Spirent Communications Valuation

Is BW8 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 BW8 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BW8 (€2.22) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€1.13)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BW8 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BW8?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

BW8 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/Revenue2.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA26.7x
PEG Ratio1.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BW8's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BW8 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.8x
FEW Funkwerk
9.8xn/a€170.1m
CFC UET United Electronic Technology
4.5xn/a€17.1m
JEN Jenoptik
19.7x15.9%€1.4b
303 Vtech Holdings
9.4xn/aHK$11.8b
BW8 Spirent Communications
55.1x32.7%€1.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BW8 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.1x) compared to the peer average (10.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BW8's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Communications Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a46.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BW8 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.1x) compared to the European Communications industry average (23.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BW8'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.

BW8 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio55.1x
Fair PE Ratio23.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BW8 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.3x).


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 BW8 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€2.22
€2.56
+15.3%
9.3%€2.80€2.32n/a2
Apr ’25€2.19
€2.42
+10.7%
16.4%€2.82€2.03n/a2
Mar ’25€1.20
€1.83
+52.5%
15.7%€2.29€1.41n/a5
Feb ’25€1.35
€1.83
+35.4%
15.7%€2.29€1.41n/a5
Jan ’25€1.40
€1.77
+26.3%
20.5%€2.26€1.16n/a5
Dec ’24€1.29
€1.54
+19.3%
29.4%€2.26€1.10n/a6
Nov ’24€1.09
€1.54
+41.9%
29.4%€2.26€1.10n/a6
Oct ’24€1.53
€2.66
+73.9%
27.0%€3.95€1.74n/a7
Sep ’24€1.79
€2.66
+48.3%
27.0%€3.95€1.74n/a7
Aug ’24€1.94
€2.73
+40.2%
22.9%€3.98€1.99n/a7
Jul ’24€1.86
€2.71
+45.4%
22.9%€3.95€1.98n/a7
Jun ’24€2.06
€2.71
+31.5%
21.4%€3.92€1.96n/a8
May ’24€1.99
€2.69
+35.5%
21.4%€3.89€1.94€2.268
Apr ’24€1.98
€2.68
+35.5%
21.0%€3.86€1.99€2.198
Mar ’24€2.46
€3.14
+27.7%
18.3%€3.98€2.32€1.208
Feb ’24€2.44
€3.14
+28.8%
18.3%€3.98€2.32€1.358
Jan ’24€3.06
€3.38
+10.5%
18.0%€4.35€2.54€1.406
Dec ’23€3.22
€3.38
+5.0%
18.0%€4.35€2.54€1.296
Nov ’23€3.00
€3.39
+13.1%
17.9%€4.37€2.55€1.096
Oct ’23€2.88
€3.53
+22.5%
16.6%€4.51€2.63€1.537
Sep ’23€2.94
€3.53
+20.0%
16.6%€4.51€2.63€1.797
Aug ’23€3.34
€3.50
+4.9%
16.3%€4.39€2.57€1.947
Jul ’23€2.84
€3.49
+23.0%
15.3%€4.33€2.54€1.867
Jun ’23€2.70
€3.49
+29.3%
15.3%€4.33€2.54€2.067
May ’23€2.66
€3.55
+33.4%
14.7%€4.44€2.61€1.998

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


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