Gen Digital Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SYM (€25.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€37.66)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SYM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14x
PEG Ratio1.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SYM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.9x
IXX init innovation in traffic systems
19.2x21.6%€358.5m
NEM Nemetschek
66.4x16.8%€11.7b
IVU IVU Traffic Technologies
20.3xn/a€230.5m
BC8 Bechtle
17.6x8.6%€4.6b
SYM Gen Digital
27.4x14.4%€17.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SYM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the peer average (30.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SYM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Software Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a36.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SYM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the European Software industry average (29.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SYM'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.

SYM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.4x
Fair PE Ratio32.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SYM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.6x).


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 SYM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€25.80
€24.35
-5.6%
13.0%€29.26€19.20n/a7
Oct ’25€24.60
€23.89
-2.9%
12.9%€28.87€18.94n/a7
Sep ’25€23.80
€23.89
+0.4%
12.9%€28.87€18.94n/a7
Aug ’25€23.80
€23.92
+0.5%
9.3%€26.85€19.44n/a7
Jul ’25€23.20
€23.92
+3.1%
9.3%€26.85€19.44n/a7
Jun ’25€22.60
€23.95
+6.0%
9.6%€26.73€19.36n/a7
May ’25€19.40
€24.33
+25.4%
9.0%€27.03€19.57n/a8
Apr ’25€20.66
€24.37
+17.9%
9.0%€26.68€19.32n/a8
Mar ’25€19.81
€24.21
+22.2%
9.6%€26.90€19.48n/a9
Feb ’25€21.92
€23.78
+8.5%
10.0%€27.70€19.39n/a9
Jan ’25€20.60
€22.86
+11.0%
9.4%€24.77€19.26n/a8
Dec ’24€20.04
€22.71
+13.3%
9.8%€24.81€19.29n/a7
Nov ’24€15.55
€21.45
+38.0%
8.7%€25.18€19.59n/a6
Oct ’24€16.75
€21.45
+28.1%
8.7%€25.18€19.59€24.606
Sep ’24€19.00
€20.56
+8.2%
9.6%€24.53€18.84€23.806
Aug ’24€17.60
€20.24
+15.0%
9.7%€24.34€18.69€23.806
Jul ’24€16.89
€21.44
+27.0%
9.5%€24.99€19.44€23.206
Jun ’24€16.32
€21.44
+31.4%
9.5%€24.99€19.44€22.606
May ’24€16.03
€22.45
+40.0%
3.0%€23.53€21.72€19.405
Apr ’24€15.32
€23.74
+55.0%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€20.665
Mar ’24€18.34
€23.74
+29.5%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€19.815
Feb ’24€20.96
€23.74
+13.3%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€21.925
Jan ’24€19.71
€25.73
+30.5%
6.8%€28.97€23.97€20.605
Dec ’23€21.78
€25.73
+18.1%
6.8%€28.97€23.97€20.045
Nov ’23€22.58
€26.07
+15.5%
5.3%€28.34€24.29€15.555
Oct ’23€20.53
€26.49
+29.0%
7.2%€29.15€24.12€16.755

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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