LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft

DB:LX9B Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.0b

LANXESS Valuation

Is LX9B 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-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 LX9B when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LX9B (€4.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€10.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LX9B is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LX9B?

Key metric: As LX9B is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for LX9B. This is calculated by dividing LX9B's market cap by their current revenue.
What is LX9B's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.3x
Sales€6.32b
Market Cap€2.05b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does LX9B's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for LX9B vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.5x
BAS BASF
0.6x4.4%€37.5b
SDF K+S
0.5x0.4%€2.0b
WCH Wacker Chemie
0.6x5.2%€3.5b
TKA thyssenkrupp
0.07x1.1%€2.4b
LX9B LANXESS
0.3x2.8%€2.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: LX9B is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the peer average (0.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does LX9B's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

27 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LX9B 0.3xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies30PS01.22.43.64.86+
27 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: LX9B is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LX9B'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.

LX9B PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.3x
Fair PS Ratio0.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: LX9B is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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