Whole Earth Brands, Inc.

DB:4AA Stock Report

Market Cap: €194.0m

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Whole Earth Brands Valuation

Is 4AA 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 4AA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€3.30
Fair Value
33.3% overvalued intrinsic discount
2
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: 4AA (€4.4) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€3.3)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 4AA is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 4AA?

Key metric: As 4AA is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 4AA. This is calculated by dividing 4AA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 4AA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.4x
SalesUS$551.02m
Market CapUS$211.57m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 4AA's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 4AA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.7x
NLM FRoSTA
0.7xn/a€419.0m
SMB Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz
0.3xn/a€58.4m
SSH Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke
1.7xn/a€593.7m
SZU Südzucker
0.2x0.5%€2.1b
4AA Whole Earth Brands
0.4x5.7%€211.6m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 4AA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the peer average (0.7x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 4AA's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

37 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
4AA 0.4xIndustry Avg. 0.7xNo. of Companies43PS00.81.62.43.24+
37 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 4AA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the European Food industry average (0.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 4AA'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.

4AA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.4x
Fair PS Ratio0.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 4AA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x).

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 4AA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
€4.49
0%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Jan ’26n/a
€4.49
0%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Dec ’25n/a
€4.49
0%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Nov ’25n/a
€4.49
0%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Oct ’25n/a
€4.49
0%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Sep ’25n/a
€4.49
0%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Aug ’25€4.44
€4.49
+1.2%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Jul ’25€4.42
€4.49
+1.7%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
Jun ’25€4.36
€4.49
+3.1%
0.1%€4.50€4.49n/a2
May ’25€4.44
€4.46
+0.5%
0.1%€4.47€4.46n/a3
Apr ’25€4.38
€4.46
+1.9%
0.1%€4.47€4.46n/a3
Mar ’25€4.36
€4.55
+4.3%
0.05%€4.55€4.54n/a3
Feb ’25€3.62
€6.19
+71.1%
25.5%€8.36€4.65n/a3
Jan ’25€3.02
€6.19
+105.1%
25.5%€8.36€4.65n/a3
Dec ’24€2.94
€5.86
+99.4%
26.2%€8.44€4.69n/a4
Nov ’24€3.30
€5.70
+72.7%
23.4%€7.91€4.65n/a4
Oct ’24€3.32
€5.70
+71.6%
23.4%€7.91€4.65n/a4
Sep ’24€3.46
€6.36
+83.9%
29.1%€9.22€4.61n/a5
Aug ’24€3.62
€6.32
+74.7%
26.5%€9.14€4.57€4.446
Jul ’24n/a
€6.32
0%
26.5%€9.14€4.57€4.426
Jun ’24n/a
€6.35
0%
24.5%€9.16€4.58€4.367
May ’24n/a
€6.66
0%
23.0%€9.10€4.55€4.447
Apr ’24n/a
€6.75
0%
24.7%€9.42€4.71€4.386
Mar ’24n/a
€8.45
0%
30.8%€14.09€6.57€4.366
Feb ’24n/a
€8.91
0%
27.8%€13.83€6.45€3.626
Jan ’24n/a
€9.76
0%
27.1%€14.64€6.83€3.026
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 2 Analysts
€4.40
Fair Value
0.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
2
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2024/08/06 05:48
End of Day Share Price 2024/08/06 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

Whole Earth Brands, Inc. is covered by 10 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert BurlesonCanaccord Genuity
Pablo ZuanicCantor Fitzgerald & Co.
William NewbyD.A. Davidson & Co.