Admiral Group plc

DB:FLN Stock Report

Market Cap: €9.4b

Admiral Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: FLN (€31.42) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€61.48)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FLN. This is calculated by dividing FLN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FLN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.5x
EarningsUK£400.90m
Market CapUK£7.81b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for FLN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.5x
TLX Talanx
10.9x5.7%€20.6b
HNR1 Hannover Rück
13.1x5.7%€29.5b
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group
26.5x8.8%US$10.9b
MUV2 Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in München
11.4x2.9%€65.1b
FLN Admiral Group
19.5x12.8%€7.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FLN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the peer average (15.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FLN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FLN 19.5xIndustry Avg. 11.8xNo. of Companies14PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FLN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FLN'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.

FLN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.5x
Fair PE Ratio11.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FLN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.1x).

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 FLN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€31.42
€35.74
+13.8%
15.4%€42.78€23.44n/a16
Dec ’25€30.76
€35.70
+16.1%
15.4%€42.76€23.43n/a16
Nov ’25€30.74
€36.10
+17.4%
14.8%€42.70€23.40n/a16
Oct ’25€33.56
€36.02
+7.3%
15.4%€42.61€23.35n/a16
Sep ’25€34.82
€35.30
+1.4%
15.3%€41.82€22.92n/a16
Aug ’25€32.66
€33.50
+2.6%
15.3%€40.15€22.97n/a16
Jul ’25€30.78
€33.36
+8.4%
15.7%€40.15€22.97n/a16
Jun ’25€31.80
€32.77
+3.0%
15.2%€39.78€22.76n/a16
May ’25€31.88
€32.44
+1.8%
15.4%€39.79€22.76n/a15
Apr ’25€32.99
€31.70
-3.9%
14.4%€37.43€22.68n/a15
Mar ’25€31.10
€29.54
-5.0%
16.7%€35.87€22.72n/a15
Feb ’25€29.32
€29.44
+0.4%
17.2%€35.87€22.73n/a14
Jan ’25€30.95
€27.91
-9.8%
20.3%€35.40€19.61n/a14
Dec ’24€31.45
€27.62
-12.2%
21.0%€35.88€19.87€30.7614
Nov ’24€28.53
€25.77
-9.7%
18.0%€35.44€19.63€30.7414
Oct ’24€27.30
€24.93
-8.7%
17.8%€35.31€19.55€33.5615
Sep ’24€28.97
€25.30
-12.7%
17.8%€35.94€19.32€34.8215
Aug ’24€24.76
€25.03
+1.1%
17.7%€35.49€19.07€32.6615
Jul ’24€23.86
€25.59
+7.3%
17.5%€35.78€19.23€30.7815
Jun ’24€26.52
€25.47
-4.0%
19.0%€37.93€18.97€31.8015
May ’24€25.62
€25.21
-1.6%
18.9%€37.47€18.74€31.8815
Apr ’24€23.20
€25.32
+9.1%
19.2%€37.79€18.90€32.9916
Mar ’24€24.60
€25.87
+5.2%
22.1%€41.29€19.28€31.1016
Feb ’24€25.40
€26.41
+4.0%
24.2%€41.26€19.27€29.3216
Jan ’24€24.00
€26.72
+11.3%
24.9%€42.29€18.88€30.9516
Dec ’23€23.80
€26.63
+11.9%
24.7%€42.12€18.80€31.4516

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 Analysis2024/12/22 18:00
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 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

Admiral Group plc is covered by 35 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew BroadfieldBarclays
Ivan BokhmatBarclays
Thomas BatemanBerenberg