Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL

DB:ELPA Stock Report

Market Cap: €4.7b

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: ELPA (€1.63) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€3.2)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ELPA 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/Revenue1.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.7x
PEG Ratio1.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ELPA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.2x
LEC Lechwerke
19.9xn/a€2.7b
EBK EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg
11.7xn/a€18.0b
ECV Encavis
51x17.3%€2.7b
MVV1 MVV Energie
6.1xn/a€2.0b
ELPA Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL
12.7x7.6%€26.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ELPA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.7x) compared to the peer average (22.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ELPA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electric Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ELPA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.7x) compared to the European Electric Utilities industry average (11.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ELPA'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.

ELPA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.7x
Fair PE Ratio29.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ELPA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x).


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 ELPA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€1.63
€2.22
+36.0%
3.7%€2.40€2.14n/a11
Apr ’25€1.77
€2.26
+27.9%
2.7%€2.41€2.20n/a12
Mar ’25€1.86
€2.28
+22.3%
2.7%€2.42€2.24n/a11
Feb ’25€1.75
€2.25
+28.7%
3.5%€2.42€2.11n/a9
Jan ’25€1.87
€2.24
+20.0%
3.9%€2.42€2.11n/a9
Dec ’24€1.73
€2.24
+29.6%
3.7%€2.42€2.11n/a10
Nov ’24€1.53
€2.23
+45.7%
6.6%€2.44€1.88n/a9
Oct ’24€1.64
€2.22
+35.3%
6.4%€2.44€1.88n/a9
Sep ’24€1.59
€1.91
+20.2%
13.4%€2.21€1.49n/a9
Aug ’24€1.63
€1.89
+15.8%
11.1%€2.29€1.54n/a9
Jul ’24€1.51
€1.87
+24.0%
11.2%€2.28€1.54n/a9
Jun ’24€1.35
€1.81
+34.0%
12.1%€2.24€1.51n/a9
May ’24€1.52
€1.70
+11.8%
12.0%€2.15€1.47€1.6311
Apr ’24€1.31
€1.60
+22.4%
12.9%€1.99€1.30€1.7710
Mar ’24€1.27
€1.63
+28.2%
13.5%€2.03€1.33€1.8610
Feb ’24€1.38
€1.62
+17.4%
13.9%€2.05€1.32€1.7510
Jan ’24€1.42
€1.60
+12.7%
14.6%€2.04€1.31€1.879
Dec ’23€1.56
€1.55
-0.5%
11.5%€1.99€1.34€1.7310
Nov ’23€1.51
€1.58
+4.4%
9.7%€1.84€1.36€1.5310
Oct ’23€1.19
€1.57
+31.7%
9.5%€1.84€1.36€1.6411
Sep ’23€1.33
€1.55
+16.5%
9.6%€1.82€1.34€1.5911
Aug ’23€1.30
€1.53
+17.8%
9.9%€1.81€1.33€1.639
Jul ’23€1.21
€1.49
+23.4%
9.0%€1.80€1.32€1.518
Jun ’23€1.49
€1.49
+0.2%
9.0%€1.80€1.32€1.358
May ’23€1.42
€1.54
+8.4%
7.8%€1.82€1.40€1.528

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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