Forvia Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: FAU (€8.61) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€64.46)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FAU. This is calculated by dividing FAU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FAU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.7x
Earnings€222.40m
Market Cap€1.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for FAU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.6x
SFQ SAF-Holland
7.9x14.3%€612.8m
SHA0 Schaeffler
28.5x71.5%€4.1b
HLE HELLA GmbH KGaA
29.4x17.1%€9.7b
CON Continental
12.6x23.5%€12.6b
FAU Forvia
7.7x47.4%€1.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FAU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.7x) compared to the peer average (19.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FAU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Auto Components Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FAU 7.7xIndustry Avg. 9.5xNo. of Companies8PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FAU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.7x) compared to the European Auto Components industry average (9.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FAU'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.

FAU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.7x
Fair PE Ratio16.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FAU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x).


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 FAU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€8.61
€15.19
+76.3%
43.8%€39.00€10.00n/a15
Nov ’25€8.80
€15.32
+74.2%
43.2%€39.00€10.00n/a15
Oct ’25€9.32
€17.39
+86.5%
39.6%€39.00€10.00n/a16
Sep ’25€9.13
€19.20
+110.3%
32.4%€39.00€12.00n/a16
Aug ’25€10.25
€19.14
+86.8%
32.4%€39.00€12.00n/a16
Jul ’25€11.65
€20.83
+78.8%
27.2%€39.00€12.00n/a16
Jun ’25€15.15
€21.83
+44.1%
23.5%€39.00€15.00n/a16
May ’25€14.83
€21.83
+47.2%
23.5%€39.00€15.00n/a16
Apr ’25€13.87
€22.69
+63.6%
22.9%€39.00€16.00n/a16
Mar ’25€13.42
€25.25
+88.2%
30.8%€49.00€18.00n/a16
Feb ’25€15.64
€27.00
+72.7%
27.7%€48.00€18.00n/a16
Jan ’25€20.58
€27.94
+35.8%
26.0%€48.00€18.00n/a16
Dec ’24€18.08
€28.06
+55.3%
25.3%€48.00€18.00n/a16
Nov ’24€16.09
€27.59
+71.5%
25.9%€48.00€18.00€8.8017
Oct ’24€19.41
€28.76
+48.2%
22.2%€47.00€20.00€9.3217
Sep ’24€19.24
€28.82
+49.8%
22.0%€47.00€20.00€9.1317
Aug ’24€22.88
€28.76
+25.7%
22.6%€47.00€18.00€10.2517
Jul ’24€21.54
€27.03
+25.5%
22.7%€45.00€18.00€11.6517
Jun ’24€19.59
€27.09
+38.3%
22.6%€45.00€18.00€15.1517
May ’24€18.60
€26.66
+43.3%
25.6%€45.00€16.00€14.8316
Apr ’24€19.81
€26.13
+31.9%
27.7%€45.00€15.00€13.8716
Mar ’24€21.38
€24.82
+16.1%
27.3%€45.00€15.00€13.4217
Feb ’24€18.17
€22.41
+23.4%
26.6%€41.00€15.00€15.6417
Jan ’24€13.99
€21.56
+54.1%
29.4%€41.00€12.00€20.5818
Dec ’23€15.62
€22.17
+42.0%
31.4%€41.00€12.00€18.0818
Nov ’23€15.61
€22.58
+44.7%
36.2%€48.50€12.00€16.0918

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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