Publicis Groupe Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Below Fair Value: PUB (€90.94) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€219.78)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

PUB 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/Revenue1.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA9.8x
PEG Ratio3.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PUB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average39x
DEC JCDecaux
14.5x9.6%€3.9b
IPS Ipsos
13.2x11.6%€2.4b
VIV Vivendi
24.5x30.6%€9.5b
BOL Bolloré
103.8x32.8%€16.0b
PUB Publicis Groupe
15.6x5.0%€22.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PUB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x) compared to the peer average (39x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PUB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the FR Media Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a14.2%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PUB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x) compared to the French Media industry average (14x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PUB'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.

PUB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.6x
Fair PE Ratio17.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PUB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.6x).


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 PUB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€90.94
€111.93
+23.1%
8.0%€125.00€98.00n/a15
Aug ’25€94.98
€111.93
+17.8%
8.0%€125.00€98.00n/a15
Jul ’25€97.24
€109.20
+12.3%
7.9%€123.00€92.00n/a15
Jun ’25€102.80
€108.90
+5.9%
8.9%€123.00€85.00n/a16
May ’25€103.85
€108.63
+4.6%
8.8%€123.00€85.00n/a16
Apr ’25€101.05
€105.19
+4.1%
9.4%€120.00€85.00n/a16
Mar ’25€97.58
€102.27
+4.8%
11.5%€117.00€72.00n/a16
Feb ’25€92.78
€96.07
+3.5%
12.2%€110.00€72.00n/a16
Jan ’25€84.00
€87.39
+4.0%
8.9%€102.00€72.00n/a16
Dec ’24€78.22
€87.31
+11.6%
8.5%€100.00€72.00n/a17
Nov ’24€71.50
€87.71
+22.7%
8.2%€100.00€72.00n/a16
Oct ’24€71.76
€86.39
+20.4%
7.9%€100.00€72.00n/a16
Sep ’24€72.42
€86.74
+19.8%
7.9%€100.00€72.00n/a17
Aug ’24€73.74
€86.56
+17.4%
8.3%€100.00€72.00€94.9817
Jul ’24€73.50
€83.30
+13.3%
10.2%€100.00€67.00€97.2419
Jun ’24€69.96
€83.03
+18.7%
9.7%€95.00€67.00€102.8019
May ’24€74.12
€82.82
+11.7%
9.7%€95.00€67.00€103.8519
Apr ’24€71.78
€81.77
+13.9%
10.2%€95.00€67.00€101.0519
Mar ’24€76.30
€80.98
+6.1%
9.8%€95.00€65.00€97.5819
Feb ’24€66.54
€70.71
+6.3%
12.6%€95.00€53.00€92.7820
Jan ’24€59.42
€68.75
+15.7%
13.0%€95.00€53.00€84.0021
Dec ’23€63.40
€68.36
+7.8%
12.9%€95.00€50.00€78.2221
Nov ’23€57.64
€67.58
+17.2%
13.3%€95.00€50.00€71.5021
Oct ’23€48.90
€63.41
+29.7%
17.2%€90.00€40.00€71.7620
Sep ’23€48.09
€63.39
+31.8%
17.4%€90.00€40.00€72.4220
Aug ’23€50.90
€63.94
+25.6%
17.7%€90.00€40.00€73.7420

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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