PUMA (XTRA:PUM): Reassessing Valuation After a 24% One-Month Share Price Rebound

PUMA (XTRA:PUM) has been quietly rebuilding momentum, with the stock up around 24% over the past month despite still being sharply lower year to date. That rebound raises a clear valuation question.

See our latest analysis for PUMA.

The recent rebound sits against a tough backdrop, with the share price still nursing a heavy year to date loss and a multi year total shareholder return deeply negative. This suggests sentiment may be stabilising rather than fully turning at this stage.

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With the shares rebounding but still far below past highs, a modest discount to analyst targets and mixed fundamentals create an uneasy balance. Is this a genuine entry point, or has the market already priced in the recovery?

Price-to-Sales of 0.4x: Is it justified?

On a price-to-sales ratio of 0.4x, PUMA looks optically cheap versus peers, despite the share price still reflecting sharp multi year losses.

The price-to-sales multiple compares the market value of the company to its annual revenue. This can be particularly useful when earnings are volatile or negative, as is currently the case for PUMA. In this context, the stock trades at what appears to be good value versus peers and the wider industry, suggesting investors are heavily discounting its earnings recovery potential despite forecasts for very strong profit growth.

Against direct peers, PUMA changes hands at 0.4x sales compared with a peer average of 1.1x, and also below an estimated fair price-to-sales ratio of 0.7x. That gap implies the market is valuing each euro of PUMA’s revenue at a steep discount to both similar luxury names and the level our fair ratio suggests it could gravitate toward if sentiment improves.

Explore the SWS fair ratio for PUMA

Result: Price-to-Sales of 0.4x (UNDERVALUED)

However, weak revenue momentum and ongoing losses still mean that any macro slowdown or execution misstep could quickly derail hopes of a smooth earnings recovery.

Find out about the key risks to this PUMA narrative.

Another View: What Does Our DCF Say?

While the low price to sales makes PUMA look cheap, our DCF model is less generous. At €20.17, the shares sit slightly above our fair value estimate of €19.51, hinting at mild overvaluation. Is the market already assigning too much credit to that forecast profit rebound?

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

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