NuVista Energy Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: NVA (CA$13.01) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$13.79)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NVA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NVA. This is calculated by dividing NVA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NVA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9x
EarningsCA$296.08m
Market CapCA$2.67b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for NVA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.1x
ATH Athabasca Oil
11.8x1.7%CA$2.7b
FRU Freehold Royalties
15.9x-0.7%CA$2.1b
PEY Peyto Exploration & Development
10.7x24.6%CA$3.1b
TPZ Topaz Energy
70.1x4.2%CA$4.3b
NVA NuVista Energy
9x13.6%CA$2.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NVA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9x) compared to the peer average (27.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HAM Highwood Asset Management
1.2x-43.9%US$65.11m
ALPS.U Alpine Summit Energy Partners
1xn/aUS$24.02m
KUB.H Carcetti Capital
0.7xn/aUS$5.82m
GCOM Green Shift Commodities
1.6xn/aUS$4.93m
NVA 9.0xIndustry Avg. 10.7xNo. of Companies13PE0816243240+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NVA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9x) compared to the Canadian Oil and Gas industry average (10.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NVA'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.

NVA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9x
Fair PE Ratio13x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NVA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x).


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 NVA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$13.01
CA$16.69
+28.3%
12.8%CA$22.50CA$14.00n/a12
Nov ’25CA$11.38
CA$16.44
+44.4%
13.5%CA$22.50CA$14.00n/a12
Oct ’25CA$11.36
CA$16.83
+48.2%
14.5%CA$22.50CA$14.00n/a12
Sep ’25CA$12.77
CA$17.42
+36.4%
11.7%CA$22.50CA$15.00n/a12
Aug ’25CA$13.22
CA$17.29
+30.8%
12.4%CA$22.50CA$15.00n/a12
Jul ’25CA$14.22
CA$16.58
+16.6%
13.4%CA$22.50CA$14.00n/a12
Jun ’25CA$13.66
CA$16.12
+18.0%
10.5%CA$20.50CA$14.00n/a13
May ’25CA$12.31
CA$16.12
+30.9%
10.5%CA$20.50CA$14.00n/a13
Apr ’25CA$12.02
CA$15.40
+28.1%
13.3%CA$20.50CA$13.00n/a12
Mar ’25CA$11.77
CA$15.23
+29.4%
13.8%CA$20.50CA$13.00n/a12
Feb ’25CA$10.39
CA$15.46
+48.8%
12.8%CA$20.50CA$13.00n/a12
Jan ’25CA$11.04
CA$16.38
+48.3%
11.9%CA$20.50CA$13.00n/a12
Dec ’24CA$11.73
CA$16.56
+41.2%
10.3%CA$20.50CA$14.00n/a13
Nov ’24CA$13.56
CA$16.50
+21.7%
10.8%CA$20.50CA$14.00CA$11.3813
Oct ’24CA$13.00
CA$15.98
+22.9%
12.4%CA$20.50CA$13.50CA$11.3613
Sep ’24CA$12.90
CA$15.60
+20.9%
12.5%CA$20.50CA$13.50CA$12.7713
Aug ’24CA$11.58
CA$15.44
+33.4%
12.7%CA$20.50CA$13.50CA$13.2213
Jul ’24CA$10.62
CA$15.90
+49.8%
12.3%CA$20.50CA$13.50CA$14.2213
Jun ’24CA$10.89
CA$16.04
+47.3%
11.5%CA$20.50CA$14.00CA$13.6613
May ’24CA$11.70
CA$16.33
+39.5%
11.5%CA$20.50CA$14.00CA$12.3113
Apr ’24CA$10.93
CA$16.15
+47.8%
9.3%CA$19.00CA$14.00CA$12.0213
Mar ’24CA$12.27
CA$16.65
+35.7%
9.3%CA$19.50CA$14.00CA$11.7713
Feb ’24CA$11.03
CA$16.81
+52.4%
8.1%CA$19.50CA$14.75CA$10.3913
Jan ’24CA$12.48
CA$16.94
+35.8%
8.3%CA$19.50CA$14.75CA$11.0413
Dec ’23CA$13.49
CA$17.13
+27.0%
8.6%CA$20.00CA$14.75CA$11.7313
Nov ’23CA$13.58
CA$16.79
+23.6%
11.3%CA$20.00CA$14.00CA$13.5613

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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