American States Water Company

DB:FDK Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.4b

American States Water Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: FDK (€65.6) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€50.33)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FDK is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

FDK 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/Revenue5.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14.5x
PEG Ratio5.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for FDK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.6x
FHW Fernheizwerk Neukölln
13.3xn/a€93.4m
LEC Lechwerke
19.9xn/a€2.8b
ECV Encavis
51.1x17.3%€2.7b
MVV1 MVV Energie
6xn/a€2.0b
FDK American States Water
21x4.0%€2.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FDK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the peer average (22.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FDK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Water Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a14.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FDK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the Global Water Utilities industry average (17x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FDK'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.

FDK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21x
Fair PE Ratio26.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FDK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.2x).


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 FDK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€65.60
€73.49
+12.0%
6.9%€80.34€68.20n/a3
Apr ’25€66.55
€73.15
+9.9%
5.3%€78.64€70.41n/a3
Mar ’25€65.60
€74.37
+13.4%
4.8%€79.29€70.99n/a3
Feb ’25€69.25
€78.33
+13.1%
8.1%€87.20€72.51n/a3
Jan ’25€72.90
€80.11
+9.9%
7.5%€87.14€72.47n/a3
Dec ’24€74.15
€79.38
+7.1%
7.6%€87.35€72.64n/a3
Nov ’24€74.25
€82.00
+10.4%
8.5%€89.89€72.86n/a3
Oct ’24€74.00
€83.89
+13.4%
3.4%€87.90€81.43n/a3
Sep ’24€78.25
€83.89
+7.2%
3.4%€87.90€81.43n/a3
Aug ’24€78.25
€84.16
+7.6%
7.8%€93.44€79.07n/a3
Jul ’24€79.20
€86.18
+8.8%
7.8%€95.69€80.97n/a3
Jun ’24€81.85
€87.15
+6.5%
9.6%€97.10€76.56n/a3
May ’24€80.20
€85.08
+6.1%
7.2%€94.38€78.05n/a4
Apr ’24€81.12
€87.21
+7.5%
8.2%€97.52€77.83€66.554
Mar ’24€81.42
€91.55
+12.4%
4.1%€96.82€88.45€65.603
Feb ’24€87.90
€86.65
-1.4%
7.1%€95.78€79.49€69.254
Jan ’24€87.58
€87.48
-0.1%
6.6%€97.34€80.79€72.905
Dec ’23€92.76
€87.65
-5.5%
6.7%€98.80€81.99€74.155
Nov ’23€90.56
€92.16
+1.8%
6.0%€101.36€86.62€74.254
Oct ’23€81.00
€91.51
+13.0%
8.2%€101.72€80.57€74.005
Sep ’23€81.52
€85.82
+5.3%
11.8%€99.19€68.75€78.256
Aug ’23€86.84
€81.25
-6.4%
13.0%€99.59€69.02€78.255
Jul ’23€76.12
€79.56
+4.5%
12.9%€95.67€66.30€79.205
Jun ’23€73.24
€80.70
+10.2%
12.0%€95.89€66.46€81.855
May ’23€74.00
€82.50
+11.5%
12.7%€93.63€64.89€80.205
Apr ’23€79.78
€80.74
+1.2%
12.9%€92.25€63.94€81.125

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


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