Bodycote Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: BOY (£6.55) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£10.73)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

BOY 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/Revenue1.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.3x
PEG Ratio0.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BOY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.4x
VSVS Vesuvius
10.4x16.5%UK£1.1b
MGAM Morgan Advanced Materials
12.6x16.6%UK£873.6m
JDG Judges Scientific
73.8x27.5%UK£700.7m
GDWN Goodwin
33xn/aUK£557.2m
BOY Bodycote
19.4x21.2%UK£1.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BOY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.4x) compared to the peer average (32.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.8%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BOY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.4x) compared to the European Machinery industry average (17.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BOY'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.

BOY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.4x
Fair PE Ratio25.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BOY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.3x).


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 BOY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.55
UK£8.02
+22.4%
17.7%UK£10.00UK£5.40n/a9
Aug ’25UK£6.73
UK£8.07
+19.9%
16.4%UK£10.00UK£5.90n/a9
Jul ’25UK£6.92
UK£8.10
+17.0%
16.9%UK£10.00UK£5.60n/a10
Jun ’25UK£7.54
UK£8.10
+7.4%
16.9%UK£10.00UK£5.60n/a10
May ’25UK£6.94
UK£8.01
+15.3%
18.2%UK£10.00UK£5.60n/a10
Apr ’25UK£6.97
UK£7.76
+11.3%
19.8%UK£10.00UK£5.60n/a10
Mar ’25UK£6.23
UK£7.94
+27.5%
21.3%UK£10.00UK£5.60n/a9
Feb ’25UK£6.34
UK£7.89
+24.6%
21.4%UK£10.00UK£5.60n/a9
Jan ’25UK£5.95
UK£7.79
+31.0%
20.6%UK£10.00UK£5.50n/a9
Dec ’24UK£5.94
UK£7.89
+32.8%
19.0%UK£10.00UK£5.50n/a9
Nov ’24UK£5.73
UK£7.94
+38.6%
17.6%UK£10.00UK£6.00n/a10
Oct ’24UK£6.53
UK£7.81
+19.7%
17.4%UK£10.00UK£6.00n/a10
Sep ’24UK£6.77
UK£7.88
+16.5%
16.7%UK£10.00UK£6.00n/a11
Aug ’24UK£7.07
UK£7.74
+9.5%
16.3%UK£10.00UK£6.00UK£6.7311
Jul ’24UK£6.41
UK£7.43
+15.9%
18.3%UK£9.50UK£5.43UK£6.9212
Jun ’24UK£6.45
UK£7.51
+16.4%
16.7%UK£9.50UK£5.43UK£7.5412
May ’24UK£6.91
UK£7.38
+6.9%
15.7%UK£9.50UK£5.43UK£6.9412
Apr ’24UK£6.53
UK£6.84
+4.8%
13.5%UK£8.40UK£5.43UK£6.9712
Mar ’24UK£6.75
UK£6.78
+0.5%
13.5%UK£8.40UK£5.43UK£6.2312
Feb ’24UK£6.59
UK£6.89
+4.6%
12.0%UK£8.40UK£5.85UK£6.3412
Jan ’24UK£5.69
UK£6.57
+15.6%
16.4%UK£8.40UK£4.30UK£5.9513
Dec ’23UK£5.99
UK£6.72
+12.2%
17.0%UK£8.40UK£4.30UK£5.9413
Nov ’23UK£5.13
UK£6.86
+33.8%
16.1%UK£8.40UK£4.60UK£5.7312
Oct ’23UK£4.65
UK£7.00
+50.5%
14.5%UK£8.40UK£5.20UK£6.5312
Sep ’23UK£5.12
UK£7.02
+37.1%
14.6%UK£8.40UK£5.20UK£6.7712
Aug ’23UK£5.90
UK£7.16
+21.3%
15.0%UK£9.20UK£5.20UK£7.0712

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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