Cenovus Energy Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: CVE (CA$24.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$75.72)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CVE 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/Revenue1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA4.7x
PEG Ratio-12.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CVE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.4x
IMO Imperial Oil
9.6x-9.4%CA$50.6b
SU Suncor Energy
8.3x-9.4%CA$65.0b
TRP TC Energy
17.9x12.7%CA$61.5b
PPL Pembina Pipeline
17.9x6.5%CA$30.7b
CVE Cenovus Energy
9.7x-0.8%CA$46.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CVE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the peer average (13.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CVE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a7.7%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CVE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the Canadian Oil and Gas industry average (10.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CVE'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.

CVE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.7x
Fair PE Ratio11.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CVE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.2x).


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 CVE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$24.80
CA$34.11
+37.5%
6.0%CA$38.00CA$30.00n/a18
Jul ’25CA$26.89
CA$33.65
+25.1%
7.0%CA$38.00CA$30.00n/a18
Jun ’25CA$28.41
CA$33.59
+18.2%
7.4%CA$38.00CA$30.00n/a18
May ’25CA$27.99
CA$33.48
+19.6%
7.6%CA$38.00CA$30.00n/a18
Apr ’25CA$27.30
CA$30.98
+13.5%
9.0%CA$38.00CA$27.00n/a18
Mar ’25CA$24.00
CA$30.18
+25.7%
8.7%CA$35.00CA$27.00n/a17
Feb ’25CA$21.61
CA$30.21
+39.8%
8.2%CA$35.00CA$27.00n/a17
Jan ’25CA$22.08
CA$32.00
+44.9%
6.9%CA$36.00CA$28.00n/a17
Dec ’24CA$23.91
CA$33.44
+39.9%
6.5%CA$38.00CA$30.00n/a17
Nov ’24CA$26.36
CA$32.79
+24.4%
8.7%CA$37.00CA$26.50n/a17
Oct ’24CA$28.28
CA$31.21
+10.3%
9.2%CA$36.00CA$26.50n/a17
Sep ’24CA$27.41
CA$30.29
+10.5%
8.3%CA$36.00CA$26.50n/a17
Aug ’24CA$25.23
CA$29.50
+16.9%
7.6%CA$34.00CA$26.50CA$26.1717
Jul ’24CA$22.50
CA$29.66
+31.8%
8.4%CA$34.00CA$25.50CA$26.8916
Jun ’24CA$22.18
CA$30.28
+36.5%
11.3%CA$38.00CA$25.50CA$28.4116
May ’24CA$22.29
CA$30.91
+38.7%
10.9%CA$38.00CA$25.50CA$27.9917
Apr ’24CA$23.58
CA$32.38
+37.3%
8.9%CA$39.00CA$27.50CA$27.3017
Mar ’24CA$25.29
CA$32.62
+29.0%
8.5%CA$39.00CA$27.50CA$24.0017
Feb ’24CA$25.59
CA$32.83
+28.3%
10.7%CA$39.00CA$23.00CA$21.6118
Jan ’24CA$26.27
CA$33.22
+26.5%
8.4%CA$38.00CA$26.00CA$22.0818
Dec ’23CA$26.39
CA$33.41
+26.6%
7.5%CA$38.00CA$28.00CA$23.9117
Nov ’23CA$27.93
CA$33.24
+19.0%
7.7%CA$38.00CA$28.00CA$26.3617
Oct ’23CA$21.22
CA$33.03
+55.7%
8.3%CA$38.00CA$28.00CA$28.2816
Sep ’23CA$24.07
CA$33.16
+37.7%
9.1%CA$38.00CA$28.00CA$27.4116
Aug ’23CA$24.40
CA$33.22
+36.1%
9.4%CA$38.00CA$27.00CA$25.2316

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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