Porvair plc

BATS-CHIXE:PRVl Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£301.8m

Porvair Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: PRVl (£6.44) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£4.86)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PRVl. This is calculated by dividing PRVl's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PRVl's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.6x
EarningsUK£15.43m
Market CapUK£301.77m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PRVl vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29x
LSC London Security
17.4xn/aUK£398.4m
GDWN Goodwin
31xn/aUK£524.2m
MPAC Mpac Group
23.7x20.0%UK£146.9m
JDG Judges Scientific
43.9x25.3%UK£558.0m
PRVl Porvair
19.6x6.1%UK£301.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PRVl is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the peer average (29x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PRVl's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Machinery Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies30PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PRVl is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the European Machinery industry average (17.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PRVl'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.

PRVl PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.6x
Fair PE Ratio13x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PRVl is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x).

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 PRVl forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.44
UK£8.12
+26.0%
1.3%UK£8.25UK£8.00n/a3
Nov ’25UK£6.94
UK£8.12
+17.0%
1.3%UK£8.25UK£8.00n/a3
Oct ’25UK£6.78
UK£8.12
+19.7%
1.3%UK£8.25UK£8.00n/a3
Sep ’25UK£6.17
UK£8.12
+31.6%
1.3%UK£8.25UK£8.00n/a3
Aug ’25UK£6.56
UK£8.12
+23.7%
1.3%UK£8.25UK£8.00n/a3
Jul ’25UK£6.50
UK£8.12
+24.9%
1.3%UK£8.25UK£8.00n/a3
Jun ’25UK£7.12
UK£8.12
+14.0%
1.3%UK£8.25UK£8.00n/a3
May ’25UK£6.30
UK£8.18
+29.8%
0.9%UK£8.25UK£8.10n/a2
Apr ’25UK£6.22
UK£8.08
+29.8%
2.2%UK£8.25UK£7.90n/a2
Mar ’25UK£6.56
UK£8.08
+23.1%
2.2%UK£8.25UK£7.90n/a2
Dec ’24UK£6.20
UK£7.75
+25.0%
3.2%UK£8.00UK£7.50n/a2
Nov ’24UK£5.30
UK£7.75
+46.2%
3.2%UK£8.00UK£7.50UK£6.942
Oct ’24UK£5.90
UK£7.75
+31.4%
3.2%UK£8.00UK£7.50UK£6.782
Sep ’24UK£6.24
UK£7.50
+20.2%
5.4%UK£8.00UK£7.00UK£6.173
Aug ’24UK£6.38
UK£7.50
+17.6%
5.4%UK£8.00UK£7.00UK£6.563
Jul ’24UK£6.40
UK£7.50
+17.2%
5.4%UK£8.00UK£7.00UK£6.503
Jun ’24UK£6.42
UK£7.50
+16.8%
5.4%UK£8.00UK£7.00UK£7.123
May ’24UK£6.48
UK£7.25
+11.9%
3.4%UK£7.50UK£7.00UK£6.302
Apr ’24UK£6.10
UK£7.25
+18.9%
3.4%UK£7.50UK£7.00UK£6.222
Mar ’24UK£6.22
UK£7.25
+16.6%
3.4%UK£7.50UK£7.00UK£6.562
Feb ’24UK£5.90
UK£7.25
+22.9%
3.4%UK£7.50UK£7.00UK£6.582
Jan ’24UK£6.22
UK£7.13
+14.5%
5.3%UK£7.50UK£6.75UK£6.402
Dec ’23UK£5.40
UK£7.13
+31.9%
5.3%UK£7.50UK£6.75UK£6.202
Nov ’23UK£5.46
UK£7.13
+30.5%
5.3%UK£7.50UK£6.75UK£5.302

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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