H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ)

DB:HMSB Stock Report

Market Cap: €21.0b

H & M Hennes & Mauritz Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

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

Below Fair Value: HMSB (€12.86) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€8.15)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HMSB is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HMSB. This is calculated by dividing HMSB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HMSB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.9x
EarningsSEK 10.12b
Market CapSEK 242.12b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HMSB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.6x
ZAL Zalando
41.5x21.6%€8.5b
FIE Fielmann Group
24.4x18.9%€3.4b
HBM HORNBACH Baumarkt
25.8xn/a€2.0b
FSNT Platform Group
2.8x-37.8%€153.0m
HMSB H & M Hennes & Mauritz
23.9x15.0%€242.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HMSB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the peer average (23.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HMSB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Specialty Retail Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HMSB 23.9xIndustry Avg. 15.5xNo. of Companies11PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HMSB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the European Specialty Retail industry average (15.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HMSB'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.

HMSB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.9x
Fair PE Ratio17.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HMSB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x).

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 HMSB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€12.86
€14.26
+10.9%
14.1%€17.35€10.41n/a28
Dec ’25€13.11
€14.41
+9.9%
14.3%€17.34€10.41n/a28
Nov ’25€13.64
€14.52
+6.5%
14.6%€17.26€10.36n/a28
Oct ’25€15.08
€15.07
-0.03%
13.6%€17.74€10.64n/a28
Sep ’25€14.45
€15.09
+4.4%
14.5%€18.51€10.57n/a26
Aug ’25€14.40
€15.52
+7.8%
15.2%€18.49€10.57n/a26
Jul ’25€15.05
€15.34
+2.0%
15.1%€18.43€10.53n/a26
Jun ’25€16.13
€14.97
-7.2%
16.2%€19.27€10.51n/a25
May ’25€14.88
€14.38
-3.4%
15.2%€17.98€10.27n/a26
Apr ’25€15.21
€14.30
-6.0%
16.3%€18.18€10.39n/a27
Mar ’25€12.66
€14.06
+11.1%
14.2%€17.86€10.18n/a28
Feb ’25€12.75
€14.54
+14.1%
14.4%€17.71€10.09n/a28
Jan ’25€15.92
€15.77
-1.0%
12.6%€19.05€11.16n/a28
Dec ’24€14.75
€15.27
+3.5%
13.1%€18.47€10.82€13.1128
Nov ’24€12.65
€14.93
+18.0%
12.9%€18.22€10.67€13.6427
Oct ’24€13.22
€14.95
+13.1%
13.1%€18.20€10.66€15.0826
Sep ’24€14.11
€14.70
+4.2%
17.0%€18.61€9.89€14.4526
Aug ’24€15.24
€15.04
-1.3%
17.5%€19.11€10.16€14.4026
Jul ’24€15.66
€13.91
-11.2%
18.8%€18.27€9.35€15.0526
Jun ’24€12.01
€12.36
+2.9%
17.5%€15.95€8.36€16.1324
May ’24€13.23
€12.38
-6.4%
19.7%€16.35€7.51€14.8825
Apr ’24€13.14
€11.95
-9.0%
21.0%€16.43€7.55€15.2125
Mar ’24€11.97
€11.00
-8.1%
21.0%€16.24€6.80€12.6625
Feb ’24€11.38
€10.32
-9.4%
21.2%€15.77€6.61€12.7525
Jan ’24€10.14
€10.15
+0.2%
25.5%€17.21€6.34€15.9225
Dec ’23€10.80
€10.22
-5.4%
21.2%€16.49€7.83€14.7525

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 12:38
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/08/31
Annual Earnings2023/11/30

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

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Analyst Sources

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) is covered by 76 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andreas LundbergABG Sundal Collier
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
José RitoBanco BPI, S.A.