Critical Elements Lithium Corporation

TSXV:CRE Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$80.6m

Critical Elements Lithium Valuation

Is CRE 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-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: CRE (CA$0.37) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$11.53)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As CRE is unprofitable and pre-revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for CRE. This is calculated by dividing CRE's market cap by their current book value.
What is CRE's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio1.1x
BookCA$73.56m
Market CapCA$80.60m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does CRE's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for CRE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.5x
CUSN Cornish Metals
0.9xn/aCA$80.3m
GQC Goldquest Mining
11.5xn/aCA$88.5m
FLCN Falcon Energy Materials
13.8xn/aCA$70.5m
HSLV Highlander Silver
7.6xn/aCA$81.2m
CRE Critical Elements Lithium
1.1x116.9%CA$80.6m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: CRE is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (1.1x) compared to the peer average (8.4x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does CRE's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Metals and Mining Industry?

83 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
S Sherritt International
0.1xn/aUS$45.57m
WM Wallbridge Mining
0.2xn/aUS$41.93m
NCU Nevada Copper
0.1xn/aUS$31.56m
VGCX Victoria Gold
0.06xn/aUS$24.21m
CRE 1.1xIndustry Avg. 1.3xNo. of Companies182PB01.22.43.64.86+
83 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: CRE is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (1.1x) compared to the Canadian Metals and Mining industry average (1.3x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

CRE PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio1.1x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CRE's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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 CRE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$0.37
CA$2.98
+704.1%
58.1%CA$5.75CA$1.00n/a4
Dec ’25CA$0.41
CA$3.08
+651.2%
50.6%CA$5.75CA$1.00n/a5
Nov ’25CA$0.57
CA$3.08
+440.4%
50.6%CA$5.75CA$1.00n/a5
Oct ’25CA$0.53
CA$2.90
+447.2%
51.0%CA$5.75CA$1.00n/a6
Sep ’25CA$0.41
CA$2.90
+607.3%
51.0%CA$5.75CA$1.00n/a6
Aug ’25CA$0.48
CA$2.90
+504.2%
51.0%CA$5.75CA$1.00n/a6
Jul ’25CA$0.73
CA$3.02
+313.9%
42.4%CA$5.75CA$1.50n/a7
Jun ’25CA$0.88
CA$3.02
+243.3%
42.4%CA$5.75CA$1.50n/a7
May ’25CA$0.94
CA$3.11
+230.5%
41.0%CA$5.75CA$1.50n/a7
Apr ’25CA$0.65
CA$3.54
+444.0%
32.8%CA$5.75CA$1.50n/a7
Mar ’25CA$0.74
CA$3.54
+377.8%
32.8%CA$5.75CA$1.50n/a7
Feb ’25CA$0.73
CA$3.54
+384.3%
32.8%CA$5.75CA$1.50n/a7
Jan ’25CA$0.93
CA$3.82
+310.9%
21.5%CA$5.75CA$3.25n/a7
Dec ’24CA$1.04
CA$3.92
+276.6%
21.7%CA$5.75CA$3.25CA$0.416
Nov ’24CA$1.37
CA$4.17
+204.1%
21.8%CA$5.75CA$3.25CA$0.576
Oct ’24CA$1.78
CA$4.26
+139.2%
18.8%CA$5.75CA$3.25CA$0.537
Sep ’24CA$1.55
CA$4.26
+174.7%
18.8%CA$5.75CA$3.25CA$0.417
Aug ’24CA$1.75
CA$4.65
+165.7%
20.3%CA$6.00CA$3.25CA$0.485
Jul ’24CA$1.73
CA$4.82
+178.7%
17.7%CA$6.00CA$3.25CA$0.737
Jun ’24CA$1.83
CA$4.79
+161.8%
19.2%CA$6.00CA$3.25CA$0.886
May ’24CA$2.28
CA$4.63
+102.9%
18.7%CA$6.00CA$3.25CA$0.948
Apr ’24CA$2.55
CA$4.63
+81.4%
18.7%CA$6.00CA$3.25CA$0.658
Mar ’24CA$2.89
CA$4.63
+60.0%
18.7%CA$6.00CA$3.25CA$0.748
Feb ’24CA$2.77
CA$4.44
+60.2%
20.8%CA$6.00CA$3.25CA$0.738
Jan ’24CA$2.07
CA$4.07
+96.7%
17.0%CA$5.50CA$3.25CA$0.937
Dec ’23CA$2.18
CA$4.07
+86.8%
17.0%CA$5.50CA$3.25CA$1.047

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/24 06:05
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/08/31
Annual Earnings2024/08/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Critical Elements Lithium Corporation is covered by 6 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Eric ZaunscherbCanaccord Genuity
null nullCantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation
Sehaj AnandiA Capital Markets