Heidelberg Materials Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HEI (€118.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€235.46)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HEI. This is calculated by dividing HEI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HEI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.4x
Earnings€1.85b
Market Cap€21.09b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HEI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average40.4x
STO3 Sto SE KGaA
11x7.8%€764.7m
SY1 Symrise
36.9x12.6%€14.5b
BAS BASF
77.4x34.2%€38.5b
EVK Evonik Industries
36.4x33.1%€8.3b
HEI Heidelberg Materials
11.4x7.3%€21.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HEI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x) compared to the peer average (40.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HEI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Basic Materials Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HEI 11.4xIndustry Avg. 13.2xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HEI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x) compared to the European Basic Materials industry average (13.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HEI'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.

HEI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.4x
Fair PE Ratio16.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HEI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.6x).


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 HEI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€118.00
€120.32
+2.0%
16.0%€160.00€91.00n/a19
Nov ’25€102.30
€111.09
+8.6%
14.6%€150.00€84.00n/a19
Oct ’25€97.18
€111.26
+14.5%
14.9%€150.00€84.00n/a19
Sep ’25€95.66
€112.84
+18.0%
15.3%€150.00€84.00n/a19
Aug ’25€94.20
€111.16
+18.0%
15.3%€150.00€84.00n/a19
Jul ’25€96.44
€110.61
+14.7%
14.4%€150.00€84.00n/a18
Jun ’25€95.72
€110.61
+15.6%
14.4%€150.00€84.00n/a18
May ’25€94.64
€107.71
+13.8%
15.4%€150.00€81.00n/a17
Apr ’25€101.95
€99.65
-2.3%
15.3%€150.00€81.00n/a17
Mar ’25€89.88
€95.23
+5.9%
10.4%€115.00€78.00n/a18
Feb ’25€85.24
€89.41
+4.9%
11.8%€105.00€70.00n/a18
Jan ’25€80.94
€84.32
+4.2%
10.8%€99.00€70.00n/a19
Dec ’24€75.54
€83.48
+10.5%
10.9%€103.00€70.00n/a19
Nov ’24€69.34
€83.37
+20.2%
10.1%€103.00€70.00€102.3019
Oct ’24€73.52
€88.88
+20.9%
30.1%€200.00€69.00€97.1820
Sep ’24€73.72
€86.33
+17.1%
31.9%€200.00€55.00€95.6620
Aug ’24€74.64
€84.83
+13.7%
33.1%€200.00€55.00€94.2020
Jul ’24€75.20
€81.52
+8.4%
35.3%€200.00€55.00€96.4420
Jun ’24€68.24
€80.50
+18.0%
35.8%€200.00€55.00€95.7220
May ’24€68.56
€77.18
+12.6%
39.6%€200.00€55.00€94.6419
Apr ’24€67.26
€73.70
+9.6%
43.3%€200.00€39.00€101.9519
Mar ’24€65.68
€68.72
+4.6%
46.7%€200.00€39.00€89.8819
Feb ’24€63.28
€58.87
-7.0%
13.2%€71.00€39.00€85.2420
Jan ’24€53.28
€53.92
+1.2%
17.1%€71.00€36.00€80.9420
Dec ’23€51.74
€53.97
+4.3%
18.6%€77.00€36.00€75.5420
Nov ’23€47.48
€53.91
+13.5%
21.1%€77.00€36.00€69.3419

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


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