Reassessing Inditex Valuation After Strong Multi Year Rally and Mixed Model Signals

• If you are wondering whether Industria de Diseño Textil is still attractive after its substantial rise in recent years, or if the easy money has already been made, you are not alone.
• The stock has ticked up 3.2% over the last week and 2.4% over the past month, but it is still down 2.5% year to date and about 8.0% over the last year, trading near €49.07 after more than doubling over 3 and 5 years.
• Recent market chatter has focused on how Inditex is consolidating its global fashion footprint, from selectively expanding flagship Zara stores to increasing its use of digital channels and supply chain efficiencies. Investors are assessing whether this strategic fine tuning can support the kind of growth that previously underpinned its long term outperformance.
• Based on our checks, Industria de Diseño Textil currently scores just 2/6 on valuation, suggesting that the market may already be pricing in a lot of quality, but not necessarily offering a clear bargain. Next we will look at how different valuation approaches assess the stock and, toward the end, explore a more holistic way to think about what it may be worth.

Industria de Diseño Textil scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown.

Approach 1: Industria de Diseño Textil Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis

A Discounted Cash Flow model estimates what a company is worth by projecting the cash it can generate in the future and discounting those amounts back to today, to reflect risk and the time value of money.

For Industria de Diseño Textil, the model starts from last twelve months free cash flow of about €6.3 billion and uses a 2 stage Free Cash Flow to Equity framework. Analysts provide detailed forecasts for the next few years, and beyond that Simply Wall St extrapolates cash flows out to 2035, with projected free cash flow rising to roughly €11.4 billion in ten years. These future cash flows are then discounted back to a present value using a required return that reflects the risk of the business.

On this basis, the estimated intrinsic value is about €37.50 per share, implying the stock is around 30.9% overvalued versus the current price near €49. In other words, based on this DCF view, much of the potential future growth already appears to be reflected in the share price.

Result: OVERVALUED

Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Industria de Diseño Textil may be overvalued by 30.9%. Discover 925 undervalued stocks or create your own screener to find better value opportunities.

Head to the Valuation section of our Company Report for more details on how we arrive at this Fair Value for Industria de Diseño Textil.

Approach 2: Industria de Diseño Textil Price vs Earnings

For established, profitable businesses like Industria de Diseño Textil, the price to earnings ratio is a useful yardstick because it links what investors pay directly to the profits the company is currently generating. In general, faster growth and lower perceived risk justify a higher PE multiple, while slower growth or shakier prospects usually mean a lower, more conservative ratio is appropriate.

Inditex currently trades on about 26.0x earnings, which is comfortably above the Specialty Retail industry average of around 16.3x but below the broader peer group average of roughly 31.8x. To move beyond these blunt comparisons, Simply Wall St uses a Fair Ratio, a proprietary estimate of what a suitable PE should be, given factors such as the company’s earnings growth profile, profitability, industry, market cap and specific risks. This makes it more informative than a simple industry or peer average, which can be skewed by outliers or companies at very different stages of their lifecycle.

For Inditex, the Fair Ratio comes out at about 32.4x, notably higher than the current 26.0x, suggesting the shares trade at a discount to where they might reasonably sit given their fundamentals.

Result: UNDERVALUED

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Upgrade Your Decision Making: Choose your Industria de Diseño Textil Narrative

Earlier we mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation, so let us introduce you to Narratives, a simple framework on Simply Wall St’s Community page that lets you attach a story to your numbers. It links your view of Industria de Diseño Textil’s strategy, growth drivers and risks to specific forecasts for revenue, earnings and margins. These are then turned into a Fair Value you can compare with today’s share price to decide whether to buy, hold or sell. The Fair Value automatically updates as new earnings, news or guidance arrives. For example, one investor might build a bullish Narrative around aggressive logistics expansion, tech integration and margin gains that supports a Fair Value closer to €60. A more cautious investor might focus on FX headwinds, inventory risk and competition to justify a Narrative Fair Value nearer €38.4. Both can quickly see how their stories translate into numbers and whether the current price still fits their thesis.

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