Cogna Educação S.A.

BOVESPA:COGN3 Stock Report

Market Cap: R$4.1b

Cogna Educação Valuation

Is COGN3 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of COGN3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: COGN3 (R$2.17) is trading below our estimate of fair value (R$5.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: COGN3 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for COGN3?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

COGN3 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/Revenue1.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11.9x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does COGN3's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for COGN3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.5x
YDUQ3 Yduqs Participações
0.8x7.8%R$4.3b
CSED3 Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional
0.6x8.5%R$1.5b
ANIM3 Ânima Holding
0.3x5.0%R$1.3b
SEER3 Ser Educacional
0.4x6.3%R$708.4m
COGN3 Cogna Educação
0.7x8.8%R$4.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: COGN3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the peer average (0.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does COGN3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Consumer Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a65.9%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: COGN3 is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the Global Consumer Services industry average (1.3x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COGN3's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

COGN3 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.7x
Fair PS Ratio1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: COGN3 is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1x).


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 COGN3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentR$2.17
R$3.33
+53.2%
18.0%R$4.20R$2.60n/a8
Apr ’25R$2.36
R$3.39
+43.5%
20.2%R$4.50R$2.60n/a8
Mar ’25R$2.60
R$3.48
+33.8%
19.1%R$4.50R$2.60n/a9
Feb ’25R$2.88
R$3.65
+26.7%
15.6%R$4.50R$3.00n/a8
Jan ’25R$3.49
R$3.53
+1.0%
15.1%R$4.50R$3.00n/a8
Dec ’24R$3.29
R$3.26
-0.8%
9.3%R$4.00R$3.00n/a8
Nov ’24R$2.48
R$3.38
+36.1%
9.7%R$4.00R$3.00n/a8
Oct ’24R$2.66
R$3.44
+29.2%
8.6%R$4.00R$3.00n/a8
Sep ’24R$3.01
R$3.26
+8.2%
14.8%R$4.00R$2.50n/a9
Aug ’24R$3.32
R$3.02
-9.0%
18.2%R$4.00R$2.30n/a9
Jul ’24R$3.26
R$2.77
-15.1%
21.0%R$4.00R$2.20n/a9
Jun ’24R$3.01
R$2.62
-12.9%
20.6%R$4.00R$2.20n/a9
May ’24R$2.04
R$2.68
+31.6%
16.8%R$4.00R$2.30R$2.1711
Apr ’24R$1.87
R$2.68
+43.5%
16.8%R$4.00R$2.30R$2.3611
Mar ’24R$2.00
R$2.58
+29.1%
9.2%R$3.00R$2.30R$2.6010
Feb ’24R$2.35
R$2.62
+11.6%
10.4%R$3.00R$2.30R$2.8810
Jan ’24R$2.12
R$2.68
+26.3%
9.6%R$3.00R$2.20R$3.4912
Dec ’23R$2.20
R$2.68
+21.7%
9.6%R$3.00R$2.20R$3.2912
Nov ’23R$3.31
R$2.84
-14.2%
14.7%R$4.00R$2.20R$2.4813
Oct ’23R$2.94
R$2.72
-7.4%
18.0%R$4.00R$1.80R$2.6613
Sep ’23R$2.58
R$2.63
+2.0%
19.7%R$4.00R$1.80R$3.0113
Aug ’23R$2.27
R$2.59
+14.2%
20.9%R$4.00R$1.80R$3.3212
Jul ’23R$2.06
R$2.66
+29.0%
19.0%R$4.00R$2.00R$3.2612
Jun ’23R$2.67
R$2.72
+1.8%
17.9%R$4.00R$2.00R$3.0111
May ’23R$2.45
R$2.82
+15.0%
21.7%R$4.00R$2.10R$2.0411

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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