Telstra Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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$3.66) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$5.61)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

TLS key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA9.3x
PEG Ratio2.9x

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 Average55.4x
TPG TPG Telecom
167.8x28.6%AU$8.4b
ORA Orange
12.2x10.4%€27.7b
SCMN Swisscom
15.2x-0.4%CHF26.1b
2412 Chunghwa Telecom
26.2x2.8%NT$961.9b
TLS Telstra Group
20.4x7.0%AU$42.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TLS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x) compared to the peer average (55.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.2%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TLS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x) compared to the Global Telecom industry average (15.6x).


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 Ratio20.4x
Fair PE Ratio32.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TLS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.8x).


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$3.66
AU$4.40
+20.5%
6.1%AU$4.90AU$3.73n/a16
Apr ’25AU$3.85
AU$4.40
+14.5%
6.1%AU$4.90AU$3.73n/a16
Mar ’25AU$3.82
AU$4.40
+15.3%
6.1%AU$4.90AU$3.73n/a16
Feb ’25AU$4.05
AU$4.52
+11.6%
6.3%AU$5.10AU$4.00n/a15
Jan ’25AU$3.97
AU$4.51
+13.6%
6.3%AU$5.10AU$4.00n/a15
Dec ’24AU$3.79
AU$4.47
+18.2%
7.1%AU$5.10AU$3.75n/a16
Nov ’24AU$3.79
AU$4.54
+19.9%
7.6%AU$5.10AU$3.75n/a14
Oct ’24AU$3.86
AU$4.60
+19.4%
7.3%AU$5.10AU$3.75n/a13
Sep ’24AU$4.03
AU$4.60
+14.2%
7.3%AU$5.10AU$3.75n/a13
Aug ’24AU$4.26
AU$4.68
+10.1%
6.9%AU$5.20AU$3.75n/a13
Jul ’24AU$4.29
AU$4.66
+8.7%
6.9%AU$5.20AU$3.75n/a13
Jun ’24AU$4.39
AU$4.67
+6.6%
7.6%AU$5.50AU$3.75n/a14
May ’24AU$4.40
AU$4.70
+6.9%
6.3%AU$5.50AU$4.20AU$3.6613
Apr ’24AU$4.23
AU$4.67
+10.6%
6.1%AU$5.50AU$4.20AU$3.8513
Mar ’24AU$4.04
AU$4.60
+13.9%
8.7%AU$5.50AU$3.57AU$3.8214
Feb ’24AU$4.16
AU$4.54
+9.2%
8.7%AU$5.40AU$3.57AU$4.0514
Jan ’24AU$3.99
AU$4.45
+11.4%
9.1%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$3.9714
Dec ’23AU$3.98
AU$4.43
+11.2%
8.8%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$3.7914
Nov ’23AU$3.91
AU$4.42
+13.2%
8.7%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$3.7914
Oct ’23AU$3.85
AU$4.42
+14.8%
8.7%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$3.8614
Sep ’23AU$3.96
AU$4.40
+11.4%
9.1%AU$5.30AU$3.57AU$4.0314
Aug ’23AU$3.97
AU$4.39
+10.8%
9.5%AU$5.30AU$3.52AU$4.2612
Jul ’23AU$3.86
AU$4.38
+13.7%
9.9%AU$5.30AU$3.52AU$4.2911
Jun ’23AU$4.00
AU$4.40
+10.0%
10.1%AU$5.30AU$3.52AU$4.3911
May ’23AU$4.02
AU$4.37
+8.6%
10.1%AU$5.30AU$3.52AU$4.4012

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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