Ingevity Corporation

DB:IGX Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.3b

Ingevity Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: IGX (€63.5) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (€146.41)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: IGX is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IGX. This is calculated by dividing IGX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IGX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio105.1x
EarningsUS$25.20m
Market CapUS$2.68b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IGX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average38.8x
ACT AlzChem Group
23.6x19.62%€1.6b
EVK Evonik Industries
69.4x29.15%€8.4b
SY1 Symrise
51.1x19.60%€12.6b
UZU Uzin Utz
11.3x11.28%€299.6m
IGX Ingevity
106.2x46.89%€2.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IGX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (105.1x) compared to the peer average (38.8x).


Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IGX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IGX 105.1xIndustry Avg. 19.3xNo. of Companies13PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IGX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (105.1x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (19.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IGX'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.

IGX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio105.1x
Fair PE Ratio38.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IGX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (105.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.2x).


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 IGX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€64.00
€77.19
+20.61%
3.31%€79.79€73.72n/a3
Aug ’27€58.00
€77.19
+33.09%
3.31%€79.79€73.72n/a3
Jul ’27€61.50
€75.28
+22.41%
7.69%€81.01€66.04n/a4
Jun ’27€55.50
€72.81
+31.19%
7.69%€78.35€63.87n/a4
May ’27€59.50
€68.21
+14.63%
5.93%€73.72€63.55n/a4
Apr ’27€59.45
€67.79
+14.03%
4.22%€71.00€64.16n/a4
Mar ’27€55.95
€67.04
+19.82%
4.22%€70.21€63.44n/a4
Feb ’27€53.10
€59.22
+11.53%
6.03%€64.46€54.41n/a4
Jan ’27€49.98
€59.36
+18.77%
8.78%€65.77€51.25n/a4
Dec ’26€42.76
€57.60
+34.70%
12.28%€66.44€47.46n/a4
Nov ’26€43.60
€57.28
+31.38%
13.80%€65.59€44.29n/a4
Oct ’26€44.62
€57.28
+28.38%
13.80%€65.59€44.29n/a4
Sep ’26€49.26
€51.90
+5.35%
10.81%€60.05€44.61n/a4
Aug ’26€33.46
€46.50
+38.96%
14.06%€56.57€40.28€58.004
Jul ’26€36.20
€43.94
+21.37%
20.10%€56.03€32.26€61.504
Jun ’26€37.46
€46.66
+24.55%
20.10%€59.51€34.26€55.504
May ’26€26.94
€45.45
+68.70%
24.22%€60.29€29.23€59.504
Apr ’26€34.48
€54.02
+56.68%
14.33%€60.95€41.56€59.454
Mar ’26€43.68
€55.79
+27.71%
14.33%€62.94€42.91€55.954
Feb ’26€43.78
€53.10
+21.29%
11.17%€59.71€44.05€53.104
Jan ’26€38.50
€51.73
+34.36%
11.17%€58.16€42.91€49.984
Dec ’25€45.32
€45.58
+0.57%
13.59%€53.41€36.83€42.764
Nov ’25€38.40
€45.58
+18.70%
13.59%€53.41€36.83€43.604
Oct ’25€34.64
€43.29
+24.97%
14.87%€52.09€35.92€44.625
Sep ’25€36.08
€44.49
+23.32%
13.87%€53.10€36.62€49.265
Aug ’25€40.18
€48.19
+19.93%
13.27%€57.46€41.70€33.465
€73.36
Fair Value
13.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
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Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2026/08/10 19:54
End of Day Share Price 2026/08/10 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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

Ingevity Corporation is covered by 7 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Paretosh MisraBerenberg
John McNultyBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Jonathan TanwantengCJS Securities, Inc.