Judges Scientific Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IUF (€103) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€130.71)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IUF. This is calculated by dividing IUF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IUF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio45.3x
EarningsUK£12.70m
Market CapUK£575.22m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IUF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average44.3x
MBH3 Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle
10.4xn/a€837.5m
STM Stabilus
11.4x16.6%€815.1m
MUB Mühlbauer Holding
16.3xn/a€519.4m
SLT Schaltbau Holding
139.2xn/a€633.0m
IUF Judges Scientific
45.3x25.3%€575.2m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IUF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.3x) compared to the peer average (44.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IUF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Machinery Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
IUF 45.3xIndustry Avg. 14.7xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IUF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.3x) compared to the German Machinery industry average (14.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IUF'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.

IUF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio45.3x
Fair PE Ratio18.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IUF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.2x).


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 IUF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€103.00
€135.83
+31.9%
2.9%€140.59€131.62n/a5
Nov ’25€113.00
€144.59
+28.0%
5.7%€156.18€130.89n/a5
Oct ’25€112.00
€144.59
+29.1%
5.7%€156.18€130.89n/a5
Sep ’25€119.00
€142.11
+19.4%
6.3%€153.75€128.86n/a4
Aug ’25€114.00
€142.56
+25.0%
5.4%€154.90€130.57n/a5
Jul ’25€118.00
€149.14
+26.4%
4.3%€159.31€141.61n/a4
Jun ’25€131.00
€148.03
+13.0%
4.3%€158.11€140.54n/a4
May ’25€128.00
€149.79
+17.0%
3.6%€157.35€145.69n/a3
Apr ’25€119.00
€149.79
+25.9%
3.6%€157.35€145.69n/a3
Mar ’25€120.00
€119.92
-0.07%
5.4%€129.00€111.41n/a4
Feb ’25€110.00
€119.92
+9.0%
5.4%€129.00€111.41n/a4
Jan ’25€103.00
€118.44
+15.0%
5.4%€127.42€110.05n/a4
Dec ’24€104.00
€118.44
+13.9%
5.4%€127.42€110.05n/a4
Nov ’24€93.00
€118.44
+27.4%
5.4%€127.42€110.05€113.004
Oct ’24€101.00
€117.20
+16.0%
6.1%€126.81€109.51€112.003
Sep ’24€109.00
€110.15
+1.1%
2.6%€112.97€107.32€119.002
Aug ’24€109.00
€110.15
+1.1%
2.6%€112.97€107.32€114.002
Jul ’24€107.00
€110.15
+2.9%
2.6%€112.97€107.32€118.002
Jun ’24€107.00
€110.15
+2.9%
2.6%€112.97€107.32€131.002
May ’24€111.00
€110.15
-0.8%
2.6%€112.97€107.32€128.002
Apr ’24€97.00
€110.15
+13.6%
2.6%€112.97€107.32€119.002
Mar ’24€104.00
€108.67
+4.5%
5.3%€114.39€102.95€120.002
Feb ’24€92.00
€108.67
+18.1%
5.3%€114.39€102.95€110.002
Jan ’24€96.50
€108.67
+12.6%
5.3%€114.39€102.95€103.002
Dec ’23€90.00
€108.67
+20.7%
5.3%€114.39€102.95€104.002
Nov ’23€78.50
€108.67
+38.4%
5.3%€114.39€102.95€93.002

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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