Südzucker Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SZU (€11.23) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€24.51)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SZU. This is calculated by dividing SZU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SZU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.8x
Earnings€336.00m
Market Cap€2.28b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SZU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11x
SSH Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke
15.3xn/a€630.5m
NLM FRoSTA
12.2xn/a€415.6m
KWS KWS SAAT SE KGaA
10x-1.0%€2.0b
SMB Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz
6.7xn/a€55.8m
SZU Südzucker
6.8x-10.2%€2.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SZU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.8x) compared to the peer average (11x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SZU 6.8xIndustry Avg. 13.5xNo. of Companies18PE01020304050+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SZU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.8x) compared to the European Food industry average (13.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SZU'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.

SZU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.8x
Fair PE Ratio13.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SZU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x).


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 SZU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€11.23
€10.98
-2.2%
18.6%€14.50€9.00n/a5
Nov ’25€10.99
€10.10
-8.1%
11.4%€12.00€9.00n/a4
Oct ’25€11.37
€11.10
-2.4%
17.2%€13.00€9.00n/a4
Sep ’25€12.13
€12.88
+6.1%
1.7%€13.00€12.50n/a4
Aug ’25€12.05
€12.88
+6.8%
1.7%€13.00€12.50n/a4
Jul ’25€13.84
€13.08
-5.5%
4.6%€14.00€12.30n/a4
Jun ’25€13.95
€12.80
-8.2%
7.9%€14.00€11.20n/a4
May ’25€13.42
€12.30
-8.3%
10.2%€14.00€11.00n/a4
Apr ’25€13.26
€13.05
-1.6%
18.5%€17.00€11.00n/a4
Mar ’25€13.04
€13.73
+5.3%
17.7%€17.00€11.20n/a3
Feb ’25€13.00
€13.73
+5.6%
17.7%€17.00€11.20n/a3
Jan ’25€14.21
€15.43
+8.6%
15.8%€17.30€12.00n/a3
Dec ’24€14.02
€15.86
+13.1%
12.5%€17.30€12.00n/a5
Nov ’24€14.42
€15.86
+10.0%
12.5%€17.30€12.00€10.995
Oct ’24€14.14
€16.44
+16.3%
5.1%€17.20€15.00€11.375
Sep ’24€14.86
€17.80
+19.8%
13.9%€22.00€15.00€12.135
Aug ’24€15.80
€17.80
+12.7%
13.9%€22.00€15.00€12.055
Jul ’24€16.36
€17.50
+7.0%
12.8%€21.50€15.00€13.845
Jun ’24€15.92
€17.50
+9.9%
12.8%€21.50€15.00€13.955
May ’24€18.22
€17.98
-1.3%
14.0%€21.90€15.00€13.424
Apr ’24€15.35
€16.40
+6.8%
9.2%€18.60€15.00€13.264
Mar ’24€16.10
€16.22
+0.7%
8.6%€18.60€15.00€13.045
Feb ’24€14.74
€16.10
+9.2%
7.5%€18.00€15.00€13.005
Jan ’24€16.40
€14.93
-8.9%
10.1%€17.50€12.50€14.216
Dec ’23€14.17
€13.95
-1.6%
6.5%€15.50€12.50€14.026
Nov ’23€12.90
€13.35
+3.5%
6.3%€15.00€12.50€14.426

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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