Telefónica Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: TFA (€3.9) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€6.72)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for TFA. This is calculated by dividing TFA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is TFA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14x
Earnings€1.54b
Market Cap€21.77b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for TFA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13x
PROX Proximus
3.5x-10.0%€1.6b
788 China Tower
17.4x24.1%HK$195.8b
BT.A BT Group
18.8x14.1%UK£14.4b
ORA Orange
12.4x13.1%€25.3b
TFA Telefónica
14x4.3%€21.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14x) compared to the peer average (16.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does TFA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Telecom Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TFA 14.0xIndustry Avg. 17.3xNo. of Companies8PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14x) compared to the European Telecom industry average (15.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is TFA'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.

TFA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14x
Fair PE Ratio18.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.2x).


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 TFA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Dec ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Nov ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Oct ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Sep ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Aug ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Jul ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Jun ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
May ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Apr ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Mar ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Feb ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Jan ’25n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Dec ’24n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Nov ’24n/a
€4.22
0%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Oct ’24€3.90
€4.22
+8.2%
14.9%€5.10€2.70n/a23
Sep ’24€3.79
€4.23
+11.7%
15.1%€5.00€2.70n/a25
Aug ’24€3.83
€4.40
+14.7%
13.5%€5.30€3.00n/a25
Jul ’24€3.70
€4.39
+18.7%
14.3%€5.30€2.70n/a24
Jun ’24€4.00
€4.39
+9.7%
15.2%€5.60€2.70n/a24
May ’24€4.12
€4.30
+4.5%
17.6%€5.60€2.70n/a26
Apr ’24€4.08
€4.33
+6.0%
17.8%€5.60€2.70n/a25
Mar ’24€3.99
€4.30
+7.8%
18.5%€5.60€2.50n/a26
Feb ’24€3.50
€4.40
+25.7%
19.8%€6.40€2.50n/a26
Jan ’24€3.35
€4.51
+34.7%
19.6%€6.40€2.70n/a25
Dec ’23€3.68
€4.58
+24.6%
20.8%€6.40€2.70n/a25

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


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/10/04 07:59
End of Day Share Price 2023/09/29 00:00
Earnings2023/06/30
Annual Earnings2022/12/31

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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Analyst Sources

Telefónica, S.A. is covered by 69 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Luis Padrón de la CruzAhorro Corporación
José Valle CarrascalAhorro Corporación
Jean-Michel SalvadorAlphaValue