Lancashire Holdings Limited

DB:LNH Stock Report

Market Cap: €1.9b

Lancashire Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: LNH (€7.92) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€39.12)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LNH. This is calculated by dividing LNH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LNH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.4x
EarningsUS$363.10m
Market CapUS$1.95b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for LNH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.5x
WUW Wüstenrot & Württembergische
26.4x25.4%€1.1b
NBG6 NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG
13x38.8%€541.4m
HG Hamilton Insurance Group
3.8x-1.3%US$1.9b
SKWD Skyward Specialty Insurance Group
14.7x9.3%US$2.0b
LNH Lancashire Holdings
5.4x-7.4%€1.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LNH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.4x) compared to the peer average (14.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LNH 5.4xIndustry Avg. 12.1xNo. of Companies13PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LNH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.4x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LNH'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.

LNH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.4x
Fair PE Ratio6.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LNH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.8x).


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 LNH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€7.92
€9.69
+22.3%
7.9%€11.74€8.59n/a14
Dec ’25€7.50
€9.47
+26.3%
7.3%€11.49€8.42n/a14
Nov ’25€7.45
€9.17
+23.0%
7.0%€10.89€8.45n/a14
Oct ’25€8.21
€8.87
+8.0%
8.0%€10.62€7.42n/a16
Sep ’25€7.89
€8.76
+11.1%
7.9%€10.62€7.43n/a16
Aug ’25€7.48
€8.90
+19.0%
7.6%€10.55€7.20n/a16
Jul ’25€7.15
€8.87
+24.1%
8.1%€10.64€7.26n/a16
Jun ’25€7.19
€8.83
+22.8%
8.6%€10.63€6.99n/a16
May ’25€7.03
€8.81
+25.4%
8.2%€10.34€7.00n/a16
Apr ’25€7.25
€8.79
+21.2%
8.3%€10.23€6.93n/a16
Mar ’25€7.60
€8.68
+14.2%
7.8%€9.85€6.95n/a16
Feb ’25€7.05
€8.56
+21.4%
8.4%€9.81€6.92n/a16
Jan ’25€7.15
€8.59
+20.1%
9.1%€9.98€6.70€7.8616
Dec ’24€7.20
€8.49
+17.9%
9.1%€9.88€6.63€7.5016
Nov ’24€6.50
€8.42
+29.6%
8.9%€9.76€6.81€7.4516
Oct ’24€6.75
€8.59
+27.2%
9.3%€10.29€7.13€8.2116
Sep ’24€6.65
€8.43
+26.8%
10.0%€10.12€7.01€7.8916
Aug ’24€6.95
€8.25
+18.7%
10.4%€9.93€6.88€7.4816
Jul ’24€6.65
€8.17
+22.9%
11.0%€10.00€6.69€7.1516
Jun ’24€7.25
€8.15
+12.5%
11.3%€10.13€6.77€7.1917
May ’24€6.80
€7.96
+17.1%
10.7%€9.40€6.65€7.0316
Apr ’24€6.15
€8.08
+31.4%
9.8%€9.55€6.73€7.2516
Mar ’24€6.95
€8.22
+18.3%
9.6%€9.73€6.86€7.6017
Feb ’24€7.05
€7.72
+9.5%
12.5%€9.27€5.40€7.0517
Jan ’24€7.25
€7.42
+2.3%
12.3%€9.11€5.53€7.1517

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 03:17
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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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

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Analyst Sources

Lancashire Holdings Limited is covered by 40 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ivan BokhmatBarclays
Andrew BroadfieldBarclays
Robert BateBarclays