Knorr-Bremse Valuation

Is 0KBI 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 0KBI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0KBI (€72.61) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€115.87)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0KBI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0KBI?

Key metric: As 0KBI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0KBI. This is calculated by dividing 0KBI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0KBI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.5x
Earnings€599.93m
Market Cap€11.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0KBI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0KBI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.1x
WEIR Weir Group
25.3x19.0%UK£5.6b
SOM Somero Enterprises
8.7xn/aUK£163.6m
SPX Spirax Group
25.1x9.0%UK£4.8b
IMI IMI
17.3x12.0%UK£4.4b
0KBI Knorr-Bremse
19.5x10.8%€11.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0KBI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the peer average (19.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0KBI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Machinery Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
0KBI 19.5xIndustry Avg. 17.5xNo. of Companies29PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0KBI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the European Machinery industry average (17.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0KBI'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.

0KBI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.5x
Fair PE Ratio22.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0KBI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x).


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 0KBI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€72.61
€76.91
+5.9%
14.0%€90.00€55.00n/a15
Nov ’25€74.47
€77.27
+3.8%
14.1%€91.50€55.00n/a15
Oct ’25€79.20
€75.97
-4.1%
14.3%€90.00€50.00n/a15
Sep ’25€74.29
€74.97
+0.9%
14.1%€88.00€50.00n/a16
Aug ’25€72.99
€74.78
+2.4%
13.8%€87.00€50.00n/a16
Jul ’25€71.17
€73.84
+3.8%
13.6%€87.00€50.00n/a16
Jun ’25€71.58
€73.84
+3.2%
13.6%€87.00€50.00n/a16
May ’25€69.55
€71.00
+2.1%
13.2%€86.00€48.00n/a16
Apr ’25€70.72
€68.00
-3.8%
12.4%€79.00€46.00n/a16
Mar ’25€65.77
€68.00
+3.4%
12.4%€79.00€46.00n/a16
Feb ’25€58.17
€66.00
+13.5%
13.5%€79.00€45.00n/a16
Jan ’25€58.93
€65.31
+10.8%
14.7%€79.00€45.00n/a16
Dec ’24€57.93
€65.31
+12.7%
14.7%€79.00€45.00n/a16
Nov ’24€52.55
€65.81
+25.2%
14.6%€79.00€45.00€74.4716
Oct ’24€60.30
€67.25
+11.5%
13.4%€79.00€45.00€79.2016
Sep ’24€63.25
€68.56
+8.4%
10.2%€79.00€55.00€74.2916
Aug ’24€63.34
€68.38
+8.0%
9.8%€78.00€55.00€72.9916
Jul ’24€70.00
€68.31
-2.4%
7.9%€78.00€60.00€71.1716
Jun ’24€64.16
€68.06
+6.1%
7.4%€75.00€60.00€71.5816
May ’24€63.28
€66.27
+4.7%
7.5%€75.00€60.00€69.5515
Apr ’24€61.19
€69.07
+12.9%
15.8%€105.00€60.00€70.7215
Mar ’24€65.71
€68.36
+4.0%
17.8%€105.00€53.00€65.7714
Feb ’24€60.71
€64.73
+6.6%
19.5%€105.00€51.00€58.1715
Jan ’24€51.33
€64.00
+24.7%
19.6%€105.00€51.00€58.9315
Dec ’23€54.80
€64.40
+17.5%
19.8%€105.00€51.00€57.9315
Nov ’23€47.34
€64.43
+36.1%
20.8%€105.00€49.00€52.5514

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


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