Costamare Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: LCM (€12.41) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€27.46)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As LCM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LCM. This is calculated by dividing LCM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LCM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio4.5x
EarningsUS$357.52m
Market CapUS$1.59b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for LCM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.6x
PM1 Wilson
3.1xn/a€258.8m
NEP SLOMAN NEPTUN Schiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft
2.3xn/a€111.9m
HHX HAMMONIA Schiffsholding
10.5xn/a€40.7m
HLAG Hapag-Lloyd
18.4x-8.9%€26.9b
LCM Costamare
4.5x-4.5%€1.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LCM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the peer average (8.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LCM 4.5xIndustry Avg. 7.7xNo. of Companies8PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LCM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the European Shipping industry average (7.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LCM'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.

LCM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio4.5x
Fair PE Ratio8.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LCM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x).


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 LCM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€12.41
€12.92
+4.1%
7.1%€13.84€12.00n/a2
Nov ’25€12.43
€12.92
+3.9%
7.1%€13.84€12.00n/a2
Oct ’25€13.90
€12.61
-9.3%
7.1%€13.51€11.71n/a2
Sep ’25€12.57
€12.62
+0.4%
6.9%€13.85€12.01n/a3
Aug ’25€13.65
€12.62
-7.5%
6.9%€13.85€12.01n/a3
Jul ’25€15.22
€11.45
-24.8%
3.8%€12.07€11.14n/a3
Jun ’25€14.39
€11.45
-20.4%
3.8%€12.07€11.14n/a3
May ’25€11.06
€11.27
+1.9%
6.8%€12.21€10.33n/a3
Apr ’25€10.38
€10.98
+5.8%
7.2%€12.06€10.21n/a3
Mar ’25€10.44
€10.98
+5.2%
7.2%€12.06€10.21n/a3
Jan ’25€9.32
€9.57
+2.7%
4.6%€10.19€9.26n/a3
Dec ’24€9.18
€9.73
+6.0%
4.6%€10.36€9.42n/a3
Nov ’24€8.90
€9.78
+9.9%
4.6%€10.41€9.46€12.433
Oct ’24€8.94
€10.47
+17.1%
12.9%€12.37€9.52€13.903
Sep ’24€9.44
€10.05
+6.5%
12.9%€11.88€9.14€12.573
Aug ’24€10.14
€9.92
-2.2%
12.9%€11.72€9.01€13.653
Jul ’24€8.89
€10.13
+14.0%
12.9%€11.97€9.21€15.223
Jun ’24€7.19
€10.13
+40.9%
12.9%€11.97€9.21€14.393
May ’24€8.00
€10.03
+25.3%
12.9%€11.85€9.12€11.063
Apr ’24€8.42
€12.18
+44.6%
12.6%€14.05€10.30€10.383
Mar ’24€9.82
€12.13
+23.5%
12.6%€13.99€10.26€10.443
Feb ’24€9.23
€12.61
+36.6%
18.3%€15.69€10.15€9.983
Jan ’24€8.72
€14.53
+66.6%
14.2%€17.43€12.82€9.323
Dec ’23€9.13
€14.53
+59.1%
14.2%€17.43€12.82€9.183
Nov ’23€9.49
€16.35
+72.3%
5.1%€17.38€15.33€8.903

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


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