Ferguson Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: FERG (£170.4) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£134.13)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

FERG 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/Revenue1.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16.2x
PEG Ratio2.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for FERG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25x
AHT Ashtead Group
20.2x9.3%UK£26.1b
BNZL Bunzl
19.7x3.7%UK£10.3b
HWDN Howden Joinery Group
19x7.6%UK£4.8b
DPLM Diploma
41.1x14.2%UK£4.8b
FERG Ferguson
24.7x9.0%UK£43.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FERG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.7x) compared to the peer average (25x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FERG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Trade Distributors Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.0%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.0%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FERG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.7x) compared to the UK Trade Distributors industry average (13.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FERG'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.

FERG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.7x
Fair PE Ratio27.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FERG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.7x).


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 FERG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£169.60
UK£172.29
+1.6%
17.2%UK£211.27UK£85.55n/a18
Apr ’25UK£173.25
UK£169.71
-2.0%
17.2%UK£208.10UK£84.27n/a18
Mar ’25UK£169.05
UK£151.04
-10.7%
16.8%UK£186.16UK£83.97n/a16
Feb ’25UK£149.05
UK£148.82
-0.2%
16.1%UK£177.54UK£83.64n/a16
Jan ’25UK£150.85
UK£143.65
-4.8%
14.5%UK£175.81UK£83.95n/a17
Dec ’24UK£135.55
UK£137.64
+1.5%
12.8%UK£153.95UK£84.55n/a17
Nov ’24UK£123.95
UK£141.60
+14.2%
13.2%UK£158.81UK£87.22n/a16
Oct ’24UK£135.65
UK£140.37
+3.5%
12.6%UK£158.21UK£86.89n/a15
Sep ’24UK£128.50
UK£130.87
+1.8%
13.1%UK£149.38UK£84.22n/a14
Aug ’24UK£126.30
UK£125.45
-0.7%
13.5%UK£144.70UK£81.58n/a13
Jul ’24UK£124.10
UK£127.10
+2.4%
13.2%UK£147.29UK£83.05n/a13
Jun ’24UK£115.80
UK£126.72
+9.4%
14.5%UK£156.95UK£84.95n/a11
May ’24UK£111.95
UK£121.60
+8.6%
14.2%UK£157.25UK£85.11n/a10
Apr ’24UK£106.50
UK£121.60
+14.2%
14.2%UK£157.25UK£85.11UK£173.2510
Mar ’24UK£119.20
UK£123.95
+4.0%
15.0%UK£158.59UK£88.84UK£169.0510
Feb ’24UK£114.80
UK£117.07
+2.0%
15.6%UK£153.86UK£86.19UK£149.059
Jan ’24UK£104.40
UK£119.99
+14.9%
15.9%UK£158.02UK£87.69UK£150.859
Dec ’23UK£96.56
UK£116.09
+20.2%
15.8%UK£159.86UK£87.88UK£135.559
Nov ’23UK£95.26
UK£122.38
+28.5%
16.1%UK£169.34UK£98.68UK£123.959
Oct ’23UK£94.04
UK£125.76
+33.7%
15.6%UK£172.42UK£101.11UK£135.659
Sep ’23UK£97.88
UK£118.64
+21.2%
19.2%UK£178.81UK£93.38UK£128.509
Aug ’23UK£101.75
UK£117.78
+15.8%
19.2%UK£177.52UK£92.71UK£126.309
Jul ’23UK£90.30
UK£123.72
+37.0%
19.6%UK£176.10UK£96.20UK£124.108
Jun ’23UK£93.12
UK£141.73
+52.2%
18.3%UK£170.55UK£101.69UK£115.807
May ’23UK£101.40
UK£144.42
+42.4%
16.2%UK£167.18UK£99.68UK£111.956
Apr ’23UK£101.80
UK£140.66
+38.2%
16.9%UK£161.95UK£96.56UK£106.505

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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