CAR Group Limited

ASX:CAR Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$14.6b

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$38.66) is trading above our estimate of fair value (A$35.48)

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 Ratio58.4x
EarningsAU$249.97m
Market CapAU$14.60b

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 Average53.8x
REA REA Group
106.2x17.8%AU$32.2b
DHG Domain Holdings Australia
36.2x14.5%AU$1.6b
HPG hipages Group Holdings
47.2x24.9%AU$168.2m
AUTO Auto Trader Group
25.5x8.0%UK£7.2b
CAR CAR Group
58.4x14.1%AU$14.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.4x) compared to the peer average (53.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CAR 58.4xIndustry Avg. 22.4xNo. of Companies21PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.4x) compared to the Global Interactive Media and Services industry average (22.4x).

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 Ratio58.4x
Fair PE Ratio28.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.9x).

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$38.66
AU$38.07
-1.5%
10.1%AU$44.50AU$29.00n/a15
Dec ’25AU$41.50
AU$38.07
-8.3%
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$22.36AU$41.5016
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

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 Analysis2024/12/18 17:47
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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

CAR Group Limited is covered by 37 analysts. 14 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 WrightAPP Securities Pty Ltd.
Russell WrightBarclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Eric ChoiBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited