Glencore Valuation

Is 8GC 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-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 8GC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 8GC (€4.27) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€6.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 8GC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 8GC?

Key metric: As 8GC is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 8GC. This is calculated by dividing 8GC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 8GC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.2x
SalesUS$227.51b
Market CapUS$53.95b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 8GC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 8GC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.6x
BAS BASF
0.6x4.4%€38.0b
HEI Heidelberg Materials
1x4.1%€21.3b
SY1 Symrise
2.9x5.6%€14.2b
1211 Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden)
6x6.1%ر.س183.3b
8GC Glencore
0.2x-1.0%€42.9b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 8GC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the peer average (2.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 8GC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Metals and Mining Industry?

38 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
8GC 0.2xIndustry Avg. 0.7xNo. of Companies38PS00.81.62.43.24+
38 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 8GC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the European Metals and Mining industry average (0.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 8GC's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

8GC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.2x
Fair PS Ratio0.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 8GC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x).


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 8GC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€4.27
€6.09
+42.7%
6.8%€6.85€5.24n/a15
Dec ’25€4.55
€6.08
+33.6%
7.6%€6.77€5.21n/a15
Nov ’25€4.83
€5.96
+23.4%
7.5%€6.60€5.10n/a15
Oct ’25€5.17
€5.88
+13.7%
8.6%€7.19€5.07n/a15
Sep ’25€4.73
€5.96
+26.0%
7.7%€6.89€5.07n/a15
Aug ’25€4.90
€6.20
+26.5%
8.0%€7.13€5.20n/a14
Jul ’25€5.45
€6.07
+11.4%
7.3%€6.76€5.38n/a13
Jun ’25€5.66
€5.86
+3.6%
9.3%€6.54€4.80n/a13
May ’25€5.46
€5.84
+6.9%
10.7%€6.64€4.32n/a13
Apr ’25€5.07
€5.69
+12.2%
11.2%€6.83€4.26n/a13
Mar ’25€4.43
€5.66
+27.5%
10.4%€6.84€4.55n/a13
Feb ’25€4.99
€6.10
+22.2%
11.4%€7.29€4.68n/a14
Jan ’25€5.43
€6.07
+11.8%
9.1%€7.16€5.24n/a13
Dec ’24€5.34
€6.22
+16.5%
8.5%€7.24€5.30€4.5512
Nov ’24€5.01
€6.36
+26.9%
9.0%€7.44€5.59€4.8311
Oct ’24€5.41
€6.63
+22.4%
7.8%€7.64€6.05€5.1711
Sep ’24€4.99
€6.47
+29.6%
8.8%€7.71€5.86€4.7312
Aug ’24€5.46
€6.44
+18.1%
8.4%€7.69€5.91€4.9012
Jul ’24€5.20
€6.61
+27.3%
7.4%€7.57€6.03€5.4512
Jun ’24€4.88
€6.87
+40.9%
9.2%€8.08€5.88€5.6613
May ’24€5.38
€6.73
+25.2%
9.1%€7.89€5.74€5.4613
Apr ’24€5.28
€6.87
+30.1%
8.4%€7.97€5.80€5.0717
Mar ’24€5.81
€7.07
+21.6%
8.6%€8.15€5.94€4.4318
Feb ’24€6.19
€7.08
+14.4%
10.1%€8.40€5.76€4.9918
Jan ’24€6.25
€7.20
+15.2%
11.9%€8.75€5.21€5.4319
Dec ’23€6.45
€7.26
+12.5%
11.8%€8.91€5.31€5.3419

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 Analysis2024/12/21 10:44
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

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Analyst Sources

Glencore plc is covered by 42 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Teun TeeuwisseABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
Wade NapierAvior Capital Markets