AFC Energy Valuation

Is QC8 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-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of QC8 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: QC8 (€0.12) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€0.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: QC8 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for QC8?

Key metric: As QC8 barely has revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for QC8. This is calculated by dividing QC8's market cap by their current book value.
What is QC8's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio3.6x
BookUK£23.23m
Market CapUK£82.87m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does QC8's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for QC8 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average6.8x
VAR1 Varta
0.6x78.6%€108.1m
HNL Dr. Hönle
0.6x120.7%€54.2m
CEA FRIWO
25.4xn/a€195.0m
0.7x107.9%€24.1m
QC8 AFC Energy
3.6x3.7%€82.9m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: QC8 is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.6x) compared to the peer average (6.8x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does QC8's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Electrical Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
C0M Compleo Charging Solutions
0.1x31.3%US$15.58m
No more companies available in this PB range
QC8 3.6xIndustry Avg. 1.6xNo. of Companies3PB01.22.43.64.86+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: QC8 is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.6x) compared to the European Electrical industry average (1.6x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QC8's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

QC8 PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio3.6x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate QC8's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 QC8 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.12
€0.74
+526.3%
24.7%€0.96€0.48n/a4
Nov ’25€0.10
€0.89
+791.4%
42.9%€1.48€0.47n/a4
Oct ’25€0.13
€0.89
+600.1%
42.9%€1.48€0.47n/a4
Sep ’25€0.15
€0.87
+480.8%
42.9%€1.45€0.46n/a4
Aug ’25€0.18
€0.87
+395.7%
44.8%€1.48€0.47n/a4
Jul ’25€0.20
€0.93
+374.6%
44.5%€1.47€0.47n/a4
Jun ’25€0.29
€0.90
+209.6%
41.3%€1.46€0.47n/a5
May ’25€0.21
€0.90
+335.0%
41.3%€1.46€0.47n/a5
Apr ’25€0.20
€0.90
+350.3%
41.3%€1.46€0.47n/a5
Mar ’25€0.18
€0.92
+412.6%
39.3%€1.44€0.46n/a5
Feb ’25€0.22
€0.92
+316.6%
39.3%€1.44€0.46n/a5
Jan ’25€0.23
€0.92
+295.1%
39.3%€1.44€0.46n/a5
Dec ’24€0.16
€0.92
+465.7%
39.3%€1.44€0.46n/a5
Nov ’24€0.15
€0.92
+511.6%
39.3%€1.44€0.46€0.105
Oct ’24€0.18
€0.87
+382.3%
44.5%€1.45€0.46€0.134
Sep ’24€0.17
€0.76
+337.0%
65.3%€1.46€0.15€0.154
Aug ’24€0.18
€0.86
+387.3%
62.6%€1.45€0.15€0.183
Jul ’24€0.15
€0.86
+481.9%
62.6%€1.45€0.15€0.203
Jun ’24€0.18
€0.87
+375.1%
60.1%€1.44€0.18€0.293
Apr ’24€0.24
€1.21
+395.3%
80.6%€2.19€0.24€0.202
Mar ’24€0.26
€1.21
+366.3%
80.6%€2.19€0.24€0.182
Feb ’24€0.24
€1.32
+451.7%
74.1%€2.31€0.34€0.222
Jan ’24€0.20
€1.32
+549.1%
74.1%€2.31€0.34€0.232
Dec ’23€0.25
€1.32
+436.1%
74.1%€2.31€0.34€0.162
Nov ’23€0.27
€1.32
+392.6%
74.1%€2.31€0.34€0.152

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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