Danone Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: BN (€64.98) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€103.9)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BN. This is calculated by dividing BN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio41.7x
Earnings€1.00b
Market Cap€41.82b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.6x
LOUP L.D.C
7.5x1.1%€2.3b
UNBL Unibel
17.7xn/a€1.7b
SAVE Savencia
6.5x11.6%€674.0m
RI Pernod Ricard
18.6x9.3%€27.4b
BN Danone
41.7x18.4%€41.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.7x) compared to the peer average (12.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Food Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BN 41.7xIndustry Avg. 13.4xNo. of Companies19PE0816243240+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.7x) compared to the European Food industry average (13.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BN'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.

BN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio41.7x
Fair PE Ratio23.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.4x).


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 BN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€64.98
€66.61
+2.5%
8.5%€75.00€55.00n/a22
Nov ’25€66.06
€66.61
+0.8%
8.5%€75.00€55.00n/a22
Oct ’25€65.30
€64.20
-1.7%
9.6%€72.00€55.00n/a22
Sep ’25€62.80
€63.97
+1.9%
9.2%€72.00€55.00n/a22
Aug ’25€59.82
€63.67
+6.4%
9.2%€72.00€55.00n/a22
Jul ’25€57.70
€63.40
+9.9%
9.3%€72.00€53.00n/a22
Jun ’25€59.12
€63.45
+7.3%
9.5%€72.00€53.00n/a22
May ’25€58.66
€63.22
+7.8%
10.2%€72.00€50.00n/a22
Apr ’25€59.89
€63.01
+5.2%
10.6%€72.00€50.00n/a22
Mar ’25€58.72
€62.58
+6.6%
11.1%€72.00€49.00n/a23
Feb ’25€61.41
€61.82
+0.7%
11.4%€72.00€49.00n/a23
Jan ’25€58.68
€59.24
+1.0%
12.6%€70.00€47.50n/a22
Dec ’24€58.59
€58.92
+0.6%
12.4%€70.00€47.50n/a22
Nov ’24€57.17
€59.01
+3.2%
12.2%€70.00€47.50€66.0622
Oct ’24€52.26
€58.81
+12.5%
13.1%€70.00€43.00€65.3022
Sep ’24€53.76
€59.28
+10.3%
13.3%€71.00€43.00€62.8024
Aug ’24€55.29
€60.08
+8.7%
12.3%€71.00€43.00€59.8223
Jul ’24€56.14
€60.23
+7.3%
12.4%€70.00€43.00€57.7022
Jun ’24€55.35
€59.77
+8.0%
13.1%€70.00€43.00€59.1222
May ’24€59.99
€59.18
-1.4%
13.1%€70.00€43.00€58.6622
Apr ’24€57.31
€57.61
+0.5%
14.1%€70.00€43.00€59.8922
Mar ’24€53.04
€57.06
+7.6%
13.9%€70.00€43.00€58.7223
Feb ’24€50.70
€55.47
+9.4%
15.1%€70.00€41.00€61.4122
Jan ’24€49.23
€57.02
+15.8%
14.3%€70.00€41.00€58.6822
Dec ’23€50.83
€57.15
+12.4%
12.2%€70.00€41.00€58.5923
Nov ’23€50.16
€57.37
+14.4%
12.4%€70.00€41.00€57.1724

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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