DFDS Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: DFDS (DKK126.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (DKK836.38)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DFDS. This is calculated by dividing DFDS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DFDS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	7x
Earnings	DKK 980.00m
Market Cap	DKK 6.82b

DFDS 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	0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	5.9x
PEG Ratio	0.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DFDS 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	10x
DNORD Dampskibsselskabet Norden	4.7x	n/a	DKK 5.9b
MAERSK B A.P. Møller - Mærsk	7x	-80.4%	DKK 176.5b
SVITZR Svitzer Group	10.5x	5.2%	DKK 6.9b
NTG NTG Nordic Transport Group	17.5x	17.0%	DKK 5.5b
DFDS DFDS	7x	32.5%	DKK 6.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DFDS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7x) compared to the peer average (10x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap

2 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DFDS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7x) compared to the European Shipping industry average (7.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DFDS'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.

DFDS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	7x
Fair PE Ratio	26.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DFDS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.8x).

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 DFDS 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 126.20	DKK 347.50 +175.4%	7.9%	DKK 375.00	DKK 320.00	n/a	2
Dec ’25	DKK 141.00	DKK 347.50 +146.5%	7.9%	DKK 375.00	DKK 320.00	n/a	2
Nov ’25	DKK 140.60	DKK 347.50 +147.2%	7.9%	DKK 375.00	DKK 320.00	n/a	2
Oct ’25	DKK 169.10	DKK 347.50 +105.5%	7.9%	DKK 375.00	DKK 320.00	n/a	2
Sep ’25	DKK 184.20	DKK 342.50 +85.9%	6.6%	DKK 365.00	DKK 320.00	n/a	2
Aug ’25	DKK 187.00	DKK 324.00 +73.3%	17.9%	DKK 402.00	DKK 239.00	n/a	4
Jul ’25	DKK 204.60	DKK 348.00 +70.1%	12.5%	DKK 402.00	DKK 285.00	n/a	4
Jun ’25	DKK 213.40	DKK 348.00 +63.1%	12.5%	DKK 402.00	DKK 285.00	n/a	4
May ’25	DKK 212.80	DKK 349.25 +64.1%	13.0%	DKK 402.00	DKK 285.00	n/a	4
Apr ’25	DKK 200.40	DKK 349.25 +74.3%	13.0%	DKK 402.00	DKK 285.00	n/a	4
Mar ’25	DKK 207.20	DKK 349.25 +68.6%	13.0%	DKK 402.00	DKK 285.00	n/a	4
Feb ’25	DKK 234.40	DKK 374.00 +59.6%	14.7%	DKK 451.00	DKK 315.00	n/a	4
Jan ’25	DKK 223.00	DKK 364.50 +63.5%	14.6%	DKK 433.00	DKK 310.00	n/a	4
Dec ’24	DKK 212.60	DKK 359.50 +69.1%	16.4%	DKK 433.00	DKK 290.00	DKK 141.00	4
Nov ’24	DKK 203.80	DKK 385.00 +88.9%	14.3%	DKK 450.00	DKK 300.00	DKK 140.60	4
Oct ’24	DKK 233.20	DKK 396.25 +69.9%	9.7%	DKK 450.00	DKK 345.00	DKK 169.10	4
Sep ’24	DKK 228.00	DKK 396.25 +73.8%	9.7%	DKK 450.00	DKK 345.00	DKK 184.20	4
Aug ’24	DKK 243.80	DKK 385.00 +57.9%	8.3%	DKK 430.00	DKK 350.00	DKK 187.00	4
Jul ’24	DKK 248.40	DKK 385.00 +55.0%	8.3%	DKK 430.00	DKK 350.00	DKK 204.60	4
Jun ’24	DKK 259.00	DKK 393.33 +51.9%	8.4%	DKK 430.00	DKK 350.00	DKK 213.40	3
May ’24	DKK 273.00	DKK 393.33 +44.1%	8.4%	DKK 430.00	DKK 350.00	DKK 212.80	3
Apr ’24	DKK 277.80	DKK 393.33 +41.6%	8.4%	DKK 430.00	DKK 350.00	DKK 200.40	3
Mar ’24	DKK 286.80	DKK 393.33 +37.1%	8.4%	DKK 430.00	DKK 350.00	DKK 207.20	3
Feb ’24	DKK 262.60	DKK 391.67 +49.1%	8.9%	DKK 435.00	DKK 350.00	DKK 234.40	3
Jan ’24	DKK 256.40	DKK 396.67 +54.7%	7.3%	DKK 435.00	DKK 365.00	DKK 223.00	3
Dec ’23	DKK 255.40	DKK 396.67 +55.3%	7.3%	DKK 435.00	DKK 365.00	DKK 212.60	3

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 10:08
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
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

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Analyst Sources

DFDS A/S is covered by 8 analysts. 4 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
Marcus Bellander	Carnegie Investment Bank AB
null null	Danske Bank
Michael Vitfell-Rasmussen	Danske Bank