Atea Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: MKL (€11.44) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€20.85)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MKL. This is calculated by dividing MKL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MKL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.1x
EarningsNOK 771.00m
Market CapNOK 15.51b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for MKL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.7x
SANT Kontron
13.8x19.0%€1.2b
NA9 Nagarro
20.3x17.1%€1.1b
YSN secunet Security Networks
26.6x8.5%€734.9m
COK Cancom
18.3x1.1%€738.7m
MKL Atea
20.1x18.9%€15.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MKL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the peer average (19.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MKL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE IT Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
MKL 20.1xIndustry Avg. 17.3xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MKL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the European IT industry average (17.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MKL'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.

MKL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.1x
Fair PE Ratio24.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MKL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.9x).


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 MKL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€11.44
€12.92
+13.0%
10.0%€14.55€11.38n/a3
Dec ’25€11.66
€12.92
+10.8%
10.0%€14.55€11.38n/a3
Nov ’25€11.78
€12.62
+7.1%
11.5%€14.36€10.82n/a3
Oct ’25€11.50
€12.59
+9.5%
11.7%€14.49€10.91n/a3
Sep ’25€12.14
€13.41
+10.5%
14.1%€15.15€10.77n/a3
Aug ’25€12.32
€13.41
+8.8%
14.1%€15.15€10.77n/a3
Jul ’25€13.24
€13.16
-0.6%
19.6%€15.80€9.65n/a3
Jun ’25€12.56
€13.16
+4.8%
19.6%€15.80€9.65n/a3
May ’25€11.64
€12.72
+9.3%
19.6%€15.26€9.33n/a3
Apr ’25€11.10
€13.09
+17.9%
21.0%€15.85€9.33n/a3
Mar ’25€10.84
€13.09
+20.7%
21.0%€15.85€9.33n/a3
Feb ’25€12.28
€13.96
+13.7%
11.9%€15.90€11.84n/a3
Jan ’25€11.50
€13.54
+17.7%
10.4%€15.39€11.97n/a3
Dec ’24€10.38
€13.54
+30.4%
10.4%€15.39€11.97€11.663
Nov ’24€10.14
€13.55
+33.6%
7.9%€15.36€12.63€11.784
Oct ’24€11.52
€14.55
+26.3%
7.4%€16.17€13.29€11.504
Sep ’24€11.32
€14.55
+28.5%
7.4%€16.17€13.29€12.144
Aug ’24€12.30
€14.55
+18.3%
7.4%€16.17€13.29€12.324
Jul ’24€13.24
€12.62
-4.7%
8.0%€14.28€11.76€13.244
Jun ’24€12.46
€12.62
+1.3%
8.0%€14.28€11.76€12.564
May ’24€12.02
€12.09
+0.6%
6.1%€12.82€10.94€11.644
Apr ’24€10.72
€12.53
+16.9%
6.1%€13.72€11.71€11.104
Mar ’24€10.80
€12.53
+16.0%
6.1%€13.72€11.71€10.844
Feb ’24€10.30
€12.05
+17.0%
9.1%€13.77€10.74€12.284
Jan ’24€10.66
€12.60
+18.2%
8.5%€14.46€11.86€11.504
Dec ’23€11.62
€12.60
+8.5%
8.5%€14.46€11.86€10.384

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 Analysis2024/12/23 08:16
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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.

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

Atea ASA is covered by 12 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Aksel Øverland EngebakkenABG Sundal Collier
Markus BjerkeArctic Securities ASA
Erik HjulströmBeringer Finance AB