Nestlé Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: NESN (CHF95.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF145.8)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

NESN 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/Revenue3.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16.6x
PEG Ratio3.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for NESN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.6x
LISN Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli
37x5.8%CHF24.6b
BARN Barry Callebaut
29.9x24.9%CHF8.6b
EMMN Emmi
25.8x10.9%CHF4.8b
BELL Bell Food Group
13.8x-0.2%CHF1.8b
NESN Nestlé
22.3x7.1%CHF250.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NESN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the peer average (26.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NESN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NESN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the European Food industry average (15.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NESN'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.

NESN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.3x
Fair PE Ratio31.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NESN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.8x).


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 NESN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF95.56
CHF107.48
+12.5%
8.7%CHF123.00CHF86.00n/a23
May ’25CHF92.20
CHF108.33
+17.5%
9.2%CHF124.00CHF84.50n/a23
Apr ’25CHF95.75
CHF108.80
+13.6%
8.9%CHF124.00CHF84.50n/a23
Mar ’25CHF92.54
CHF108.50
+17.2%
8.7%CHF124.00CHF86.00n/a24
Feb ’25CHF98.35
CHF112.31
+14.2%
10.2%CHF126.00CHF86.00n/a24
Jan ’25CHF97.51
CHF113.00
+15.9%
9.8%CHF127.00CHF86.00n/a24
Dec ’24CHF98.95
CHF115.38
+16.6%
8.4%CHF130.00CHF97.00n/a24
Nov ’24CHF99.38
CHF116.65
+17.4%
8.1%CHF130.00CHF97.00n/a23
Oct ’24CHF103.74
CHF119.00
+14.7%
9.1%CHF135.00CHF97.00n/a23
Sep ’24CHF105.46
CHF120.06
+13.8%
8.0%CHF135.00CHF97.00n/a25
Aug ’24CHF106.88
CHF120.02
+12.3%
8.3%CHF135.00CHF97.00n/a24
Jul ’24CHF107.60
CHF121.14
+12.6%
8.0%CHF135.00CHF98.00n/a24
Jun ’24CHF108.78
CHF121.83
+12.0%
7.8%CHF135.00CHF98.00CHF95.5624
May ’24CHF114.52
CHF121.29
+5.9%
8.3%CHF135.00CHF95.00CHF92.2024
Apr ’24CHF111.46
CHF119.62
+7.3%
8.3%CHF135.00CHF95.00CHF95.7524
Mar ’24CHF105.60
CHF120.08
+13.7%
8.0%CHF135.00CHF100.00CHF92.5425
Feb ’24CHF111.02
CHF119.95
+8.0%
8.2%CHF135.00CHF100.00CHF98.3524
Jan ’24CHF107.14
CHF118.75
+10.8%
9.1%CHF135.00CHF95.00CHF97.5124
Dec ’23CHF113.72
CHF119.04
+4.7%
9.3%CHF135.00CHF95.00CHF98.9524
Nov ’23CHF108.44
CHF119.36
+10.1%
9.4%CHF135.00CHF95.00CHF99.3825
Oct ’23CHF107.08
CHF124.04
+15.8%
9.7%CHF142.00CHF100.00CHF103.7425
Sep ’23CHF112.96
CHF124.96
+10.6%
9.8%CHF142.00CHF100.00CHF105.4625
Aug ’23CHF116.44
CHF124.64
+7.0%
9.8%CHF142.00CHF100.00CHF106.8825
Jul ’23CHF112.76
CHF125.62
+11.4%
10.7%CHF144.00CHF98.00CHF107.6024
Jun ’23CHF115.08
CHF128.03
+11.3%
10.6%CHF144.00CHF98.00CHF108.7825

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


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