Hercules Site Services Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of HERC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

HERC (£0.44) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (£0.27)

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

Valuation Score

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

Below Fair Value: HERC (£0.44) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£0.27)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HERC is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HERC. This is calculated by dividing HERC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HERC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	57.3x
Earnings	UK£570.24k
Market Cap	UK£32.69m

HERC 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/Revenue	0.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	16.8x
PEG Ratio	2.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HERC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	25.6x
VANL Van Elle Holdings	10.3x	19.7%	UK£43.3m
BILN Billington Holdings	5.2x	-22.1%	UK£53.1m
DIAL Diales	70.3x	n/a	UK£14.8m
SFR Severfield	16.5x	16.9%	UK£262.8m
HERC Hercules Site Services	57.3x	20.9%	UK£32.7m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HERC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (57.3x) compared to the peer average (25.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HERC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Construction Industry?

1 Company	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap

1 Company		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HERC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (57.3x) compared to the European Construction industry average (12.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HERC'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.

HERC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	57.3x
Fair PE Ratio	13.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HERC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (57.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x).

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 HERC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	UK£0.43	UK£0.73 +68.6%	6.4%	UK£0.80	UK£0.70	n/a	3
Nov ’25	UK£0.46	UK£0.73 +58.6%	6.4%	UK£0.80	UK£0.70	n/a	3
Oct ’25	UK£0.43	UK£0.65 +49.4%	16.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Sep ’25	UK£0.51	UK£0.63 +24.2%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Aug ’25	UK£0.42	UK£0.63 +49.0%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Jul ’25	UK£0.39	UK£0.63 +64.5%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Jun ’25	UK£0.36	UK£0.63 +73.5%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
May ’25	UK£0.32	UK£0.63 +97.9%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Apr ’25	UK£0.32	UK£0.63 +101.1%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Mar ’25	UK£0.32	UK£0.63 +101.1%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Feb ’25	UK£0.28	UK£0.63 +130.3%	18.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Jan ’25	UK£0.24	UK£0.65 +170.8%	16.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Dec ’24	UK£0.25	UK£0.65 +156.9%	16.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	n/a	3
Nov ’24	UK£0.25	UK£0.65 +160.0%	16.6%	UK£0.80	UK£0.55	UK£0.46	3

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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