Serco Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SEO (€1.88) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€1.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SEO is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SEO. This is calculated by dividing SEO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SEO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.5x
EarningsUK£139.00m
Market CapUK£1.60b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SEO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.8x
BFSA Befesa
13.4x29.5%€740.0m
GBF Bilfinger
7.2x2.3%€1.7b
CWC CEWE Stiftung KGaA
10.7x2.3%€691.2m
AAD Amadeus FiRe
12x7.2%€418.3m
SEO Serco Group
11.5x3.7%€1.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SEO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.5x) compared to the peer average (10.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SEO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Commercial Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SEO 11.5xIndustry Avg. 14.7xNo. of Companies13PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SEO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.5x) compared to the European Commercial Services industry average (14.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SEO'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.

SEO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.5x
Fair PE Ratio9.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SEO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x).


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 SEO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€1.88
€2.67
+41.9%
13.0%€3.41€2.22n/a12
Nov ’25€2.08
€2.69
+29.4%
10.4%€3.33€2.35n/a12
Oct ’25€2.16
€2.69
+24.6%
10.4%€3.33€2.35n/a12
Sep ’25€2.08
€2.69
+29.4%
10.4%€3.33€2.35n/a12
Aug ’25€2.28
€2.74
+20.0%
10.6%€3.36€2.37n/a11
Jul ’25€2.12
€2.70
+27.3%
11.1%€3.34€2.36n/a11
Jun ’25€2.08
€2.61
+25.2%
9.4%€3.09€2.33n/a11
May ’25€2.16
€2.62
+21.5%
9.4%€3.12€2.34n/a11
Apr ’25€2.21
€2.63
+19.0%
9.6%€3.10€2.33n/a10
Mar ’25€2.20
€2.67
+21.5%
15.3%€3.78€2.34n/a11
Feb ’25€2.02
€2.57
+26.8%
17.4%€3.74€2.13n/a11
Jan ’25€1.86
€2.57
+38.3%
17.4%€3.74€2.13n/a11
Dec ’24€1.81
€2.58
+42.4%
17.8%€3.79€2.16n/a11
Nov ’24€1.64
€2.58
+57.8%
17.8%€3.79€2.16€2.0811
Oct ’24€1.69
€2.58
+52.7%
17.8%€3.79€2.16€2.1611
Sep ’24€1.79
€2.58
+43.9%
17.8%€3.79€2.16€2.0811
Aug ’24€1.81
€2.41
+33.5%
10.2%€2.94€2.14€2.2811
Jul ’24€1.79
€2.36
+32.2%
8.0%€2.68€2.04€2.1211
Jun ’24€1.66
€2.26
+35.9%
7.2%€2.59€1.97€2.0811
May ’24€1.72
€2.26
+31.0%
7.2%€2.59€1.97€2.1611
Apr ’24€1.76
€2.26
+28.3%
7.2%€2.59€1.97€2.2111
Mar ’24€1.77
€2.27
+28.5%
7.7%€2.59€1.97€2.2011
Feb ’24€1.64
€2.29
+39.4%
7.5%€2.54€1.98€2.0210
Jan ’24€1.76
€2.32
+31.9%
6.8%€2.57€2.12€1.8610
Dec ’23€1.97
€2.38
+20.8%
9.7%€2.97€2.13€1.8110
Nov ’23€1.96
€2.35
+20.0%
9.6%€2.94€2.11€1.6410

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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