Groupe CRIT Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

Below Fair Value: CEN (€62.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€248.46)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CEN. This is calculated by dividing CEN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CEN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.6x
Earnings€68.66m
Market Cap€661.75m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CEN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.8x
SDG Synergie
10x7.1%€656.0m
ALFRE Freelance.com
9.9x15.3%€153.1m
ALDLS DLSI
33.3xn/a€32.5m
ASY Assystem
6x-24.2%€525.2m
CEN Groupe CRIT
9.6x12.7%€661.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the peer average (14.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CEN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Professional Services Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CEN 9.6xIndustry Avg. 18.3xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the European Professional Services industry average (18.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CEN'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.

CEN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.6x
Fair PE Ratio13.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.7x).


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 CEN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€62.80
€91.67
+46.0%
2.6%€95.00€90.00n/a3
Nov ’25€71.80
€91.67
+27.7%
2.6%€95.00€90.00n/a3
Oct ’25€64.00
€91.67
+43.2%
2.6%€95.00€90.00n/a3
Sep ’25€62.60
€91.83
+46.7%
2.4%€95.00€90.00n/a3
Aug ’25€66.40
€91.83
+38.3%
2.4%€95.00€90.00n/a3
Jul ’25€63.20
€92.50
+46.4%
4.9%€97.00€88.00n/a2
Jun ’25€69.40
€92.50
+33.3%
4.9%€97.00€88.00n/a2
May ’25€75.20
€90.33
+20.1%
5.3%€97.00€86.00n/a3
Apr ’25€71.80
€90.00
+25.3%
4.8%€96.00€86.00n/a3
Mar ’25€71.60
€89.33
+24.8%
3.8%€94.00€86.00n/a3
Feb ’25€74.60
€89.33
+19.7%
3.8%€94.00€86.00n/a3
Jan ’25€78.60
€87.67
+11.5%
1.4%€89.00€86.00n/a3
Dec ’24€68.80
€87.67
+27.4%
1.4%€89.00€86.00n/a3
Nov ’24€62.20
€87.67
+40.9%
1.4%€89.00€86.00€71.803
Oct ’24€69.80
€88.00
+26.1%
1.9%€90.00€86.00€64.003
Sep ’24€72.20
€89.00
+23.3%
1.1%€90.00€88.00€62.602
Aug ’24€78.20
€89.00
+13.8%
1.1%€90.00€88.00€66.402
Jul ’24€74.00
€89.00
+20.3%
1.1%€90.00€88.00€63.202
Jun ’24€73.40
€89.00
+21.3%
1.1%€90.00€88.00€69.402
May ’24€75.00
€89.00
+18.7%
1.1%€90.00€88.00€75.202
Apr ’24€73.00
€87.50
+19.9%
0.6%€88.00€87.00€71.802
Mar ’24€69.00
€87.50
+26.8%
0.6%€88.00€87.00€71.602
Feb ’24€68.20
€87.50
+28.3%
0.6%€88.00€87.00€74.602
Jan ’24€61.00
€81.50
+33.6%
4.3%€85.00€78.00€78.602
Dec ’23€61.60
€79.00
+28.2%
1.3%€80.00€78.00€68.802
Nov ’23€57.80
€79.00
+36.7%
1.3%€80.00€78.00€62.202

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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