L'Air Liquide Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: AIL (€166.07) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€115.27)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AIL 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/Revenue3.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14.2x
PEG Ratio3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AIL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average64.8x
APD Air Products and Chemicals
24.8x12.2%US$63.4b
LIN Linde
33.3x8.5%US$211.4b
4091 Nippon Sanso Holdings
19.2x3.7%JP¥2.0t
523457 Linde India
182x30.8%₹790.1b
AIL L'Air Liquide
29.9x10.0%€92.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AIL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x) compared to the peer average (64.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AIL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a22.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AIL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (19.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AIL'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.

AIL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AIL's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 AIL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
€180.87
0%
9.9%€202.73€140.50n/a21
Jun ’25€182.68
€180.78
-1.0%
9.3%€202.73€146.36n/a21
May ’25€167.65
€180.78
+7.8%
9.3%€202.73€146.36n/a21
Apr ’25€175.37
€176.86
+0.8%
9.4%€201.82€146.36n/a22
Mar ’25€170.15
€174.71
+2.7%
8.9%€200.00€146.36n/a22
Feb ’25€156.74
€165.50
+5.6%
8.2%€181.82€131.82n/a22
Jan ’25€160.55
€163.84
+2.1%
8.5%€181.82€131.82n/a22
Dec ’24€157.66
€163.22
+3.5%
8.2%€181.82€131.82n/a22
Nov ’24€148.17
€161.90
+9.3%
8.9%€181.82€131.82n/a22
Oct ’24€146.52
€160.87
+9.8%
8.8%€176.36€131.82n/a21
Sep ’24€151.86
€160.96
+6.0%
8.6%€176.36€131.82n/a21
Aug ’24€147.69
€159.31
+7.9%
8.6%€176.36€131.82n/a22
Jul ’24€150.04
€155.83
+3.9%
9.6%€174.55€123.64n/a25
Jun ’24€142.60
€155.83
+9.3%
9.6%€174.55€123.64€182.6825
May ’24€147.79
€152.61
+3.3%
10.3%€174.55€118.18€167.6526
Apr ’24€140.49
€146.73
+4.4%
10.2%€172.73€118.18€175.3726
Mar ’24€136.60
€146.38
+7.2%
10.6%€172.73€118.18€170.1526
Feb ’24€132.60
€142.01
+7.1%
11.0%€172.73€111.82€156.7426
Jan ’24€121.34
€141.29
+16.4%
10.0%€170.91€112.73€160.5525
Dec ’23€126.67
€142.46
+12.5%
9.1%€170.91€112.73€157.6625
Nov ’23€119.71
€141.91
+18.5%
8.9%€161.15€106.36€148.1725
Oct ’23€106.84
€141.66
+32.6%
10.0%€161.15€101.82€146.5225
Sep ’23€112.27
€141.48
+26.0%
9.3%€161.15€112.73€151.8627
Aug ’23€121.11
€143.03
+18.1%
8.6%€161.15€117.27€147.6927
Jul ’23€116.98
€148.53
+27.0%
8.6%€169.42€122.73€150.0427
Jun ’23€133.77
€147.36
+10.2%
9.0%€169.42€123.97€142.6028

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


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