Star Bulk Carriers Valuation

Is 4FAP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 4FAP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 4FAP (€18.18) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€58.96)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 4FAP is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 4FAP?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

4FAP 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/EBITDA7.2x
PEG Ratio0.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 4FAP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 4FAP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.3x
PM1 Wilson
3.1xn/a€258.8m
HLAG Hapag-Lloyd
37.5x6.6%€27.0b
NEP SLOMAN NEPTUN Schiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft
2.3xn/a€110.9m
HHX HAMMONIA Schiffsholding
10.5xn/a€40.7m
4FAP Star Bulk Carriers
8.8x16.1%€2.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 4FAP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x) compared to the peer average (12.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 4FAP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Shipping Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a-16.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 4FAP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x) compared to the European Shipping industry average (7.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 4FAP'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.

4FAP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.8x
Fair PE Ratio13.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 4FAP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.8x).


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 4FAP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€18.18
€26.17
+44.0%
22.5%€33.76€17.67n/a7
Oct ’25€21.12
€26.47
+25.3%
16.2%€31.58€18.95n/a6
Sep ’25€19.13
€27.02
+41.2%
15.7%€32.06€19.23n/a6
Aug ’25€20.75
€27.87
+34.3%
10.6%€32.09€24.21n/a6
Jul ’25€23.20
€28.29
+21.9%
10.1%€32.41€24.35n/a6
Jun ’25€25.25
€28.29
+12.0%
10.1%€32.41€24.35n/a6
May ’25€22.83
€25.72
+12.6%
12.4%€31.71€21.45n/a7
Apr ’25€22.00
€24.56
+11.6%
14.0%€31.09€21.03n/a7
Mar ’25€22.42
€24.13
+7.6%
10.2%€27.66€21.21n/a6
Feb ’25€20.30
€21.82
+7.5%
10.6%€24.99€18.51n/a7
Jan ’25€19.04
€20.74
+8.9%
7.8%€22.97€18.38n/a7
Dec ’24€19.31
€20.74
+7.4%
7.8%€22.97€18.38n/a7
Nov ’24€17.46
€22.20
+27.2%
15.5%€28.34€17.00€17.526
Oct ’24€18.40
€23.16
+25.9%
18.0%€28.56€17.13€21.126
Sep ’24€16.36
€23.93
+46.3%
17.2%€27.62€16.57€19.136
Aug ’24€16.30
€24.13
+48.0%
15.1%€27.32€18.21€20.756
Jul ’24€16.09
€25.10
+56.0%
15.9%€28.99€18.71€23.206
Jun ’24€16.26
€25.15
+54.6%
14.5%€28.69€18.51€25.256
May ’24€19.26
€25.83
+34.1%
15.1%€30.08€18.23€22.836
Apr ’24€18.85
€26.05
+38.2%
15.2%€30.88€18.72€22.006
Mar ’24€22.93
€26.05
+13.6%
15.2%€30.88€18.72€22.426
Feb ’24€21.12
€26.27
+24.4%
12.3%€30.42€21.20€20.306
Jan ’24€18.29
€26.96
+47.4%
14.0%€31.97€21.31€19.046
Dec ’23€18.25
€26.96
+47.8%
14.0%€31.97€21.31€19.316
Nov ’23€17.40
€28.10
+61.5%
14.8%€32.73€21.82€17.466

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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