Scales Corporation Limited

DB:S05 Stock Report

Market Cap: €331.2m

Scales Valuation

Is S05 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 S05 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: S05 (€2.26) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€22.81)

Significantly Below Fair Value: S05 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for S05?

Key metric: As S05 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for S05. This is calculated by dividing S05's market cap by their current earnings.
What is S05's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.1x
EarningsNZ$29.49m
Market CapNZ$591.51m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does S05's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for S05 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.5x
KWS KWS SAAT SE KGaA
9.9x-1.0%€2.0b
GTK Tonkens Agrar
12.1xn/a€12.3m
NLM FRoSTA
12.2xn/a€415.6m
SSH Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke
15.8xn/a€630.5m
S05 Scales
20.1x13.2%€591.5m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: S05 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the peer average (12.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does S05's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
S05 20.1xIndustry Avg. 13.4xNo. of Companies17PE0816243240+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: S05 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the European Food industry average (13.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is S05'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.

S05 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.1x
Fair PE Ratio17.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: S05 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x).


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 S05 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€2.26
€2.44
+8.0%
4.5%€2.55€2.33n/a2
Nov ’25€2.18
€2.41
+10.7%
2.9%€2.48€2.34n/a2
Oct ’25€2.02
€2.42
+19.6%
0.6%€2.43€2.40n/a2
Sep ’25€1.87
€2.42
+29.2%
0.6%€2.43€2.40n/a2
May ’25€1.83
€2.26
+23.6%
0.6%€2.28€2.25n/a2
Apr ’25€1.80
€2.26
+25.6%
0.6%€2.28€2.25n/a2
Mar ’25€1.67
€2.26
+35.4%
0.6%€2.28€2.25n/a2
Feb ’25€1.81
€2.19
+21.0%
1.3%€2.22€2.16n/a2
Jan ’25€1.93
€2.19
+13.5%
1.3%€2.22€2.16n/a2
Dec ’24€1.76
€2.19
+24.7%
1.3%€2.22€2.17n/a2
Nov ’24€1.51
€2.19
+45.3%
1.3%€2.22€2.17€2.182
Oct ’24€1.63
€2.15
+31.9%
0.6%€2.16€2.14€2.022
Sep ’24€1.62
€2.15
+32.7%
0.6%€2.16€2.14€1.872

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


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