Nexans Valuation

Is NEX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Below Fair Value: NEX (€121.6) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€98.8)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

NEX 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/Revenue0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11x
PEG Ratio1.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for NEX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.2x
LR Legrand
24.2x6.1%€26.0b
MRN Mersen
9.8x15.2%€753.9m
PERR Gérard Perrier Industrie
17.7x3.7%€346.2m
SU Schneider Electric
33x13.2%€127.3b
NEX Nexans
20.2x14.3%€5.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NEX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the peer average (21.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NEX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electrical Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NEX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the European Electrical industry average (19.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NEX'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.

NEX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.2x
Fair PE Ratio19.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NEX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x).


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 NEX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€121.60
€120.67
-0.8%
10.8%€135.00€85.00n/a12
Aug ’25€115.60
€119.50
+3.4%
10.4%€135.00€85.00n/a12
Jul ’25€104.50
€110.50
+5.7%
13.9%€132.00€85.00n/a12
Jun ’25€111.10
€107.67
-3.1%
11.7%€125.00€85.00n/a12
May ’25€100.40
€106.64
+6.2%
10.2%€120.00€85.00n/a11
Apr ’25€96.90
€100.67
+3.9%
8.8%€115.00€85.00n/a9
Mar ’25€95.65
€101.90
+6.5%
11.3%€120.00€78.00n/a10
Feb ’25€83.60
€93.00
+11.2%
9.7%€105.00€76.00n/a10
Jan ’25€79.25
€90.00
+13.6%
10.7%€100.00€70.00n/a9
Dec ’24€72.75
€89.67
+23.3%
10.9%€100.00€70.00n/a9
Nov ’24€64.15
€91.44
+42.5%
13.7%€116.00€70.00n/a9
Oct ’24€77.05
€94.33
+22.4%
10.1%€116.00€85.00n/a9
Sep ’24€76.00
€97.20
+27.9%
11.3%€116.00€85.00n/a10
Aug ’24€79.85
€97.10
+21.6%
11.0%€114.00€85.00€115.6010
Jul ’24€79.35
€97.30
+22.6%
10.8%€114.00€85.00€104.5010
Jun ’24€72.60
€94.00
+29.5%
15.4%€116.00€65.00€111.1010
May ’24€77.85
€94.85
+21.8%
14.9%€116.00€65.00€100.4010
Apr ’24€91.50
€98.05
+7.2%
12.2%€119.00€75.00€96.9010
Mar ’24€92.55
€98.45
+6.4%
12.3%€119.00€75.00€95.6510
Feb ’24€98.95
€96.15
-2.8%
13.8%€119.00€70.00€83.6010
Jan ’24€84.45
€96.05
+13.7%
10.3%€116.00€82.00€79.2510
Dec ’23€83.95
€96.05
+14.4%
10.3%€116.00€82.00€72.7510
Nov ’23€95.00
€99.75
+5.0%
8.2%€116.00€90.00€64.1510
Oct ’23€91.90
€95.80
+4.2%
10.9%€115.00€80.00€77.0510
Sep ’23€90.10
€95.60
+6.1%
11.0%€115.00€80.00€76.0010
Aug ’23€95.20
€92.60
-2.7%
8.8%€106.00€80.00€79.8510

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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