BAE Systems Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: BAL (£13.36) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£12.96)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

BAL 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/Revenue1.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA15.2x
PEG Ratio3.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BAL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average38.1x
RR. Rolls-Royce Holdings
16.4x-3.9%UK£39.6b
BAB Babcock International Group
84.5x29.7%UK£2.8b
QQ. QinetiQ Group
18.4x11.1%UK£2.6b
CHG Chemring Group
33x22.8%UK£1.0b
BAL BAE Systems
21.7x6.7%UK£40.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BAL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.7x) compared to the peer average (37.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BAL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Aerospace & Defense Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.6%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BAL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.7x) compared to the European Aerospace & Defense industry average (25.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BAL'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.

BAL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.7x
Fair PE Ratio27.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BAL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.5x).


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 BAL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£13.57
UK£14.16
+4.4%
7.4%UK£16.00UK£11.80n/a18
Jun ’25UK£13.94
UK£14.00
+0.4%
6.6%UK£15.50UK£11.80n/a18
May ’25UK£13.37
UK£13.61
+1.8%
6.8%UK£15.00UK£11.80n/a18
Apr ’25UK£13.52
UK£13.38
-1.0%
7.1%UK£14.50UK£11.80n/a18
Mar ’25UK£12.51
UK£12.98
+3.8%
7.1%UK£14.50UK£11.80n/a19
Feb ’25UK£11.70
UK£12.16
+4.0%
5.9%UK£13.50UK£10.70n/a19
Jan ’25UK£11.13
UK£11.85
+6.6%
6.0%UK£13.00UK£10.60n/a19
Dec ’24UK£10.58
UK£11.77
+11.3%
5.5%UK£13.00UK£10.60n/a19
Nov ’24UK£11.18
UK£11.52
+3.0%
5.1%UK£12.51UK£10.20n/a19
Oct ’24UK£10.01
UK£11.42
+14.2%
5.3%UK£12.51UK£10.20n/a19
Sep ’24UK£10.09
UK£11.35
+12.4%
6.7%UK£12.51UK£9.09n/a19
Aug ’24UK£9.34
UK£10.71
+14.6%
11.1%UK£12.08UK£7.00n/a19
Jul ’24UK£9.28
UK£10.62
+14.4%
10.9%UK£12.08UK£7.00n/a19
Jun ’24UK£9.41
UK£10.34
+9.9%
11.2%UK£11.75UK£7.00UK£13.9418
May ’24UK£10.11
UK£10.25
+1.4%
10.7%UK£11.55UK£7.00UK£13.3717
Apr ’24UK£9.85
UK£10.21
+3.6%
10.4%UK£11.50UK£7.00UK£13.5217
Mar ’24UK£9.06
UK£10.11
+11.5%
10.2%UK£11.46UK£7.00UK£12.5117
Feb ’24UK£8.55
UK£9.59
+12.1%
10.0%UK£11.00UK£7.00UK£11.7015
Jan ’24UK£8.59
UK£9.22
+7.3%
11.0%UK£11.00UK£7.00UK£11.1314
Dec ’23UK£8.16
UK£9.22
+13.0%
11.0%UK£11.00UK£7.00UK£10.5814
Nov ’23UK£8.18
UK£9.02
+10.3%
9.4%UK£10.20UK£7.00UK£11.1814
Oct ’23UK£7.94
UK£8.94
+12.6%
9.3%UK£10.20UK£7.00UK£10.0114
Sep ’23UK£7.61
UK£8.80
+15.6%
10.0%UK£10.20UK£7.00UK£10.0915
Aug ’23UK£7.92
UK£8.44
+6.5%
7.9%UK£9.60UK£7.00UK£9.3415
Jul ’23UK£8.39
UK£8.02
-4.5%
13.0%UK£9.24UK£5.00UK£9.2817
Jun ’23UK£7.78
UK£7.94
+2.1%
12.6%UK£9.24UK£5.00UK£9.4117

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


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