Carlsberg Valuation

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

Discounted Cash Flow

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DKK 2.83k

Fair Value

75.3% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: CARL B (DKK700.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (DKK2832.86)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CARL B. This is calculated by dividing CARL B's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CARL B's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	13.6x
Earnings	DKK 6.80b
Market Cap	DKK 96.63b

CARL B 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/Revenue	1.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	8.9x
PEG Ratio	1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CARL B's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CARL B vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	12.9x
RBREW Royal Unibrew	16.1x	3.7%	DKK 23.8b
HARB B Harboes Bryggeri	9.4x	n/a	DKK 589.1m
2502 Asahi Group Holdings	13.9x	7.3%	JP¥2.4t
TAP Molson Coors Beverage	12.1x	2.4%	US$11.4b
CARL B Carlsberg	13.6x	11.2%	DKK 96.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CARL B is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.6x) compared to the peer average (12.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CARL B's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Beverage Industry?

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CARL B is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.6x) compared to the European Beverage industry average (17x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CARL B'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.

CARL B PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	13.6x
Fair PE Ratio	15x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CARL B is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15x).

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 CARL B forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	DKK 700.60	DKK 963.05 +37.5%	17.1%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 620.00	n/a	19
Jan ’26	DKK 690.00	DKK 971.83 +40.8%	16.7%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 620.00	n/a	18
Dec ’25	DKK 726.80	DKK 1,005.18 +38.3%	12.4%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 698.00	n/a	17
Nov ’25	DKK 761.80	DKK 1,038.41 +36.3%	10.7%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 829.49	n/a	16
Oct ’25	DKK 792.20	DKK 1,041.88 +31.5%	10.2%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 870.00	n/a	16
Sep ’25	DKK 792.00	DKK 1,054.50 +33.1%	11.3%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 850.00	n/a	16
Aug ’25	DKK 829.40	DKK 1,081.25 +30.4%	8.0%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 890.00	n/a	16
Jul ’25	DKK 844.00	DKK 1,082.50 +28.3%	6.6%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 970.00	n/a	16
Jun ’25	DKK 929.00	DKK 1,067.11 +14.9%	8.2%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 840.00	n/a	18
May ’25	DKK 936.20	DKK 1,066.00 +13.9%	8.2%	DKK 1,230.00	DKK 840.00	n/a	18
Apr ’25	DKK 943.60	DKK 1,059.89 +12.3%	7.2%	DKK 1,150.00	DKK 840.00	n/a	18
Mar ’25	DKK 936.80	DKK 1,060.68 +13.2%	8.2%	DKK 1,150.00	DKK 840.00	n/a	19
Feb ’25	DKK 882.00	DKK 1,019.50 +15.6%	11.8%	DKK 1,160.00	DKK 775.00	n/a	20
Jan ’25	DKK 846.80	DKK 1,015.30 +19.9%	12.6%	DKK 1,200.00	DKK 775.00	DKK 690.00	20
Dec ’24	DKK 845.00	DKK 1,065.76 +26.1%	15.0%	DKK 1,500.00	DKK 775.00	DKK 726.80	21
Nov ’24	DKK 838.60	DKK 1,079.57 +28.7%	14.2%	DKK 1,500.00	DKK 775.00	DKK 761.80	21
Oct ’24	DKK 891.40	DKK 1,131.50 +26.9%	12.7%	DKK 1,500.00	DKK 850.00	DKK 792.20	22
Sep ’24	DKK 989.80	DKK 1,142.83 +15.5%	12.6%	DKK 1,500.00	DKK 850.00	DKK 792.00	23
Aug ’24	DKK 1,016.50	DKK 1,159.52 +14.1%	12.9%	DKK 1,500.00	DKK 850.00	DKK 829.40	23
Jul ’24	DKK 1,090.50	DKK 1,164.09 +6.7%	13.2%	DKK 1,500.00	DKK 850.00	DKK 844.00	23
Jun ’24	DKK 1,054.00	DKK 1,166.39 +10.7%	13.3%	DKK 1,500.00	DKK 850.00	DKK 929.00	23
May ’24	DKK 1,132.50	DKK 1,135.09 +0.2%	12.1%	DKK 1,300.00	DKK 850.00	DKK 936.20	22
Apr ’24	DKK 1,063.00	DKK 1,075.83 +1.2%	12.5%	DKK 1,269.00	DKK 725.00	DKK 943.60	23
Mar ’24	DKK 1,001.50	DKK 1,064.96 +6.3%	12.7%	DKK 1,269.00	DKK 725.00	DKK 936.80	24
Feb ’24	DKK 983.20	DKK 1,056.75 +7.5%	11.6%	DKK 1,250.00	DKK 725.00	DKK 882.00	24
Jan ’24	DKK 923.20	DKK 1,060.29 +14.8%	12.6%	DKK 1,320.00	DKK 725.00	DKK 846.80	24

Analyst Price Target

Consensus Narrative from 19 Analysts

DKK 963.05

Fair Value

27.3% undervalued

Number of Analysts

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/18 02:22
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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

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Analyst Sources

Carlsberg A/S is covered by 56 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	ABG Sundal Collier
Anthony Bucalo	Banco Santander
Alexandra Oldroyd	Barclays