D2L Valuation

Is NE5 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 NE5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NE5 (€10.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€28.26)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NE5 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NE5?

Key metric: As NE5 is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for NE5. This is calculated by dividing NE5's market cap by their current revenue.
What is NE5's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.4x
SalesUS$191.35m
Market CapUS$639.85m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does NE5's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for NE5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.2x
123F 123fahrschule
0.6x12.7%€11.2m
TIMA ZEAL Network
6.4x14.3%€959.4m
9JK International School Augsburg -ISA- gemeinnützige
0.5x6.7%€3.6m
HTG HomeToGo
1.3x13.6%€253.5m
NE5 D2L
3.4x9.5%€899.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: NE5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.4x) compared to the peer average (2.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does NE5's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Services Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NE5 3.4xIndustry Avg. 0.9xNo. of Companies12PS01.22.43.64.86+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: NE5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.4x) compared to the European Consumer Services industry average (0.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NE5'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.

NE5 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.4x
Fair PS Ratio1.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: NE5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x).


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 NE5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€10.60
€10.69
+0.9%
10.5%€11.88€8.16n/a9
Nov ’25€9.05
€10.45
+15.5%
10.0%€11.62€7.98n/a10
Oct ’25€7.95
€10.52
+32.3%
6.4%€11.34€9.67n/a9
Sep ’25€8.25
€9.97
+20.9%
8.9%€11.29€8.72n/a9
Aug ’25€8.10
€10.09
+24.6%
9.1%€11.47€8.77n/a9
Jul ’25€7.30
€8.95
+22.5%
11.2%€10.84€7.48n/a9
Jun ’25€5.40
€8.79
+62.8%
7.9%€10.14€7.81n/a8
May ’25€5.90
€8.95
+51.6%
7.8%€10.26€7.94n/a8
Apr ’25€7.40
€8.63
+16.6%
6.8%€9.50€7.79n/a8
Mar ’25€7.00
€8.62
+23.2%
6.8%€9.50€7.79n/a8
Feb ’25€6.70
€8.62
+28.7%
6.8%€9.50€7.79n/a8
Jan ’25€7.05
€8.65
+22.7%
6.8%€9.55€7.83n/a8
Dec ’24€5.45
€7.63
+39.9%
12.1%€9.36€6.42€9.708
Nov ’24€4.44
€7.52
+69.4%
8.8%€8.85€6.58€9.057
Oct ’24€4.78
€7.48
+56.4%
9.2%€8.88€6.52€7.957
Sep ’24€5.50
€7.57
+37.6%
9.0%€8.84€6.48€8.257
Aug ’24€5.55
€7.51
+35.3%
9.4%€8.95€6.54€8.107
Jul ’24€5.95
€7.52
+26.4%
9.8%€9.06€6.63€7.307
Jun ’24€4.47
€7.10
+59.1%
13.1%€8.97€5.86€5.407
May ’24€5.10
€6.99
+37.1%
13.2%€8.84€5.77€5.907
Apr ’24€5.11
€6.78
+32.7%
21.0%€9.51€4.75€7.407
Mar ’24n/a
€6.93
0%
21.1%€9.74€4.84€7.007
Feb ’24n/a
€6.26
0%
14.0%€7.59€4.74€6.707
Jan ’24n/a
€6.42
0%
13.6%€7.67€4.88€7.057
Dec ’23n/a
€7.02
0%
13.5%€8.58€5.46€5.457

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


Discover undervalued companies