China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited

DB:RS3 Stock Report

Market Cap: €6.7b

China Railway Signal & Communication Valuation

Is RS3 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • 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 RS3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RS3 (€0.3) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€0.38)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RS3 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RS3?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

RS3 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/Revenue1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.7x
PEG Ratio0.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RS3's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RS3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average31.1x
JEN Jenoptik
19.8x15.9%€1.4b
S9I Stemmer Imaging
14.2x11.3%€223.0m
LPK LPKF Laser & Electronics
58.1x54.3%€192.4m
M7U Nynomic
32.3x27.1%€195.6m
RS3 China Railway Signal & Communication
8.6x9.5%€56.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RS3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the peer average (31.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RS3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electronic Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a39.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RS3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the European Electronic industry average (19.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RS3'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.

RS3 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.6x
Fair PE Ratio15.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RS3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.1x).


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 RS3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.30
€0.46
+57.0%
14.5%€0.57€0.37n/a6
Apr ’25€0.32
€0.47
+47.2%
16.0%€0.60€0.37n/a6
Mar ’25€0.31
€0.48
+52.6%
17.9%€0.60€0.37n/a4
Feb ’25€0.29
€0.48
+65.2%
18.0%€0.59€0.37n/a4
Jan ’25€0.26
€0.48
+81.2%
17.8%€0.59€0.36n/a4
Dec ’24€0.24
€0.46
+92.8%
17.9%€0.59€0.36n/a6
Nov ’24€0.26
€0.48
+84.9%
15.7%€0.60€0.39n/a6
Oct ’24€0.26
€0.48
+81.2%
14.1%€0.59€0.38n/a7
Sep ’24€0.27
€0.47
+74.1%
16.0%€0.58€0.34n/a7
Aug ’24€0.30
€0.45
+52.5%
18.6%€0.61€0.32n/a8
Jul ’24€0.31
€0.45
+45.6%
18.6%€0.61€0.32n/a8
Jun ’24€0.34
€0.47
+38.8%
19.0%€0.64€0.34n/a8
May ’24€0.36
€0.42
+16.9%
24.7%€0.64€0.30€0.317
Apr ’24€0.30
€0.41
+36.4%
16.5%€0.51€0.31€0.327
Mar ’24€0.32
€0.40
+27.2%
16.4%€0.51€0.31€0.318
Feb ’24€0.26
€0.40
+51.7%
16.5%€0.51€0.31€0.298
Jan ’24€0.23
€0.40
+73.4%
17.3%€0.51€0.31€0.268
Dec ’23€0.21
€0.40
+95.3%
17.3%€0.51€0.31€0.248
Nov ’23€0.22
€0.41
+91.8%
17.4%€0.52€0.32€0.268
Oct ’23€0.20
€0.41
+102.2%
16.3%€0.53€0.33€0.268
Sep ’23€0.27
€0.44
+63.5%
22.6%€0.68€0.34€0.278
Aug ’23€0.27
€0.44
+64.5%
22.7%€0.68€0.34€0.308
Jul ’23€0.28
€0.42
+51.8%
21.9%€0.63€0.33€0.318
Jun ’23€0.29
€0.42
+44.5%
21.9%€0.63€0.33€0.348
May ’23€0.28
€0.45
+60.3%
22.4%€0.64€0.34€0.369

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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