Telstra Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Below Fair Value: TLS (A$3.85) is trading above our estimate of fair value (A$3.7)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for TLS. This is calculated by dividing TLS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is TLS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio27.4x
EarningsAU$1.62b
Market CapAU$44.44b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for TLS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16x
2412 Chunghwa Telecom
26.1x3.1%NT$950.3b
ORA Orange
12.9x13.6%€26.4b
SCMN Swisscom
15.6x0.05%CHF 26.3b
762 China Unicom (Hong Kong)
9.1x5.4%HK$200.7b
TLS Telstra Group
27.4x10.4%AU$44.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TLS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the peer average (15.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does TLS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Telecom Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TLS 27.4xIndustry Avg. 15.9xNo. of Companies29PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TLS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the Global Telecom industry average (15.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is TLS'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.

TLS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.4x
Fair PE Ratio32.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TLS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.4x).


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 TLS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$3.85
AU$4.26
+10.7%
8.4%AU$4.50AU$3.20n/a14
Nov ’25AU$3.82
AU$4.26
+11.5%
8.4%AU$4.50AU$3.20n/a14
Oct ’25AU$3.90
AU$4.26
+9.2%
8.4%AU$4.50AU$3.20n/a14
Sep ’25AU$3.93
AU$4.24
+8.0%
8.6%AU$4.50AU$3.20n/a16
Aug ’25AU$3.95
AU$4.18
+5.9%
9.2%AU$4.50AU$3.00n/a16
Jul ’25AU$3.61
AU$4.14
+14.7%
10.1%AU$4.65AU$3.00n/a16
Jun ’25AU$3.47
AU$4.14
+19.4%
10.1%AU$4.65AU$3.00n/a16
May ’25AU$3.64
AU$4.40
+21.0%
6.1%AU$4.90AU$3.73n/a16
Apr ’25AU$3.86
AU$4.40
+14.1%
6.1%AU$4.90AU$3.73n/a16
Mar ’25AU$3.81
AU$4.40
+15.6%
6.1%AU$4.90AU$3.73n/a16
Feb ’25AU$4.03
AU$4.52
+12.1%
6.3%AU$5.10AU$4.00n/a15
Jan ’25AU$3.96
AU$4.51
+13.9%
6.3%AU$5.10AU$4.00n/a15
Dec ’24AU$3.79
AU$4.47
+18.1%
7.1%AU$5.10AU$3.75n/a16
Nov ’24AU$3.81
AU$4.54
+19.3%
7.6%AU$5.10AU$3.75AU$3.8214
Oct ’24AU$3.85
AU$4.60
+19.5%
7.3%AU$5.10AU$3.75AU$3.9013
Sep ’24AU$4.02
AU$4.60
+14.5%
7.3%AU$5.10AU$3.75AU$3.9313
Aug ’24AU$4.26
AU$4.68
+9.9%
6.9%AU$5.20AU$3.75AU$3.9513
Jul ’24AU$4.30
AU$4.66
+8.4%
6.9%AU$5.20AU$3.75AU$3.6113
Jun ’24AU$4.39
AU$4.67
+6.5%
7.6%AU$5.50AU$3.75AU$3.4714
May ’24AU$4.38
AU$4.70
+7.3%
6.3%AU$5.50AU$4.20AU$3.6413
Apr ’24AU$4.22
AU$4.67
+10.7%
6.1%AU$5.50AU$4.20AU$3.8613
Mar ’24AU$4.04
AU$4.60
+13.9%
8.7%AU$5.50AU$3.57AU$3.8114
Feb ’24AU$4.15
AU$4.54
+9.4%
8.7%AU$5.40AU$3.57AU$4.0314
Jan ’24AU$3.99
AU$4.45
+11.4%
9.1%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$3.9614
Dec ’23AU$3.98
AU$4.43
+11.2%
8.8%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$3.7914
Nov ’23AU$3.93
AU$4.42
+12.4%
8.7%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$3.8114

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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