Polar Capital Holdings Plc

DB:XZF Stock Report

Market Cap: €616.4m

Polar Capital Holdings Valuation

Is XZF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: XZF (€6.05) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€8.32)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for XZF. This is calculated by dividing XZF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is XZF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.6x
EarningsUK£40.79m
Market CapUK£514.70m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for XZF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.5x
MLP MLP
10.1x7.8%€649.2m
AR4 AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE KGaA
3.9xn/a€384.8m
DBAN Deutsche Beteiligungs
24.9x54.1%€428.9m
O4B OVB Holding
15.1x3.8%€279.3m
XZF Polar Capital Holdings
12.6x10.3%€514.7m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: XZF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the peer average (13.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does XZF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Capital Markets Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AR4 AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE KGaA
3.9xn/aUS$405.06m
HXCK Ernst Russ
3.7x-18.2%US$207.83m
VG8 Varengold Bank
2xn/aUS$26.85m
XE8 Black Sea Property
0.7xn/aUS$7.76m
No more companies available in this PE range
XZF 12.6xIndustry Avg. 21.1xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: XZF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the German Capital Markets industry average (20.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is XZF'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.

XZF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.6x
Fair PE Ratio13.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: XZF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x).


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 XZF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€5.60
€7.29
+30.2%
7.9%€7.94€6.57n/a6
Oct ’25€6.35
€7.40
+16.6%
6.2%€7.90€6.77n/a6
Sep ’25€6.15
€7.15
+16.3%
9.0%€7.75€5.95n/a6
Aug ’25€7.05
€7.54
+6.9%
4.8%€7.90€6.83n/a6
Jul ’25€7.05
€7.12
+1.0%
8.0%€7.83€6.24n/a6
Jun ’25€6.40
€6.71
+4.8%
11.0%€7.77€5.84n/a6
May ’25€6.30
€6.76
+7.2%
10.5%€7.79€6.03n/a6
Apr ’25€5.20
€6.03
+16.0%
10.3%€7.01€5.07n/a6
Mar ’25€5.25
€6.03
+14.9%
10.3%€7.01€5.07n/a6
Feb ’25€5.25
€6.01
+14.4%
11.0%€7.04€5.09n/a6
Jan ’25€5.25
€5.86
+11.6%
13.0%€6.65€4.74n/a6
Dec ’24€5.10
€5.86
+14.9%
13.0%€6.65€4.74n/a6
Nov ’24€4.68
€5.95
+27.2%
13.5%€6.61€4.37€5.605
Oct ’24€5.35
€6.66
+24.5%
11.8%€7.30€5.14€6.355
Sep ’24€5.65
€6.66
+17.9%
11.8%€7.30€5.14€6.155
Aug ’24€5.60
€6.65
+18.8%
11.0%€7.27€5.23€7.055
Jul ’24€6.20
€6.67
+7.6%
9.4%€7.26€5.52€7.055
Jun ’24€5.85
€6.45
+10.3%
11.1%€7.09€5.10€6.405
May ’24€5.45
€6.45
+18.4%
11.1%€7.09€5.10€6.305
Apr ’24€5.10
€6.43
+26.0%
8.5%€6.88€5.41€5.205
Mar ’24€5.95
€6.43
+8.0%
8.5%€6.88€5.41€5.255
Feb ’24€5.80
€6.41
+10.6%
11.6%€6.97€4.97€5.255
Jan ’24€5.35
€6.63
+24.0%
9.1%€7.11€5.48€5.255
Dec ’23€5.60
€6.54
+16.7%
10.5%€7.06€5.21€5.105
Nov ’23€4.82
€6.54
+35.6%
10.5%€7.06€5.21€4.685

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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