Thales Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: HOP (€136.58) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€291.8)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HOP. This is calculated by dividing HOP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HOP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio29.5x
Earnings€953.30m
Market Cap€28.08b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for HOP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.4x
BA. BAE Systems
18.7x8.0%UK£34.5b
RR. Rolls-Royce Holdings
21.2x-0.9%UK£49.4b
BAB Babcock International Group
13x14.2%UK£2.5b
QQ. QinetiQ Group
16.8x15.1%UK£2.3b
HOP Thales
29.5x20.1%€28.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HOP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.5x) compared to the peer average (17.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HOP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.5x) compared to the European Aerospace & Defense industry average (24.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HOP'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.

HOP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HOP's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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 HOP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
€175.56
0%
8.2%€195.00€150.00n/a16
Dec ’25€141.58
€175.56
+24.0%
8.2%€195.00€150.00n/a16
Nov ’25€147.90
€173.06
+17.0%
7.6%€193.00€150.00n/a16
Oct ’25€145.78
€172.56
+18.4%
7.4%€193.00€150.00n/a16
Sep ’25€152.75
€172.50
+12.9%
7.1%€193.00€150.00n/a16
Aug ’25€146.70
€171.00
+16.6%
9.4%€193.00€125.00n/a16
Jul ’25€151.70
€171.25
+12.9%
9.8%€195.00€125.00n/a16
Jun ’25€167.25
€168.19
+0.6%
9.9%€190.00€125.00n/a16
May ’25€155.73
€164.63
+5.7%
9.6%€190.00€125.00n/a16
Apr ’25n/a
€159.69
0%
8.6%€180.00€125.00n/a16
Mar ’25n/a
€154.47
0%
8.8%€180.00€115.00n/a17
Feb ’25n/a
€155.94
0%
6.5%€180.00€140.00n/a17
Jan ’25n/a
€156.06
0%
6.1%€175.00€145.00n/a16
Dec ’24n/a
€155.25
0%
5.7%€174.00€137.00€141.5816
Nov ’24€142.28
€154.35
+8.5%
5.0%€166.00€137.00€147.9017
Oct ’24€132.95
€153.00
+15.1%
6.0%€168.00€135.00€145.7817
Sep ’24€134.40
€152.18
+13.2%
5.9%€165.00€135.00€152.7517
Aug ’24€130.73
€152.24
+16.5%
5.8%€165.00€135.00€146.7017
Jul ’24€137.50
€152.39
+10.8%
6.1%€169.00€135.00€151.7018
Jun ’24€131.35
€150.71
+14.7%
5.5%€165.00€135.00€167.2517
May ’24€137.95
€149.71
+8.5%
5.6%€160.00€135.00€155.7317
Apr ’24€136.60
€148.38
+8.6%
5.6%€160.00€135.00n/a16
Mar ’24€133.63
€144.69
+8.3%
6.0%€160.00€134.00n/a16
Feb ’24€121.98
€143.13
+17.3%
6.1%€160.00€130.00n/a15
Jan ’24n/a
€144.07
0%
5.3%€160.00€135.00n/a14

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 Analysis2025/01/05 21:01
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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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

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Analyst Sources

Thales S.A. is covered by 38 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Thomas PicheritAlphaValue
Joseph CampbellBarclays
Milene KernerBarclays