Land Securities Group Valuation

Is LSU2 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • 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 LSU2 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LSU2 (€7) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€10.95)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LSU2 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LSU2?

Key metric: As LSU2 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LSU2. This is calculated by dividing LSU2's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LSU2's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio40.7x
EarningsUK£106.00m
Market CapUK£4.32b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LSU2's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LSU2 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.5x
BLND British Land
21x22.3%UK£3.6b
MRL MERLIN Properties SOCIMI
43.9x33.0%€5.7b
3462 Nomura Real Estate Master Fund
20.9x-3.8%JP¥641.5b
EPRT Essential Properties Realty Trust
28x13.2%US$5.5b
LSU2 Land Securities Group
40.7x26.7%€4.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LSU2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.7x) compared to the peer average (28.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LSU2's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European REITs Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LSU2 40.7xIndustry Avg. 21.5xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LSU2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.7x) compared to the European REITs industry average (21.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LSU2'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.

LSU2 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate LSU2's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 LSU2 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€7.00
€8.77
+25.3%
10.5%€11.21€6.63n/a18
Dec ’25€7.25
€8.75
+20.7%
10.4%€11.15€6.59n/a18
Nov ’25€7.10
€8.85
+24.6%
10.7%€11.19€6.19n/a18
Oct ’25€7.80
€8.71
+11.7%
10.1%€9.96€6.18n/a17
Sep ’25€7.30
€8.51
+16.6%
9.4%€9.72€5.90n/a16
Aug ’25€7.50
€8.58
+14.4%
9.4%€9.80€5.95n/a16
Jul ’25€7.45
€8.57
+15.1%
9.4%€9.79€5.95n/a16
Jun ’25€7.75
€8.26
+6.6%
12.5%€9.70€5.67n/a18
May ’25€7.60
€8.30
+9.2%
13.0%€9.72€5.68n/a17
Apr ’25€7.65
€8.27
+8.2%
14.1%€10.05€5.43n/a17
Mar ’25€7.20
€8.23
+14.3%
13.9%€10.07€5.44n/a17
Feb ’25€7.80
€8.14
+4.3%
13.9%€10.08€5.45n/a17
Jan ’25€8.25
€7.73
-6.3%
13.2%€8.67€5.35n/a14
Dec ’24€7.20
€7.65
+6.2%
13.2%€8.81€5.43€7.2514
Nov ’24€6.50
€7.73
+19.0%
13.6%€9.19€5.34€7.1017
Oct ’24€6.60
€7.66
+16.0%
13.3%€9.20€5.35€7.8017
Sep ’24€7.00
€8.02
+14.6%
12.4%€9.30€5.64€7.3017
Aug ’24€7.70
€8.12
+5.5%
11.5%€9.34€5.66€7.5017
Jul ’24€6.60
€8.22
+24.5%
9.0%€9.36€7.31€7.4517
Jun ’24€7.00
€7.98
+14.1%
9.1%€9.20€6.90€7.7517
May ’24€7.40
€7.97
+7.7%
8.9%€9.10€6.83€7.6017
Apr ’24€7.10
€7.97
+12.3%
8.9%€9.10€6.83€7.6517
Mar ’24€7.80
€7.98
+2.4%
8.2%€9.09€6.82€7.2017
Feb ’24€8.00
€7.72
-3.5%
8.2%€9.11€6.72€7.8016
Jan ’24€7.10
€7.53
+6.1%
8.6%€9.06€6.51€8.2516
Dec ’23€7.10
€7.84
+10.4%
12.9%€10.24€5.82€7.2017

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 Analysis2024/12/30 19:28
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

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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

Land Securities Group Plc is covered by 43 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
Paul MayBarclays
Paul MayBarclays