Lumentum Holdings Valuation

Is LU2 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LU2 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LU2 (€40.25) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€54.42)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LU2 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LU2?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LU2 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/Revenue3.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA106.2x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does LU2's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for LU2 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.3x
ADV Adtran Networks
1.7x-1.6%€1.0b
FEW Funkwerk
1.1xn/a€162.0m
CEK CeoTronics
2x16.1%€54.8m
CFC UET United Electronic Technology
0.3xn/a€16.8m
LU2 Lumentum Holdings
2.1x13.0%€2.9b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: LU2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the peer average (1.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LU2's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Communications Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a45.9%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: LU2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the European Communications industry average (1.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LU2's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LU2 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.1x
Fair PS Ratio1.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: LU2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.1x).


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 LU2 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€40.25
€51.10
+26.9%
19.5%€74.58€37.29n/a16
Apr ’25€44.16
€52.10
+18.0%
19.6%€74.48€37.24n/a17
Mar ’25€44.72
€51.60
+15.4%
19.8%€74.28€37.14n/a17
Feb ’25€50.80
€50.27
-1.0%
16.1%€63.94€36.90n/a17
Jan ’25€47.80
€47.33
-1.0%
15.4%€62.77€36.23n/a17
Dec ’24€38.90
€45.23
+16.3%
12.4%€54.62€36.41n/a16
Nov ’24€36.34
€47.88
+31.8%
14.6%€65.48€37.80n/a16
Oct ’24€42.38
€49.42
+16.6%
12.6%€58.85€36.78n/a16
Sep ’24€49.62
€49.42
-0.4%
12.6%€58.85€36.78n/a16
Aug ’24€47.28
€49.81
+5.4%
14.5%€60.62€36.19n/a16
Jul ’24€52.65
€49.92
-5.2%
15.1%€60.99€36.41n/a16
Jun ’24€49.86
€48.86
-2.0%
14.5%€59.65€36.43n/a16
May ’24€43.34
€53.98
+24.6%
18.2%€72.93€36.46€40.3816
Apr ’24€48.43
€65.36
+35.0%
10.6%€77.44€52.55€44.1615
Mar ’24€49.74
€66.66
+34.0%
10.3%€78.66€53.37€44.7216
Feb ’24€54.65
€66.81
+22.2%
11.9%€82.83€55.22€50.8016
Jan ’24€47.69
€70.87
+48.6%
13.8%€91.35€58.39€47.8016
Dec ’23€51.61
€74.10
+43.6%
11.8%€92.15€58.90€38.9015
Nov ’23€75.56
€109.75
+45.3%
12.7%€126.61€81.03€36.3414
Oct ’23€70.03
€114.10
+62.9%
9.1%€128.99€98.03€42.3814
Sep ’23€80.96
€111.16
+37.3%
8.8%€123.88€94.15€49.6212
Aug ’23€87.29
€109.30
+25.2%
9.7%€122.26€91.94€47.2812
Jul ’23€75.59
€107.91
+42.8%
8.2%€118.50€89.11€52.6512
Jun ’23€81.04
€107.91
+33.2%
8.2%€118.50€89.11€49.8612
May ’23€77.63
€106.63
+37.4%
7.9%€116.66€90.53€43.3412

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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