Arkema Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: AKE (€70.9) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€218.32)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AKE. This is calculated by dividing AKE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AKE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.5x
Earnings€346.00m
Market Cap€5.36b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for AKE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.8x
RBT Robertet
20.5x8.0%€1.8b
ALBKK Baikowski
79xn/a€52.9m
VRLA Verallia Société Anonyme
9.7x10.5%€2.7b
VCT Vicat
6x2.3%€1.6b
AKE Arkema
15.5x20.6%€5.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AKE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the peer average (28.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AKE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AKE 15.5xIndustry Avg. 16.9xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AKE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (16.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AKE'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.

AKE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.5x
Fair PE Ratio16.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AKE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.2x).


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 AKE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€70.90
€106.24
+49.8%
9.0%€125.00€87.00n/a17
Dec ’25€75.00
€107.06
+42.7%
9.0%€125.00€89.00n/a17
Nov ’25€80.85
€107.62
+33.1%
9.5%€125.00€89.00n/a17
Oct ’25€85.80
€107.85
+25.7%
9.9%€125.00€89.00n/a17
Sep ’25€84.15
€109.50
+30.1%
9.9%€127.00€92.00n/a17
Aug ’25€85.00
€110.44
+29.9%
10.3%€127.00€92.00n/a17
Jul ’25€81.60
€111.47
+36.6%
9.3%€127.00€92.00n/a17
Jun ’25€93.75
€112.00
+19.5%
8.3%€127.00€92.00n/a16
May ’25€97.05
€110.00
+13.3%
8.4%€127.00€90.00n/a16
Apr ’25€97.54
€110.44
+13.2%
9.2%€134.00€90.00n/a16
Mar ’25€94.22
€111.88
+18.7%
8.7%€134.00€90.00n/a16
Feb ’25€100.60
€112.06
+11.4%
8.8%€134.00€90.00n/a16
Jan ’25€103.00
€111.73
+8.5%
7.7%€123.00€90.00n/a15
Dec ’24€93.04
€110.07
+18.3%
8.4%€123.00€90.00€75.0015
Nov ’24€87.56
€110.40
+26.1%
8.5%€123.00€90.00€80.8515
Oct ’24€93.56
€109.60
+17.1%
8.6%€125.00€90.00€85.8015
Sep ’24€97.68
€107.25
+9.8%
11.2%€125.00€85.00€84.1516
Aug ’24€96.28
€107.00
+11.1%
11.4%€125.00€85.00€85.0016
Jul ’24€86.30
€105.68
+22.5%
11.4%€123.00€82.50€81.6017
Jun ’24€82.26
€105.19
+27.9%
12.7%€130.00€82.50€93.7518
May ’24€89.62
€106.97
+19.4%
14.8%€142.00€82.50€97.0518
Apr ’24€90.80
€107.42
+18.3%
14.7%€142.00€82.50€97.5418
Mar ’24€96.24
€103.97
+8.0%
15.9%€142.00€80.00€94.2218
Feb ’24€92.88
€102.31
+10.1%
15.6%€134.00€79.00€100.6018
Jan ’24€83.88
€102.92
+22.7%
15.6%€134.00€78.00€103.0018
Dec ’23€84.20
€103.47
+22.9%
15.7%€134.00€78.00€93.0418

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:11
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Arkema S.A. is covered by 38 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Martin SchneeAlphaValue
Andreas HeineBarclays
James StewartBarclays