ITV plc

DB:IJ7 Stock Report

Market Cap: €3.3b

ITV Valuation

Is IJ7 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-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 IJ7 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IJ7 (€0.87) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€2.82)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IJ7 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IJ7?

Key metric: As IJ7 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IJ7. This is calculated by dividing IJ7's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IJ7's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.3x
EarningsUK£434.00m
Market CapUK£2.74b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does IJ7's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for IJ7 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.9x
RRTL RTL Group
10.4x-2.2%€4.2b
SAX Ströer SE KGaA
23.3x28.0%€2.7b
G24 Scout24
35.2x15.0%€6.2b
KA8 Klassik Radio
30.5xn/a€17.7m
IJ7 ITV
6.3x-12.1%€2.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IJ7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the peer average (24.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IJ7's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Media Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IJ7 6.3xIndustry Avg. 12.8xNo. of Companies18PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IJ7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the European Media industry average (12.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IJ7'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.

IJ7 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.3x
Fair PE Ratio13.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IJ7 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x).

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 IJ7 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.87
€1.07
+23.5%
19.2%€1.40€0.73n/a8
Dec ’25€0.86
€1.05
+21.8%
19.0%€1.37€0.72n/a8
Nov ’25€0.87
€1.14
+31.1%
19.8%€1.45€0.79n/a8
Oct ’25€0.95
€1.12
+18.5%
19.6%€1.43€0.78n/a8
Sep ’25€0.93
€1.12
+20.3%
19.6%€1.43€0.78n/a8
Aug ’25€0.94
€1.13
+20.9%
18.5%€1.43€0.78n/a9
Jul ’25€0.94
€1.13
+20.2%
19.0%€1.43€0.78n/a9
Jun ’25€0.89
€1.08
+22.2%
18.5%€1.42€0.77n/a10
May ’25€0.81
€1.02
+27.1%
21.6%€1.41€0.69n/a10
Apr ’25€0.83
€1.03
+24.6%
21.3%€1.41€0.69n/a10
Mar ’25€0.63
€0.97
+53.6%
26.0%€1.41€0.63n/a10
Feb ’25€0.68
€0.97
+43.2%
27.3%€1.42€0.56n/a10
Jan ’25€0.70
€0.99
+41.6%
28.0%€1.41€0.52n/a9
Dec ’24€0.68
€1.02
+51.8%
31.0%€1.52€0.53€0.869
Nov ’24€0.71
€1.09
+53.5%
30.2%€1.62€0.57€0.879
Oct ’24€0.78
€1.09
+38.8%
28.7%€1.62€0.57€0.9510
Sep ’24€0.79
€1.11
+39.7%
27.3%€1.63€0.57€0.9311
Aug ’24€0.81
€1.11
+36.4%
27.3%€1.63€0.57€0.9411
Jul ’24€0.77
€1.10
+43.7%
29.3%€1.64€0.57€0.9410
Jun ’24€0.81
€1.10
+35.3%
27.9%€1.61€0.56€0.8911
May ’24€0.89
€1.09
+22.3%
27.4%€1.58€0.55€0.8111
Apr ’24€0.92
€1.09
+18.9%
27.6%€1.59€0.56€0.8311
Mar ’24€0.97
€1.03
+6.4%
31.8%€1.57€0.49€0.6311
Feb ’24€0.89
€1.05
+16.9%
30.5%€1.59€0.50€0.6812
Jan ’24€0.83
€1.04
+25.3%
32.1%€1.61€0.54€0.7013
Dec ’23€0.85
€1.07
+27.0%
33.9%€1.86€0.63€0.6813

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 13:05
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 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

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

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Analyst Sources

ITV plc is covered by 40 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Hélène CoumesAlphaValue
William Noel MilnerArete Research Services LLP
JULIEN ROCHBarclays