Kellanova Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: KEL (€55.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€97.35)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

KEL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14.7x
PEG Ratio1.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for KEL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.3x
SZU Südzucker
4.3x-45.2%€2.7b
SSH Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke
20.1xn/a€651.5m
NLM FRoSTA
13.6xn/a€463.3m
SMB Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz
83.3xn/a€55.9m
KEL Kellanova
25.5x13.1%€20.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KEL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x) compared to the peer average (30.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

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Industry Avg.n/a10.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KEL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x) compared to the European Food industry average (15.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KEL'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.

KEL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.5x
Fair PE Ratio32.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KEL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.5x).


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 KEL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€55.60
€58.11
+4.5%
5.8%€69.67€54.81n/a18
Apr ’25€52.74
€55.23
+4.7%
7.6%€69.53€50.06n/a19
Mar ’25€50.76
€55.54
+9.4%
8.3%€69.21€50.75n/a20
Feb ’25€50.26
€54.45
+8.3%
10.0%€69.00€48.76n/a20
Jan ’25€49.91
€53.84
+7.9%
10.7%€68.70€47.63n/a19
Dec ’24€48.01
€54.90
+14.4%
11.1%€70.34€48.77n/a18
Nov ’24€48.02
€57.79
+20.3%
12.5%€70.87€50.08n/a18
Oct ’24€55.98
€66.04
+18.0%
9.8%€79.46€53.92n/a18
Sep ’24€55.90
€66.59
+19.1%
6.8%€77.24€58.85n/a17
Aug ’24€60.10
€65.91
+9.7%
6.4%€75.72€57.69n/a18
Jul ’24€61.48
€66.39
+8.0%
7.0%€76.62€56.56n/a18
Jun ’24€62.20
€67.49
+8.5%
6.4%€78.07€57.62n/a18
May ’24€63.12
€66.45
+5.3%
6.6%€76.57€60.17€54.1619
Apr ’24€61.47
€67.10
+9.2%
7.4%€77.49€56.27€52.7419
Mar ’24€61.04
€68.51
+12.2%
6.8%€76.78€57.12€50.7619
Feb ’24€62.65
€67.69
+8.0%
7.1%€75.60€54.39€50.2619
Jan ’24€66.63
€69.18
+3.8%
7.4%€77.23€53.68€49.9120
Dec ’23€69.45
€70.84
+2.0%
7.4%€79.20€55.05€48.0120
Nov ’23€76.70
€75.73
-1.3%
7.5%€83.86€56.25€48.0219
Oct ’23€72.12
€75.56
+4.8%
6.9%€83.66€58.16€55.9819
Sep ’23€72.89
€74.08
+1.6%
7.0%€82.03€57.02€55.9019
Aug ’23€72.74
€70.69
-2.8%
8.9%€80.28€53.85€60.1019
Jul ’23€68.49
€69.73
+1.8%
9.8%€83.44€52.75€61.4820
Jun ’23€64.00
€67.02
+4.7%
10.1%€82.40€51.50€62.2021
May ’23€65.11
€63.91
-1.8%
9.9%€81.77€51.69€63.1221

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


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