CVC Capital Partners Valuation

Is Z1W 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 Z1W when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Z1W (€21.73) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€28.3)

Significantly Below Fair Value: Z1W is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for Z1W?

Key metric: As Z1W is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for Z1W. This is calculated by dividing Z1W's market cap by their current earnings.
What is Z1W's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio82.3x
Earnings€275.47m
Market Cap€22.68b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does Z1W's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for Z1W vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10x
DWS DWS Group GmbH KGaA
13.3x13.0%€8.0b
MLP MLP
10.2x7.8%€639.4m
DBAN Deutsche Beteiligungs
8.3x35.3%€406.2m
DBK Deutsche Bank
8.1x12.6%€32.2b
Z1W CVC Capital Partners
82.3x41.7%€22.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: Z1W is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (82.3x) compared to the peer average (10x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does Z1W's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Capital Markets Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AR40 AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE KGaA
3.4xn/aUS$355.77m
HXCK Ernst Russ
3.6x-19.3%US$203.77m
VG8 Varengold Bank
2xn/aUS$25.82m
XE8 Black Sea Property
0.7xn/aUS$7.65m
No more companies available in this PE range
Z1W 82.3xIndustry Avg. 19.9xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: Z1W is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (82.3x) compared to the German Capital Markets industry average (20x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is Z1W'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.

Z1W PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio82.3x
Fair PE Ratio30.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Z1W is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (82.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.6x).


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 Z1W forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€21.73
€22.08
+1.6%
8.2%€25.00€18.00n/a13
Dec ’25€22.83
€21.78
-4.6%
8.4%€25.00€18.00n/a13
Nov ’25€19.19
€21.10
+10.0%
8.0%€25.00€18.00n/a13
Oct ’25€20.10
€20.92
+4.1%
6.5%€23.00€18.00n/a13
Sep ’25€19.08
€20.55
+7.8%
5.8%€22.60€18.00n/a13
Aug ’25€17.27
€20.29
+17.5%
4.3%€22.00€19.00n/a11
Jul ’25€17.05
€20.43
+19.9%
3.7%€22.00€19.00n/a12

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


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 14:36
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

CVC Capital Partners plc is covered by 11 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael SandersonBarclays
Arnaud Maurice GiblatBNP Paribas Exane
Hubert LamBofA Global Research