Ilika Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of I8A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

I8A (€0.23) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (€0.71)

Is I8A undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of I8A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: I8A (€0.23) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€0.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: I8A is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for I8A?

Key metric: As I8A is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for I8A. This is calculated by dividing I8A's market cap by their current revenue.
What is I8A's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	17x
Sales	UK£2.09m
Market Cap	UK£35.55m

I8A 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/Revenue	11.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	-4.9x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does I8A's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for I8A vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	1.1x
CY1K SBF	0.7x	9.0%	€28.0m
HNL Dr. Hönle	0.5x	6.9%	€45.6m
VAR1 Varta	0.08x	4.3%	€69.0m
VBX Voltabox	3x	n/a	€22.9m
I8A Ilika	17x	60.0%	€35.6m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: I8A is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (17x) compared to the peer average (1.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does I8A's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Electrical Industry?

3 Companies	Price / Sales	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
VAR1 Varta	0.08x	4.3%	US$71.91m
C0M Compleo Charging Solutions	0.1x	27.6%	US$15.58m
LMIA LION E-Mobility	0.2x	29.5%	US$7.41m

No more companies available in this PS range

3 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: I8A is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (17x) compared to the European Electrical industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is I8A's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

I8A PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	17x
Fair PS Ratio	3.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: I8A is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (17x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x).

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 I8A forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	€0.23	€1.00 +335.3%	15.2%	€1.15	€0.85	n/a	2
Dec ’25	€0.25	€0.99 +296.0%	15.2%	€1.14	€0.84	n/a	2
Nov ’25	€0.18	€0.99 +435.5%	15.2%	€1.13	€0.84	n/a	2
Oct ’25	€0.25	€0.98 +297.1%	15.2%	€1.12	€0.83	n/a	2
Sep ’25	€0.24	€0.97 +296.1%	15.2%	€1.11	€0.82	n/a	2
Aug ’25	€0.28	€0.97 +247.9%	15.2%	€1.12	€0.83	n/a	2
Jul ’25	€0.25	€0.95 +274.5%	19.8%	€1.14	€0.76	n/a	2
May ’25	€0.32	€0.96 +199.3%	21.2%	€1.17	€0.76	n/a	2
Apr ’25	€0.36	€1.02 +185.3%	25.7%	€1.28	€0.76	n/a	2
Mar ’25	€0.39	€1.02 +159.5%	25.7%	€1.29	€0.76	n/a	2
Feb ’25	€0.38	€1.02 +170.7%	25.7%	€1.29	€0.76	n/a	2
Jan ’25	€0.35	€1.06 +202.3%	29.7%	€1.38	€0.75	n/a	2
Dec ’24	€0.48	€1.07 +121.8%	29.7%	€1.39	€0.75	€0.25	2
Nov ’24	€0.32	€1.07 +237.4%	29.7%	€1.39	€0.75	€0.18	2
Oct ’24	€0.34	€1.08 +216.9%	29.7%	€1.40	€0.76	€0.25	2
Sep ’24	€0.45	€1.08 +139.5%	29.7%	€1.40	€0.76	€0.24	2
Aug ’24	€0.48	€1.04 +115.7%	33.3%	€1.39	€0.69	€0.28	2
Jul ’24	€0.41	€0.98 +136.6%	30.0%	€1.38	€0.69	€0.25	3
Jun ’24	€0.47	€0.98 +107.5%	30.0%	€1.38	€0.69	€0.29	3
May ’24	€0.54	€0.99 +82.5%	32.1%	€1.42	€0.68	€0.32	3
Apr ’24	€0.38	€0.99 +160.0%	32.1%	€1.42	€0.68	€0.36	3
Mar ’24	€0.52	€0.81 +57.8%	50.5%	€1.43	€0.29	€0.39	4
Feb ’24	€0.72	€0.81 +13.4%	50.5%	€1.43	€0.29	€0.38	4
Jan ’24	€0.29	€0.84 +184.4%	52.2%	€1.50	€0.29	€0.35	4
Dec ’23	€0.35	€0.84 +138.9%	52.2%	€1.50	€0.29	€0.48	4

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/20 14:38
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/04/30
Annual Earnings	2024/04/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Ilika plc is covered by 8 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.

Analyst	Institution
Colin Smith	Arden Partners Plc.
James Carmichael	Berenberg
Edward Hugo	Daniel Stewart & Company