Charter Hall Retail REIT Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CQR (A$3.24) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$4.55)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CQR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CQR. This is calculated by dividing CQR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CQR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio109.5x
EarningsAU$17.20m
Market CapAU$1.88b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CQR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average59.1x
BWP BWP Trust
13.3x-3.8%AU$2.4b
RGN Region Group
143.2x22.8%AU$2.5b
HDN HomeCo Daily Needs REIT
29.2x20.0%AU$2.4b
CDP Carindale Property Trust
50.6xn/aAU$385.4m
CQR Charter Hall Retail REIT
109.5x22.3%AU$1.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CQR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (109.5x) compared to the peer average (59.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CQR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Retail REITs Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CQR 109.5xIndustry Avg. 19.4xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CQR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (109.5x) compared to the Global Retail REITs industry average (19.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CQR'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.

CQR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio109.5x
Fair PE Ratio24.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CQR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (109.5x) 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 CQR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$3.24
AU$3.90
+20.2%
5.7%AU$4.30AU$3.42n/a10
Dec ’25AU$3.43
AU$3.90
+13.6%
5.7%AU$4.30AU$3.42n/a10
Nov ’25AU$3.36
AU$3.90
+16.0%
5.7%AU$4.30AU$3.42n/a10
Oct ’25AU$3.61
AU$3.88
+7.4%
5.3%AU$4.30AU$3.42n/a10
Sep ’25AU$3.64
AU$3.81
+4.5%
6.7%AU$4.30AU$3.32n/a11
Aug ’25AU$3.51
AU$3.80
+8.2%
7.5%AU$4.30AU$3.32n/a11
Jul ’25AU$3.19
AU$3.81
+19.4%
6.8%AU$4.30AU$3.32n/a11
Jun ’25AU$3.27
AU$3.84
+17.3%
7.1%AU$4.30AU$3.32n/a11
May ’25AU$3.31
AU$3.84
+15.9%
6.5%AU$4.30AU$3.32n/a12
Apr ’25AU$3.71
AU$3.83
+3.2%
6.5%AU$4.30AU$3.32n/a12
Mar ’25AU$3.55
AU$3.83
+7.8%
6.5%AU$4.30AU$3.32n/a12
Feb ’25AU$3.65
AU$3.81
+4.3%
6.3%AU$4.30AU$3.50n/a11
Jan ’25AU$3.61
AU$3.79
+5.1%
8.2%AU$4.30AU$3.28n/a11
Dec ’24AU$3.21
AU$3.77
+17.5%
9.2%AU$4.30AU$3.17AU$3.4311
Nov ’24AU$3.10
AU$3.94
+26.9%
6.0%AU$4.30AU$3.55AU$3.3611
Oct ’24AU$3.14
AU$3.99
+26.9%
5.2%AU$4.30AU$3.61AU$3.6111
Sep ’24AU$3.45
AU$4.02
+16.4%
5.7%AU$4.40AU$3.61AU$3.6412
Aug ’24AU$3.80
AU$4.16
+9.4%
5.2%AU$4.46AU$3.71AU$3.5112
Jul ’24AU$3.61
AU$4.27
+18.2%
4.5%AU$4.55AU$3.86AU$3.1912
Jun ’24AU$3.74
AU$4.31
+15.1%
3.3%AU$4.55AU$4.10AU$3.2712
May ’24AU$3.88
AU$4.31
+11.0%
3.3%AU$4.55AU$4.10AU$3.3112
Apr ’24AU$3.76
AU$4.31
+14.6%
3.4%AU$4.55AU$4.10AU$3.7112
Mar ’24AU$3.97
AU$4.30
+8.2%
3.5%AU$4.55AU$4.10AU$3.5513
Feb ’24AU$4.08
AU$4.24
+4.0%
4.0%AU$4.55AU$3.85AU$3.6513
Jan ’24AU$3.83
AU$4.19
+9.5%
4.5%AU$4.55AU$3.75AU$3.6114
Dec ’23AU$4.08
AU$4.20
+2.8%
4.6%AU$4.55AU$3.75AU$3.2114

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 09:17
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • 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

Charter Hall Retail REIT is covered by 24 analysts. 9 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
Mollie UrquhartBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Steven TjiaBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited