Informa plc

DB:IEA Stock Report

Market Cap: €13.8b

Informa Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: IEA (€10.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€19.37)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IEA. This is calculated by dividing IEA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IEA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio36.8x
EarningsUK£312.80m
Market CapUK£11.50b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IEA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26x
SAX Ströer SE KGaA
23.2x29.2%€2.7b
M8G Verve Group
14.9x22.0%€762.2m
EVD CTS Eventim KGaA
30.9x14.1%€7.8b
G24 Scout24
35.2x14.8%€6.2b
IEA Informa
36.8x22.4%€11.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IEA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.8x) compared to the peer average (26x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IEA 36.8xIndustry Avg. 12.1xNo. of Companies17PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IEA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.8x) compared to the European Media industry average (12.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IEA'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.

IEA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36.8x
Fair PE Ratio24.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IEA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x).

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 IEA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€10.60
€11.87
+12.0%
5.6%€12.87€10.48n/a12
Nov ’25€9.60
€11.91
+24.0%
5.7%€12.91€10.51n/a12
Oct ’25€9.85
€11.59
+17.7%
4.9%€12.38€10.27n/a9
Sep ’25€9.85
€11.59
+17.7%
4.9%€12.38€10.27n/a9
Aug ’25€10.30
€11.68
+13.4%
5.0%€12.50€10.37n/a9
Jul ’25€10.10
€11.48
+13.6%
5.5%€12.36€10.30n/a12
Jun ’25€9.85
€11.37
+15.4%
6.2%€12.35€10.23n/a13
May ’25€9.35
€11.11
+18.8%
6.4%€12.26€9.92n/a13
Apr ’25€9.74
€11.13
+14.4%
6.4%€12.27€9.93n/a13
Mar ’25€9.47
€10.81
+14.1%
7.5%€12.25€9.34n/a13
Feb ’25€9.03
€10.74
+18.9%
8.4%€12.31€9.38n/a13
Jan ’25€8.90
€10.33
+16.0%
7.7%€11.85€9.30n/a14
Dec ’24€8.55
€10.17
+19.0%
8.4%€11.71€8.95n/a14
Nov ’24€8.16
€9.81
+20.2%
9.0%€11.53€8.50€9.6014
Oct ’24€8.60
€9.74
+13.2%
9.3%€11.60€8.49€9.8515
Sep ’24€8.55
€9.86
+15.3%
9.3%€11.53€8.07€9.8516
Aug ’24€8.81
€9.76
+10.8%
8.5%€11.20€8.05€10.3016
Jul ’24€8.30
€9.36
+12.7%
10.8%€11.17€6.98€10.1016
Jun ’24€8.02
€8.90
+10.9%
10.7%€10.69€6.90€9.8514
May ’24€8.06
€8.77
+8.8%
10.8%€10.59€6.83€9.3514
Apr ’24€7.78
€8.71
+12.0%
10.6%€10.22€6.82€9.7414
Mar ’24€7.54
€8.34
+10.6%
10.8%€10.29€6.75€9.4715
Feb ’24€7.54
€8.34
+10.6%
10.8%€10.29€6.75€9.0315
Jan ’24€6.96
€8.22
+18.1%
8.5%€9.29€6.83€8.9016
Dec ’23€7.18
€8.25
+14.9%
8.6%€9.37€6.88€8.5516
Nov ’23€6.44
€8.14
+26.3%
8.5%€8.99€6.86€8.1616

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

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