Japfa Ltd.

DB:1O4 Stock Report

Market Cap: €627.0m

Japfa Valuation

Is 1O4 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 1O4 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 1O4 (€0.27) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€2.83)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 1O4 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1O4?

Key metric: As 1O4 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 1O4. This is calculated by dividing 1O4's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 1O4's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8.2x
EarningsUS$79.40m
Market CapUS$652.53m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 1O4's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 1O4 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.9x
SSH Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke
14.4xn/a€572.7m
NLM FRoSTA
11.9xn/a€405.3m
SZU Südzucker
6.2x-10.2%€2.1b
SMB Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz
7xn/a€58.4m
1O4 Japfa
8.2x21.2%€886.1m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 1O4 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.2x) compared to the peer average (9.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 1O4's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1O4 8.2xIndustry Avg. 13.5xNo. of Companies20PE01020304050+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 1O4 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.2x) compared to the European Food industry average (13.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1O4'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.

1O4 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.2x
Fair PE Ratio21.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 1O4 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.9x).

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 1O4 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.27
€0.38
+41.6%
2.9%€0.39€0.37n/a2
Dec ’25€0.24
€0.38
+58.1%
2.9%€0.39€0.37n/a2
Nov ’25€0.24
€0.38
+55.5%
2.9%€0.39€0.37n/a2
Oct ’25€0.24
€0.32
+31.4%
6.5%€0.34€0.30n/a2
Sep ’25€0.22
€0.31
+44.5%
6.7%€0.34€0.29n/a2
Aug ’25€0.21
€0.28
+31.3%
9.8%€0.31€0.25n/a2
Oct ’24€0.13
€0.15
+9.5%
6.3%€0.15€0.14€0.242
Sep ’24€0.14
€0.15
+1.2%
6.3%€0.15€0.14€0.222
Aug ’24€0.15
€0.15
-0.2%
6.3%€0.15€0.14€0.212
Jul ’24€0.14
€0.15
+4.5%
6.3%€0.15€0.14€0.212
Jun ’24€0.15
€0.15
-1.9%
6.3%€0.15€0.14€0.202
May ’24€0.14
€0.15
+6.8%
6.3%€0.15€0.14€0.192
Apr ’24€0.15
€0.16
+7.1%
2.3%€0.17€0.16€0.162
Mar ’24€0.20
€0.34
+70.2%
12.7%€0.38€0.30€0.132
Feb ’24€0.23
€0.34
+49.9%
12.7%€0.38€0.30€0.122
Jan ’24€0.23
€0.42
+77.7%
8.6%€0.45€0.38€0.142
Dec ’23€0.34
€0.46
+35.6%
11.6%€0.52€0.41€0.142

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 00:59
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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

Japfa Ltd. is covered by 6 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David MakCGS International
Jonathan GalliganCLSA
Andy SimDBS Bank Ltd