Grafton Group plc

LSE:GFTU Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.9b

Grafton Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: GFTU (£9.61) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£11.62)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GFTU is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GFTU. This is calculated by dividing GFTU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GFTU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.5x
EarningsUK£131.28m
Market CapUK£1.89b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for GFTU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.4x
RS1 RS Group
19x16.5%UK£3.2b
HWDN Howden Joinery Group
17.1x6.0%UK£4.3b
DPLM Diploma
44.6x14.7%UK£5.8b
AT. Ashtead Technology Holdings
16.9x20.4%UK£415.2m
GFTU Grafton Group
14.5x5.5%UK£1.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GFTU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the peer average (24.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GFTU 14.5xIndustry Avg. 13.7xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GFTU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the European Trade Distributors industry average (13.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GFTU'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.

GFTU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.5x
Fair PE Ratio15.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GFTU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x).

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 GFTU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£9.61
UK£12.11
+25.9%
3.3%UK£12.75UK£11.35n/a10
Dec ’25UK£9.42
UK£12.11
+28.5%
3.3%UK£12.75UK£11.35n/a10
Nov ’25UK£10.15
UK£12.01
+18.3%
3.0%UK£12.75UK£11.35n/a9
Oct ’25UK£10.36
UK£11.80
+13.9%
2.8%UK£12.30UK£11.15n/a9
Sep ’25UK£10.79
UK£11.73
+8.7%
2.9%UK£12.30UK£11.15n/a9
Aug ’25UK£10.60
UK£11.35
+7.0%
5.7%UK£12.30UK£9.95n/a9
Jul ’25UK£9.24
UK£11.35
+22.8%
5.7%UK£12.30UK£9.95n/a9
Jun ’25UK£9.93
UK£11.53
+16.1%
6.5%UK£12.95UK£10.10n/a10
May ’25UK£9.38
UK£11.51
+22.6%
6.2%UK£12.95UK£10.10n/a10
Apr ’25UK£10.02
UK£11.53
+15.0%
5.9%UK£12.95UK£10.30n/a10
Mar ’25UK£9.83
UK£10.64
+8.2%
9.6%UK£12.95UK£9.40n/a10
Feb ’25UK£9.72
UK£10.56
+8.6%
9.9%UK£12.95UK£9.40n/a9
Jan ’25UK£9.11
UK£10.22
+12.2%
12.7%UK£12.95UK£8.15n/a9
Dec ’24UK£8.21
UK£10.22
+24.6%
12.7%UK£12.95UK£8.15UK£9.429
Nov ’24UK£7.73
UK£10.61
+37.2%
12.9%UK£13.00UK£8.20UK£10.157
Oct ’24UK£9.04
UK£10.79
+19.4%
10.4%UK£13.00UK£9.10UK£10.367
Sep ’24UK£8.66
UK£10.78
+24.5%
10.5%UK£13.00UK£9.10UK£10.797
Aug ’24UK£8.74
UK£10.69
+22.3%
11.6%UK£13.00UK£8.55UK£10.607
Jul ’24UK£7.82
UK£10.81
+38.3%
9.7%UK£13.00UK£9.45UK£9.247
Jun ’24UK£8.25
UK£10.81
+31.1%
9.7%UK£13.00UK£9.45UK£9.937
May ’24UK£8.67
UK£10.94
+26.3%
8.5%UK£13.00UK£9.90UK£9.388
Apr ’24UK£8.86
UK£10.94
+23.6%
8.5%UK£13.00UK£9.90UK£10.028
Mar ’24UK£9.35
UK£10.69
+14.3%
11.1%UK£13.00UK£9.25UK£9.838
Feb ’24UK£9.44
UK£10.69
+13.3%
11.1%UK£13.00UK£9.25UK£9.728
Jan ’24UK£7.89
UK£10.69
+35.6%
11.1%UK£13.00UK£9.25UK£9.118
Dec ’23UK£7.94
UK£10.69
+34.7%
11.1%UK£13.00UK£9.25UK£8.218

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 Analysis2024/12/20 20:39
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Grafton Group plc is covered by 19 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Harry GoadBerenberg
Robert ChantryBerenberg
Aynsley LamminCanaccord Genuity