ATCO Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: ACO.X (CA$47.93) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$60.77)

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


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ACO.X?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ACO.X. This is calculated by dividing ACO.X's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ACO.X's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.9x
EarningsCA$387.00m
Market CapCA$5.40b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ACO.X's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ACO.X vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.4x
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities
9.7x45.1%CA$5.2b
CU Canadian Utilities
22.5xn/aCA$9.5b
TA TransAlta
27.3x-34.9%CA$4.3b
RNW TransAlta Renewables
42.2x46.4%CA$3.3b
ACO.X ATCO
13.9xn/aCA$5.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ACO.X is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the peer average (19.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ACO.X's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Integrated Utilities Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ACO.X 13.9xIndustry Avg. 17.5xNo. of Companies8PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ACO.X is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the Global Integrated Utilities industry average (17.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ACO.X'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.

ACO.X PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate ACO.X's Price-To-Earnings 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 ACO.X forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$47.93
CA$51.42
+7.3%
7.1%CA$58.00CA$46.00n/a6
Nov ’25CA$47.66
CA$49.92
+4.7%
9.7%CA$59.00CA$45.00n/a6
Oct ’25CA$48.06
CA$48.08
+0.05%
5.9%CA$52.50CA$45.00n/a6
Sep ’25CA$45.47
CA$47.75
+5.0%
5.0%CA$51.00CA$45.00n/a6
Aug ’25CA$43.40
CA$45.92
+5.8%
8.5%CA$50.50CA$39.00n/a6
Jul ’25CA$38.97
CA$45.92
+17.8%
8.5%CA$50.50CA$39.00n/a6
Jun ’25CA$39.52
CA$46.21
+16.9%
8.0%CA$50.50CA$39.00n/a7
May ’25CA$37.61
CA$45.43
+20.8%
8.6%CA$49.00CA$38.00n/a7
Apr ’25CA$37.58
CA$45.86
+22.0%
8.2%CA$49.00CA$38.00n/a7
Mar ’25CA$38.12
CA$45.86
+20.3%
8.2%CA$49.00CA$38.00n/a7
Feb ’25CA$38.19
CA$45.57
+19.3%
8.0%CA$49.00CA$38.00n/a7
Jan ’25CA$38.67
CA$45.86
+18.6%
7.4%CA$48.00CA$38.00n/a7
Dec ’24CA$37.41
CA$45.86
+22.6%
7.4%CA$48.00CA$38.00n/a7
Nov ’24CA$36.60
CA$45.86
+25.3%
7.4%CA$48.00CA$38.00CA$47.667
Oct ’24CA$34.40
CA$47.86
+39.1%
4.8%CA$50.00CA$44.00CA$48.067
Sep ’24CA$37.75
CA$49.00
+29.8%
4.3%CA$51.00CA$44.00CA$45.478
Aug ’24CA$37.29
CA$49.00
+31.4%
4.3%CA$51.00CA$44.00CA$43.408
Jul ’24CA$39.44
CA$50.00
+26.8%
4.8%CA$53.00CA$45.00CA$38.978
Jun ’24CA$41.13
CA$50.00
+21.6%
4.8%CA$53.00CA$45.00CA$39.528
May ’24CA$44.86
CA$50.00
+11.5%
4.8%CA$53.00CA$45.00CA$37.618
Apr ’24CA$43.32
CA$49.50
+14.3%
4.3%CA$52.00CA$45.00CA$37.588
Mar ’24CA$41.20
CA$49.81
+20.9%
6.0%CA$53.00CA$44.50CA$38.128
Feb ’24CA$42.36
CA$49.64
+17.2%
6.4%CA$53.00CA$44.50CA$38.197
Jan ’24CA$42.38
CA$48.50
+14.4%
8.3%CA$53.00CA$41.00CA$38.677
Dec ’23CA$42.63
CA$48.50
+13.8%
8.3%CA$53.00CA$41.00CA$37.417
Nov ’23CA$41.89
CA$49.14
+17.3%
7.5%CA$53.00CA$41.00CA$36.607

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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