Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

DB:5JZ Stock Report

Market Cap: €665.1m

Bloomsbury Publishing Valuation

Is 5JZ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 5JZ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 5JZ (€7.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€11.74)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 5JZ is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 5JZ?

Key metric: As 5JZ is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 5JZ. This is calculated by dividing 5JZ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 5JZ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.6x
EarningsUK£37.70m
Market CapUK£551.94m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 5JZ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 5JZ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.6x
BST Bastei Lübbe
12.6x0.1%€134.6m
M8G Verve Group
31.4x44.3%€608.1m
SAX Ströer SE KGaA
22.9x28.0%€2.6b
NWO New Work
31.5x32.3%€376.6m
5JZ Bloomsbury Publishing
14.6x-3.1%€551.9m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 5JZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.6x) compared to the peer average (24.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 5JZ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Media Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
5JZ 14.6xIndustry Avg. 13.1xNo. of Companies15PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 5JZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.6x) compared to the European Media industry average (13.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 5JZ'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.

5JZ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.6x
Fair PE Ratio13.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 5JZ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x).

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 5JZ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€7.80
€10.09
+29.4%
2.5%€10.34€9.71n/a4
Dec ’25€7.65
€10.02
+30.9%
2.5%€10.26€9.64n/a4
Nov ’25€7.95
€10.00
+25.8%
2.9%€10.22€9.60n/a3
Oct ’25€7.95
€9.26
+16.4%
2.5%€9.52€8.96n/a3
Sep ’25€8.10
€9.26
+14.3%
2.5%€9.52€8.96n/a3
Aug ’25€8.35
€9.26
+10.8%
2.5%€9.52€8.96n/a3
Jul ’25€7.50
€9.00
+20.0%
1.8%€9.23€8.87n/a3
Jun ’25€7.05
€9.00
+27.6%
2.0%€9.17€8.82n/a2
May ’25€6.00
€7.00
+16.6%
3.8%€7.26€6.73n/a2
Apr ’25€5.90
€7.00
+18.6%
3.8%€7.26€6.73n/a2
Mar ’25€5.90
€7.00
+18.6%
3.8%€7.26€6.73n/a2
Feb ’25€5.35
€6.50
+21.5%
7.6%€7.00€6.00n/a2
Jan ’25€5.45
€6.50
+19.3%
7.6%€7.00€6.00n/a2
Dec ’24€4.82
€6.25
+29.7%
5.5%€6.60€5.91€7.652
Nov ’24€4.58
€6.25
+36.5%
5.5%€6.60€5.91€7.952
Oct ’24€4.42
€6.33
+43.2%
5.5%€6.68€5.98€7.952
Sep ’24€4.58
€6.33
+38.2%
5.5%€6.68€5.98€8.102
Aug ’24€4.72
€6.33
+34.1%
5.5%€6.68€5.98€8.352
Jul ’24€4.84
€6.34
+31.0%
5.5%€6.69€5.99€7.502
Jun ’24€4.46
€6.11
+37.0%
9.5%€6.69€5.53€7.052
May ’24€4.88
€5.56
+13.9%
2.6%€5.70€5.42€6.002
Apr ’24€4.84
€5.56
+14.9%
2.6%€5.70€5.42€5.902
Jan ’24€4.84
€5.02
+3.7%
1.1%€5.07€4.96€5.452
Dec ’23€5.35
€5.02
-6.2%
1.1%€5.07€4.96€4.822

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 Analysis2024/12/20 10:59
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/08/31
Annual Earnings2024/02/29

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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is covered by 9 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
William LarwoodBerenberg
Karen HooiGoldman Sachs
Jonathan RodgersGoldman Sachs