IMI Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: IMI (£17.31) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£23.3)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

IMI 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/Revenue2.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11.5x
PEG Ratio1.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for IMI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.4x
WEIR Weir Group
22.4x16.8%UK£5.1b
ROR Rotork
23.4x8.4%UK£2.6b
SPX Spirax-Sarco Engineering
36.7x13.0%UK£6.7b
BOY Bodycote
14.9x9.0%UK£1.3b
IMI IMI
18.9x11.8%UK£4.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IMI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.9x) compared to the peer average (24.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.2%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.2%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IMI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.9x) compared to the European Machinery industry average (16.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IMI'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.

IMI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.9x
Fair PE Ratio22.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: IMI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.2x).


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 IMI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£17.25
UK£20.31
+17.7%
10.8%UK£25.00UK£16.50n/a17
Apr ’25UK£18.15
UK£20.16
+11.1%
10.7%UK£25.00UK£16.50n/a17
Mar ’25UK£17.26
UK£19.39
+12.4%
12.0%UK£25.00UK£15.55n/a18
Feb ’25UK£17.11
UK£18.94
+10.7%
10.1%UK£21.60UK£15.55n/a17
Jan ’25UK£16.84
UK£18.74
+11.3%
11.2%UK£22.00UK£15.55n/a17
Dec ’24UK£15.80
UK£18.78
+18.8%
11.2%UK£22.00UK£15.55n/a17
Nov ’24UK£14.45
UK£18.73
+29.6%
12.6%UK£22.50UK£13.50n/a17
Oct ’24UK£15.68
UK£18.84
+20.2%
12.2%UK£22.50UK£13.50n/a16
Sep ’24UK£14.98
UK£18.81
+25.6%
12.0%UK£22.00UK£13.50n/a16
Aug ’24UK£16.26
UK£18.66
+14.8%
12.3%UK£22.00UK£13.20n/a16
Jul ’24UK£16.40
UK£18.49
+12.7%
12.6%UK£22.00UK£13.20n/a16
Jun ’24UK£16.07
UK£18.44
+14.8%
12.8%UK£22.00UK£13.20n/a16
May ’24UK£15.95
UK£17.75
+11.3%
12.2%UK£21.60UK£12.25n/a16
Apr ’24UK£15.34
UK£17.18
+12.0%
12.3%UK£20.00UK£11.20UK£18.1516
Mar ’24UK£15.79
UK£16.27
+3.1%
15.2%UK£20.00UK£11.00UK£17.2616
Feb ’24UK£14.53
UK£16.11
+10.9%
15.5%UK£20.00UK£11.00UK£17.1115
Jan ’24UK£12.88
UK£16.10
+25.0%
15.8%UK£21.00UK£11.00UK£16.8415
Dec ’23UK£13.87
UK£16.23
+17.0%
15.8%UK£21.00UK£11.00UK£15.8015
Nov ’23UK£12.55
UK£16.36
+30.4%
15.4%UK£21.00UK£11.00UK£14.4515
Oct ’23UK£11.19
UK£16.75
+49.7%
12.4%UK£21.00UK£13.00UK£15.6815
Sep ’23UK£10.71
UK£16.63
+55.3%
12.4%UK£21.00UK£13.00UK£14.9816
Aug ’23UK£12.85
UK£16.83
+31.0%
13.3%UK£21.00UK£13.00UK£16.2616
Jul ’23UK£11.65
UK£17.53
+50.5%
14.3%UK£21.85UK£13.00UK£16.4016
Jun ’23UK£14.07
UK£18.17
+29.2%
16.0%UK£25.00UK£14.00UK£16.0717
May ’23UK£13.55
UK£18.83
+38.9%
15.0%UK£25.00UK£14.00UK£15.9517
Apr ’23UK£13.58
UK£19.19
+41.3%
13.1%UK£25.00UK£15.50UK£15.3417

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


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