Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional S.A.

BOVESPA:CSED3 Stock Report

Market Cap: R$1.2b

Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional Valuation

Is CSED3 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 CSED3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CSED3 (R$3.64) is trading below our estimate of fair value (R$8.91)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CSED3 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CSED3?

Key metric: As CSED3 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CSED3. This is calculated by dividing CSED3's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CSED3's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.5x
EarningsR$161.02m
Market CapR$1.20b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CSED3's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CSED3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.9x
SEER3 Ser Educacional
25.6x41.2%R$847.0m
VTRU3 Vitru Brasil Empreendimentos Participações e Comércio
19.4x42.1%R$1.1b
YDUQ3 Yduqs Participações
14x36.8%R$2.9b
NINJ3 GetNinjas
16.7x-121.4%R$229.4m
CSED3 Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional
8.2x27.4%R$1.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CSED3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.2x) compared to the peer average (18.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CSED3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Consumer Services Industry?

27 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CSED3 7.5xIndustry Avg. 17.3xNo. of Companies39PE01632486480+
27 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CSED3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.2x) compared to the Global Consumer Services industry average (17.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CSED3'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.

CSED3 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.5x
Fair PE Ratio25.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CSED3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25x).


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 CSED3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentR$3.64
R$6.37
+74.9%
17.0%R$8.20R$4.50n/a6
Nov ’25R$3.10
R$6.37
+105.4%
17.0%R$8.20R$4.50n/a6
Oct ’25R$3.24
R$6.10
+88.3%
9.6%R$6.50R$5.00n/a5
Sep ’25R$3.65
R$6.30
+72.6%
10.8%R$7.00R$5.00n/a5
Aug ’25R$3.97
R$6.30
+58.7%
10.8%R$7.00R$5.00n/a5
Jul ’25R$3.78
R$6.30
+66.7%
10.8%R$7.00R$5.00n/a5
Jun ’25R$4.01
R$6.60
+64.6%
12.1%R$8.00R$5.50n/a5
May ’25R$4.02
R$6.60
+64.2%
12.1%R$8.00R$5.50n/a5
Apr ’25R$4.55
R$6.60
+45.1%
12.1%R$8.00R$5.50n/a5
Mar ’25R$4.69
R$6.60
+40.7%
12.1%R$8.00R$5.50n/a5
Feb ’25R$4.02
R$6.60
+64.2%
12.1%R$8.00R$5.50n/a5
Jan ’25R$5.30
R$6.30
+18.9%
10.8%R$7.00R$5.00n/a5
Dec ’24R$4.06
R$6.40
+57.6%
11.5%R$7.00R$5.00n/a5
Nov ’24R$3.89
R$6.40
+64.5%
11.5%R$7.00R$5.00R$3.105
Oct ’24R$4.19
R$6.50
+55.1%
8.4%R$7.00R$5.50R$3.245
Sep ’24R$4.21
R$6.50
+54.4%
8.4%R$7.00R$5.50R$3.655
Aug ’24R$4.52
R$6.20
+37.2%
13.1%R$7.00R$5.00R$3.975
Jul ’24R$3.85
R$5.80
+50.6%
17.8%R$7.00R$4.50R$3.785
Jun ’24R$3.21
R$5.80
+80.7%
17.8%R$7.00R$4.50R$4.015
May ’24R$2.43
R$5.92
+143.5%
14.2%R$7.00R$5.00R$4.026
Apr ’24R$2.10
R$5.92
+181.7%
14.2%R$7.00R$5.00R$4.556
Mar ’24R$2.81
R$6.71
+138.7%
12.6%R$7.75R$5.00R$4.696
Feb ’24R$3.63
R$6.96
+91.7%
6.0%R$7.75R$6.50R$4.026
Jan ’24R$3.84
R$7.46
+94.2%
16.2%R$10.00R$6.50R$5.306
Dec ’23R$4.12
R$7.46
+81.0%
16.2%R$10.00R$6.50R$4.066
Nov ’23R$5.90
R$7.54
+27.8%
15.4%R$10.00R$6.50R$3.896

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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