Locaweb Serviços de Internet S.A.

BOVESPA:LWSA3 Stock Report

Market Cap: R$3.0b

Locaweb Serviços de Internet Valuation

Is LWSA3 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-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 LWSA3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LWSA3 (R$5) is trading above our estimate of fair value (R$2.91)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LWSA3 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LWSA3?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LWSA3 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/Revenue1.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.8x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does LWSA3's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for LWSA3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.8x
SQIA3 Sinqia
3.5x16.3%R$2.3b
CLSA3 ClearSale
3xn/aR$1.5b
WIIT Wiit
3.3x8.1%€433.7m
CORZ Core Scientific
1.2x10.7%US$568.3m
LWSA3 Locaweb Serviços de Internet
2.3x12.6%R$3.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: LWSA3 is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x) compared to the peer average (2.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LWSA3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global IT Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.0%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: LWSA3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x) compared to the Global IT industry average (1.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LWSA3'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.

LWSA3 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.3x
Fair PS Ratio1.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: LWSA3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.7x).


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 LWSA3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentR$5.00
R$7.58
+51.6%
19.5%R$10.00R$5.00n/a10
Apr ’25R$5.47
R$8.08
+47.7%
20.1%R$11.00R$5.00n/a10
Mar ’25R$5.75
R$8.08
+40.5%
20.1%R$11.00R$5.00n/a10
Feb ’25R$5.56
R$8.07
+45.1%
20.1%R$11.00R$5.00n/a10
Jan ’25R$6.01
R$8.27
+37.6%
23.2%R$11.00R$5.00n/a10
Dec ’24R$6.16
R$8.47
+37.5%
21.5%R$11.00R$5.00n/a10
Nov ’24R$6.00
R$9.42
+57.0%
35.8%R$18.00R$5.00n/a10
Oct ’24R$6.39
R$8.85
+38.5%
20.8%R$11.00R$5.00n/a10
Sep ’24R$7.26
R$8.86
+22.1%
19.8%R$11.00R$5.00n/a11
Aug ’24R$7.41
R$8.34
+12.5%
21.9%R$11.00R$5.00n/a11
Jul ’24R$8.58
R$8.34
-2.8%
21.9%R$11.00R$5.00n/a11
Jun ’24R$8.57
R$8.11
-5.4%
21.0%R$10.00R$5.00n/a11
May ’24R$5.26
R$9.42
+79.1%
38.9%R$18.00R$5.00R$4.6013
Apr ’24R$4.79
R$9.07
+89.3%
29.8%R$14.30R$5.00R$5.4713
Mar ’24R$4.47
R$10.28
+130.1%
33.6%R$18.00R$5.00R$5.7512
Feb ’24R$6.32
R$10.37
+64.0%
33.6%R$18.00R$5.00R$5.5612
Jan ’24R$7.02
R$11.95
+70.2%
19.8%R$18.00R$9.00R$6.0113
Dec ’23R$8.41
R$12.10
+43.9%
19.5%R$18.00R$9.00R$6.1613
Nov ’23R$10.89
R$11.96
+9.8%
20.9%R$18.00R$8.00R$6.0013
Oct ’23R$9.00
R$11.88
+32.0%
21.0%R$18.00R$8.00R$6.3913
Sep ’23R$9.52
R$12.08
+26.9%
23.7%R$18.00R$7.00R$7.2612
Aug ’23R$7.11
R$11.32
+59.2%
26.2%R$18.00R$7.00R$7.4111
Jul ’23R$5.71
R$12.82
+124.5%
25.8%R$19.00R$7.00R$8.5811
Jun ’23R$6.53
R$14.00
+114.4%
27.3%R$21.00R$7.00R$8.5711
May ’23R$7.17
R$14.77
+106.0%
27.7%R$21.00R$7.00R$5.2611

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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