NEC Corporation

DB:NEC1 Stock Report

Market Cap: €22.0b

NEC Valuation

Is NEC1 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 NEC1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NEC1 (€80.76) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€121.48)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NEC1 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NEC1?

Key metric: As NEC1 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NEC1. This is calculated by dividing NEC1's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NEC1's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.9x
EarningsJP¥150.07b
Market CapJP¥3.58t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NEC1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NEC1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19x
BC8 Bechtle
15.3x9.4%€3.8b
SANT Kontron
14.1x19.0%€1.2b
NA9 Nagarro
20x17.1%€1.1b
YSN secunet Security Networks
26.7x8.5%€738.8m
NEC1 NEC
23.9x13.3%€3.6t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NEC1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the peer average (19x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NEC1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE IT Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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NEC1 23.9xIndustry Avg. 17.6xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NEC1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the European IT industry average (17.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NEC1'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.

NEC1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.9x
Fair PE Ratio33.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NEC1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.4x).

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 NEC1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€80.76
€95.20
+17.9%
9.3%€104.95€72.23n/a10
Dec ’25€79.10
€96.59
+22.1%
9.3%€106.49€73.29n/a10
Nov ’25€75.70
€90.48
+19.5%
9.7%€102.47€70.52n/a10
Oct ’25€88.70
€95.11
+7.2%
7.3%€105.19€79.69n/a11
Sep ’25€79.10
€90.27
+14.1%
8.7%€102.59€77.72n/a11
Aug ’25€76.70
€85.26
+11.2%
11.5%€99.58€69.40n/a11
Jul ’25€77.16
€77.63
+0.6%
8.9%€94.42€67.86n/a11
Jun ’25€67.82
€74.23
+9.5%
8.8%€82.42€58.87n/a11
May ’25€67.80
€70.48
+4.0%
11.2%€82.49€56.79n/a11
Apr ’25€68.50
€67.65
-1.2%
11.9%€78.69€49.57n/a11
Mar ’25€64.50
€64.01
-0.8%
12.4%€77.98€49.12n/a12
Feb ’25€60.00
€59.95
-0.08%
14.7%€79.87€44.65n/a12
Jan ’25€52.50
€57.97
+10.4%
13.0%€71.37€45.01n/a12
Dec ’24€52.50
€53.67
+2.2%
10.9%€61.98€43.38€79.1012
Nov ’24€43.80
€52.42
+19.7%
12.1%€62.34€41.77€75.7013
Oct ’24€52.00
€52.95
+1.8%
12.3%€63.14€42.30€88.7013
Sep ’24€49.00
€52.23
+6.6%
12.8%€63.10€42.27€79.1013
Aug ’24€45.20
€50.45
+11.6%
12.6%€64.29€43.07€76.7013
Jul ’24€44.00
€46.85
+6.5%
14.7%€62.18€30.44€77.1613
Jun ’24€44.20
€47.86
+8.3%
15.9%€64.28€31.47€67.8213
May ’24€36.00
€42.38
+17.7%
17.5%€63.64€31.16€67.8013
Apr ’24€34.80
€43.81
+25.9%
17.3%€66.27€32.44€68.5013
Mar ’24€33.00
€44.19
+33.9%
17.1%€66.12€32.37€64.5013
Feb ’24€34.00
€45.30
+33.2%
17.4%€67.86€32.52€60.0013
Jan ’24€32.60
€45.53
+39.7%
17.5%€68.05€32.61€52.5013
Dec ’23€34.20
€45.42
+32.8%
17.3%€67.40€32.30€52.5013

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 10:02
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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

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Analyst Sources

NEC Corporation is covered by 25 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
Yuki KanekoBofA Global Research
Yohei KanazawaCitigroup Global Markets Japan Inc.
Kota EzawaCitigroup Inc