Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited

ASX:NEC Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$1.6b

Nine Entertainment Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of NEC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: NEC (A$1.02) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (A$2.2)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: NEC is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NEC. This is calculated by dividing NEC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NEC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11x
EarningsAU$145.58m
Market CapAU$1.61b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for NEC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.5x
SXL Southern Cross Media Group
27.2x27.12%AU$272.9m
A1N ARN Media
12.1x20.63%AU$59.5m
EVT EVT
55.1x19.09%AU$2.2b
OML oOh!media
27.5x22.64%AU$464.7m
NEC Nine Entertainment Holdings
11x11.95%AU$1.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NEC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the peer average (30.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NEC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Media Industry?

20 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NEC 11.0xIndustry Avg. 15.6xNo. of Companies71PE01224364860+
20 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NEC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the Global Media industry average (15.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NEC'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.

NEC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11x
Fair PE Ratio24.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NEC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x).

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 NEC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$1.02
AU$1.38
+35.84%
23.28%AU$2.20AU$1.13n/a8
Apr ’27AU$0.97
AU$1.38
+42.14%
23.28%AU$2.20AU$1.13n/a8
Mar ’27AU$1.06
AU$1.41
+33.78%
23.41%AU$2.20AU$1.13n/a7
Feb ’27AU$1.15
AU$1.45
+26.86%
24.41%AU$2.20AU$1.20n/a8
Jan ’27AU$1.11
AU$1.47
+32.33%
22.23%AU$2.20AU$1.22n/a9
Dec ’26AU$1.09
AU$1.44
+32.29%
22.20%AU$2.20AU$1.20n/a10
Nov ’26AU$1.16
AU$1.59
+37.45%
20.13%AU$2.20AU$1.25n/a9
Oct ’26AU$1.24
AU$1.59
+28.58%
20.13%AU$2.20AU$1.25n/a9
Sep ’26AU$1.76
AU$1.79
+2.25%
22.81%AU$2.70AU$1.20n/a9
Aug ’26AU$1.70
AU$1.91
+12.52%
17.30%AU$2.70AU$1.70n/a7
Jul ’26AU$1.65
AU$1.91
+15.94%
17.30%AU$2.70AU$1.70n/a7
Jun ’26AU$1.62
AU$1.91
+18.09%
17.30%AU$2.70AU$1.70n/a7
May ’26AU$1.44
AU$1.96
+36.39%
16.07%AU$2.70AU$1.70n/a7
Apr ’26AU$1.50
AU$1.98
+32.35%
18.46%AU$2.85AU$1.70AU$0.977
Mar ’26AU$1.63
AU$1.94
+19.25%
18.25%AU$2.85AU$1.65AU$1.068
Feb ’26AU$1.36
AU$1.57
+15.74%
23.15%AU$2.50AU$1.20AU$1.1510
Jan ’26AU$1.24
AU$1.58
+28.26%
23.26%AU$2.50AU$1.15AU$1.1110
Dec ’25AU$1.26
AU$1.59
+27.01%
23.21%AU$2.50AU$1.15AU$1.0910
Nov ’25AU$1.16
AU$1.77
+52.27%
21.38%AU$2.70AU$1.24AU$1.1611
Oct ’25AU$1.27
AU$1.78
+40.39%
22.00%AU$2.70AU$1.24AU$1.2410
Sep ’25AU$1.33
AU$1.84
+39.01%
22.68%AU$2.70AU$1.24AU$1.7611
Aug ’25AU$1.45
AU$1.98
+36.55%
17.72%AU$2.70AU$1.50AU$1.7011
Jul ’25AU$1.37
AU$2.02
+47.38%
16.16%AU$2.70AU$1.63AU$1.6511
Jun ’25AU$1.41
AU$2.05
+45.65%
16.42%AU$2.70AU$1.63AU$1.6211
May ’25AU$1.48
AU$2.07
+40.28%
15.08%AU$2.70AU$1.63AU$1.4411
Apr ’25AU$1.71
AU$2.08
+21.90%
14.09%AU$2.70AU$1.65AU$1.5011
AU$1.38
Fair Value
26.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/04/11 04:33
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/10 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/06/30

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings 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
Aryan NoroziBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Eric ChoiBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Andrew ScottCGS International