Henkel KGaA Valuation

Is HEN3 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 HEN3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HEN3 (€83.38) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€143)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HEN3 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HEN3?

Key metric: As HEN3 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HEN3. This is calculated by dividing HEN3's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HEN3's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.6x
Earnings€1.78b
Market Cap€32.57b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HEN3's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HEN3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.7x
BEI Beiersdorf
37.3x12.7%€27.6b
RKT Reckitt Benckiser Group
21.5x10.6%UK£33.2b
KMB Kimberly-Clark
16.7x2.1%US$43.7b
CHD Church & Dwight
47.2x18.2%US$25.9b
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
19.6x6.5%€32.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HEN3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the peer average (30.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HEN3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Household Products Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HEN3 19.6xIndustry Avg. 17.4xNo. of Companies15PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HEN3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the Global Household Products industry average (17.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HEN3'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.

HEN3 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.6x
Fair PE Ratio25.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HEN3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x).


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 HEN3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€83.38
€85.11
+2.1%
8.1%€100.00€73.00n/a19
Dec ’25€80.84
€84.95
+5.1%
7.8%€100.00€73.00n/a19
Nov ’25€79.22
€85.06
+7.4%
5.9%€95.00€77.00n/a18
Oct ’25€82.96
€83.79
+1.0%
7.8%€95.00€67.00n/a19
Sep ’25€82.62
€83.84
+1.5%
7.9%€95.00€67.00n/a19
Aug ’25€78.78
€83.42
+5.9%
8.1%€95.00€67.00n/a19
Jul ’25€83.20
€81.68
-1.8%
7.9%€94.00€67.00n/a19
Jun ’25€83.28
€81.32
-2.4%
7.9%€94.00€67.00n/a19
May ’25€74.30
€74.37
+0.09%
9.0%€87.00€61.00n/a19
Apr ’25€74.40
€73.37
-1.4%
9.9%€87.00€60.00n/a19
Mar ’25€70.28
€73.35
+4.4%
10.1%€87.00€60.00n/a20
Feb ’25€70.88
€73.30
+3.4%
10.1%€87.00€60.00n/a20
Jan ’25€72.28
€72.65
+0.5%
10.8%€87.00€59.00n/a20
Dec ’24€72.94
€72.25
-0.9%
10.6%€87.00€59.00€80.8420
Nov ’24€68.14
€71.11
+4.4%
11.0%€89.00€59.00€79.2219
Oct ’24€67.70
€71.63
+5.8%
10.9%€89.00€59.00€82.9619
Sep ’24€70.80
€71.75
+1.3%
11.0%€89.00€59.00€82.6220
Aug ’24€69.98
€70.35
+0.5%
11.6%€87.00€58.00€78.7820
Jul ’24€73.60
€69.95
-5.0%
11.8%€87.00€58.00€83.2020
Jun ’24€74.68
€69.75
-6.6%
12.4%€87.00€55.00€83.2820
May ’24€72.64
€68.16
-6.2%
12.1%€83.00€52.00€74.3019
Apr ’24€72.10
€66.27
-8.1%
13.7%€83.00€48.40€74.4020
Mar ’24€68.88
€65.97
-4.2%
14.2%€86.00€48.40€70.2820
Feb ’24€65.04
€66.02
+1.5%
14.3%€86.00€48.40€70.8820
Jan ’24€65.18
€66.27
+1.7%
13.7%€86.00€48.40€72.2820
Dec ’23€68.70
€66.78
-2.8%
13.9%€89.00€48.40€72.9421

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 Analysis2024/12/18 10:54
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 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.

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Analyst Sources

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is covered by 60 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Martin SchneeAlphaValue
Gerhard SchwarzBaader Helvea Equity Research
Pedro Gil Garcia AlejoBanco Santander