
AU$24.20
+9.3%
8.1%AU$27.00AU$20.30AU$36.0815
Mar ’24AU$22.42
AU$24.07
+7.3%
8.5%AU$27.81AU$20.30AU$36.3016
Feb ’24AU$22.42
AU$23.60
+5.3%
8.7%AU$27.81AU$20.00AU$33.0816
Jan ’24AU$20.76
AU$23.50
+13.2%
8.5%AU$27.77AU$20.00AU$31.1416
Dec ’23AU$23.07
AU$23.36
+1.2%
8.7%AU$27.77AU$20.00AU$28.1016
Nov ’23AU$20.77
AU$23.38
+12.5%
8.9%AU$28.10AU$20.00AU$27.9216

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

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