HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Limited

DB:HKT Stock Report

Market Cap: €5.8b

HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HKT (€0.64) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€3.56)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HKT. This is calculated by dividing HKT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HKT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.9x
EarningsHK$3.12b
Market CapHK$46.57b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HKT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.2x
LEC Lechwerke
25.8xn/a€2.5b
EBK EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg
27.4xn/a€16.4b
MVV1 MVV Energie
10.9xn/a€2.0b
MNV6 Mainova
32.6xn/a€1.9b
HKT HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments
14.9x4.3%€46.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HKT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.9x) compared to the peer average (24.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HKT 14.9xIndustry Avg. 12.6xNo. of Companies11PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HKT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.9x) compared to the European Electric Utilities industry average (12.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HKT'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.

HKT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.9x
Fair PE Ratio17.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HKT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x).

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 HKT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.64
€0.78
+21.4%
6.0%€0.86€0.71n/a6
Dec ’25€0.62
€0.75
+19.5%
6.0%€0.82€0.68n/a6
Nov ’25€0.62
€0.75
+21.0%
6.0%€0.82€0.68n/a6
Oct ’25€0.60
€0.73
+20.3%
7.7%€0.82€0.63n/a7
Sep ’25€0.61
€0.73
+19.1%
7.7%€0.82€0.63n/a7
Aug ’25€0.63
€0.70
+10.6%
6.4%€0.75€0.64n/a7
Jul ’25€0.58
€0.70
+19.7%
6.6%€0.75€0.64n/a7
Jun ’25€0.56
€0.70
+23.7%
6.6%€0.75€0.64n/a7
May ’25€0.55
€0.69
+24.0%
6.5%€0.75€0.64n/a6
Apr ’25€0.57
€0.69
+20.3%
6.5%€0.75€0.64n/a6
Mar ’25€0.56
€0.70
+24.0%
5.7%€0.76€0.64n/a5
Feb ’25€0.57
€0.68
+20.2%
6.2%€0.75€0.63n/a4
Jan ’25€0.54
€0.65
+20.9%
12.7%€0.75€0.52n/a4
Dec ’24€0.52
€0.65
+24.7%
12.7%€0.75€0.52€0.624
Nov ’24€0.52
€0.64
+23.2%
14.6%€0.74€0.52€0.623
Oct ’24€0.54
€0.64
+19.0%
14.6%€0.74€0.52€0.603
Sep ’24€0.53
€0.64
+20.5%
14.6%€0.74€0.52€0.613
Aug ’24€0.56
€0.74
+32.6%
24.1%€1.00€0.52€0.634
Jul ’24€0.54
€0.75
+37.5%
22.3%€0.99€0.53€0.584
Jun ’24€0.56
€0.75
+34.4%
22.3%€0.99€0.53€0.564
May ’24€0.57
€0.75
+31.9%
22.3%€0.99€0.53€0.554
Apr ’24€0.57
€0.79
+38.8%
21.0%€1.00€0.54€0.575
Mar ’24€0.60
€0.81
+34.3%
21.5%€1.04€0.54€0.565
Feb ’24€0.63
€0.81
+29.0%
21.5%€1.04€0.54€0.575
Jan ’24€0.63
€0.84
+32.6%
21.2%€1.06€0.55€0.545
Dec ’23€0.69
€0.84
+22.2%
21.2%€1.06€0.55€0.525

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 02:42
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Limited is covered by 19 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Patrick XuBarclays
Girish NairBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Jun LiuChina International Capital Corporation Limited