Thales Valuation

Is CSF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: CSF (€142.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€318.9)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CSF. This is calculated by dividing CSF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CSF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.6x
Earnings€953.30m
Market Cap€29.13b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CSF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21x
RHM Rheinmetall
39.2x29.0%€26.4b
MTX MTU Aero Engines
24.1x11.2%€16.7b
OHB OHB
12.9x11.0%€894.4m
DTG Daimler Truck Holding
8x11.6%€28.6b
CSF Thales
30.6x20.1%€29.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CSF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.6x) compared to the peer average (20.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CSF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Aerospace & Defense Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CSF 30.6xIndustry Avg. 24.3xNo. of Companies9PE020406080100+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CSF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.6x) compared to the European Aerospace & Defense industry average (24.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CSF'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.

CSF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.6x
Fair PE Ratio25x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CSF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25x).


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 CSF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€142.20
€176.00
+23.8%
8.8%€200.00€150.00n/a16
Nov ’25€148.75
€173.06
+16.3%
7.6%€193.00€150.00n/a16
Oct ’25€144.15
€172.56
+19.7%
7.4%€193.00€150.00n/a16
Sep ’25€151.15
€172.50
+14.1%
7.1%€193.00€150.00n/a16
Aug ’25€147.15
€171.00
+16.2%
9.4%€193.00€125.00n/a16
Jul ’25€152.45
€171.25
+12.3%
9.8%€195.00€125.00n/a16
Jun ’25€167.10
€168.19
+0.7%
9.9%€190.00€125.00n/a16
May ’25€158.30
€164.63
+4.0%
9.6%€190.00€125.00n/a16
Apr ’25€158.15
€159.69
+1.0%
8.6%€180.00€125.00n/a16
Mar ’25€137.10
€154.47
+12.7%
8.8%€180.00€115.00n/a17
Feb ’25€135.05
€155.94
+15.5%
6.5%€180.00€140.00n/a17
Jan ’25€134.00
€156.06
+16.5%
6.1%€175.00€145.00n/a16
Dec ’24€138.65
€155.25
+12.0%
5.7%€174.00€137.00n/a16
Nov ’24€138.55
€154.35
+11.4%
5.0%€166.00€137.00€148.7517
Oct ’24€133.95
€153.00
+14.2%
6.0%€168.00€135.00€144.1517
Sep ’24€135.70
€152.18
+12.1%
5.9%€165.00€135.00€151.1517
Aug ’24€135.50
€152.24
+12.4%
5.8%€165.00€135.00€147.1517
Jul ’24€137.20
€152.39
+11.1%
6.1%€169.00€135.00€152.4518
Jun ’24€131.95
€150.71
+14.2%
5.5%€165.00€135.00€167.1017
May ’24€138.40
€149.71
+8.2%
5.6%€160.00€135.00€158.3017
Apr ’24€136.95
€148.38
+8.3%
5.6%€160.00€135.00€158.1516
Mar ’24€133.45
€144.69
+8.4%
6.0%€160.00€134.00€137.1016
Feb ’24€121.20
€143.13
+18.1%
6.1%€160.00€130.00€135.0515
Jan ’24€119.15
€144.07
+20.9%
5.3%€160.00€135.00€134.0014
Dec ’23€120.10
€144.07
+20.0%
5.3%€160.00€135.00€138.6514
Nov ’23€128.00
€142.40
+11.3%
5.8%€160.00€125.00€138.5515

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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