Sword Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: SWP (€36.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€77.66)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SWP. This is calculated by dividing SWP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SWP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17.2x
Earnings€20.11m
Market Cap€345.57m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SWP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.5x
INF Infotel
17.8x11.9%€295.9m
SQI SQLI
52x31.2%€249.9m
AUB Aubay Société Anonyme
17.7x9.4%€578.9m
NRO Neurones
22.5xn/a€1.1b
SWP Sword Group
17.3x18.8%€345.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SWP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.3x) compared to the peer average (27.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SWP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European IT Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SWP 17.2xIndustry Avg. 18.3xNo. of Companies20PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SWP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.3x) compared to the European IT industry average (18.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SWP'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.

SWP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.2x
Fair PE Ratio22.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SWP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.1x).


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 SWP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€36.70
€44.45
+21.1%
8.3%€50.00€39.80n/a4
Nov ’25€34.60
€44.45
+28.5%
8.3%€50.00€39.80n/a4
Oct ’25€36.00
€44.45
+23.5%
8.3%€50.00€39.80n/a4
Sep ’25€32.25
€43.95
+36.3%
9.1%€50.00€39.80n/a4
Aug ’25€33.65
€43.95
+30.6%
9.1%€50.00€39.80n/a4
Jul ’25€33.65
€45.33
+34.7%
8.1%€50.00€41.00n/a3
Jun ’25€38.55
€45.33
+17.6%
8.1%€50.00€41.00n/a3
May ’25€35.85
€45.33
+26.5%
8.1%€50.00€41.00n/a3
Apr ’25€37.65
€45.25
+20.2%
7.1%€50.00€41.00n/a4
Mar ’25€35.85
€44.50
+24.1%
9.6%€50.00€38.00n/a4
Feb ’25€37.30
€44.50
+19.3%
9.6%€50.00€38.00n/a4
Jan ’25€39.85
€46.80
+17.4%
12.4%€55.00€38.00n/a5
Dec ’24€37.15
€46.80
+26.0%
12.4%€55.00€38.00n/a5
Nov ’24€35.05
€46.80
+33.5%
12.4%€55.00€38.00€34.605
Oct ’24€36.25
€50.20
+38.5%
6.3%€55.00€45.00€36.005
Sep ’24€41.70
€52.70
+26.4%
8.7%€60.00€46.50€32.255
Aug ’24€42.00
€52.70
+25.5%
8.7%€60.00€46.50€33.655
Jul ’24€41.00
€53.30
+30.0%
8.7%€60.00€46.50€33.655
Jun ’24€40.00
€53.30
+33.3%
8.7%€60.00€46.50€38.555
May ’24€43.60
€54.38
+24.7%
8.2%€60.00€47.50€35.854
Apr ’24€43.80
€54.38
+24.1%
8.2%€60.00€47.50€37.654
Mar ’24€47.75
€52.40
+9.7%
10.9%€60.00€44.60€35.854
Feb ’24€44.95
€49.87
+10.9%
8.5%€55.00€44.60€37.303
Jan ’24€39.40
€46.87
+19.0%
7.8%€52.00€44.00€39.853
Dec ’23€40.30
€46.87
+16.3%
7.8%€52.00€44.00€37.153
Nov ’23€38.15
€46.67
+22.3%
8.1%€52.00€44.00€35.053

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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