Vp plc

LSE:VP. Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£236.8m

Vp Valuation

Is VP. 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-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of VP. when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£10.17
Fair Value
41.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
4
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: VP. (£6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£10.17)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As VP. is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for VP.. This is calculated by dividing VP.'s market cap by their current revenue.
What is VP.'s PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.6x
SalesUK£370.23m
Market CapUK£236.77m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does VP.'s PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for VP. vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
LTHM James Latham
0.6x1.0%UK£234.5m
ASY Andrews Sykes Group
2.8xn/aUK£217.7m
MACF Macfarlane Group
0.6x8.1%UK£172.8m
SHI SIG
0.06x1.8%UK£169.6m
VP. Vp
0.6x3.9%UK£236.8m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: VP. is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the peer average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does VP.'s PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Trade Distributors Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SHI SIG
0.06x1.8%US$211.05m
LORD Lords Group Trading
0.1x2.1%US$67.10m
HSS HSS Hire Group
0.1x-0.8%US$57.47m
SLNG H C Slingsby
0.2xn/aUS$4.10m
VP. 0.6xIndustry Avg. 0.6xNo. of Companies5PS00.81.62.43.24+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: VP. is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the UK Trade Distributors industry average (0.7x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VP.'s PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

VP. PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.6x
Fair PS Ratio0.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: VP. is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x).

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 VP. forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.00
UK£8.76
+46.0%
15.4%UK£10.00UK£6.50n/a4
Jan ’26UK£5.63
UK£8.76
+55.8%
15.4%UK£10.00UK£6.50n/a4
Dec ’25UK£6.00
UK£8.76
+46.0%
15.4%UK£10.00UK£6.50n/a4
Nov ’25UK£6.05
UK£8.98
+48.3%
16.1%UK£10.00UK£6.50n/a4
Oct ’25UK£6.40
UK£9.50
+48.4%
13.6%UK£11.10UK£7.50n/a4
Sep ’25UK£6.80
UK£9.50
+39.7%
13.6%UK£11.10UK£7.50n/a4
Aug ’25UK£6.80
UK£9.50
+39.7%
13.6%UK£11.10UK£7.50n/a4
Jul ’25UK£6.75
UK£9.50
+40.7%
13.6%UK£11.10UK£7.50n/a4
Jun ’25UK£6.95
UK£9.10
+30.9%
20.4%UK£10.90UK£6.00n/a4
May ’25UK£6.53
UK£9.10
+39.5%
20.4%UK£10.90UK£6.00n/a4
Apr ’25UK£5.50
UK£9.33
+69.5%
20.9%UK£10.90UK£6.00n/a4
Mar ’25UK£5.25
UK£9.33
+77.6%
20.9%UK£10.90UK£6.00n/a4
Feb ’25UK£6.00
UK£9.33
+55.4%
20.9%UK£10.90UK£6.00UK£6.004
Jan ’25UK£6.38
UK£9.33
+46.3%
20.9%UK£10.90UK£6.00UK£5.634
Dec ’24UK£6.33
UK£9.33
+47.4%
20.9%UK£10.90UK£6.00UK£6.004
Nov ’24UK£5.03
UK£9.33
+85.6%
20.9%UK£10.90UK£6.00UK£6.054
Oct ’24UK£5.28
UK£9.47
+79.5%
11.1%UK£10.40UK£8.00UK£6.403
Sep ’24UK£5.40
UK£9.47
+75.3%
11.1%UK£10.40UK£8.00UK£6.803
Aug ’24UK£5.80
UK£9.47
+63.2%
11.1%UK£10.40UK£8.00UK£6.803
Jul ’24UK£6.05
UK£9.47
+56.5%
11.1%UK£10.40UK£8.00UK£6.753
Jun ’24UK£6.40
UK£9.47
+47.9%
11.1%UK£10.40UK£8.00UK£6.953
May ’24UK£6.40
UK£9.47
+47.9%
11.1%UK£10.40UK£8.00UK£6.533
Apr ’24UK£6.74
UK£9.47
+40.5%
11.1%UK£10.40UK£8.00UK£5.503
Mar ’24UK£7.03
UK£9.93
+41.2%
12.2%UK£11.30UK£8.00UK£5.254
Feb ’24UK£7.10
UK£9.93
+39.8%
12.2%UK£11.30UK£8.00UK£6.004
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 4 Analysts
UK£8.76
Fair Value
31.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
4
Number of Analysts

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/31 09:15
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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.

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Analyst Sources

Vp plc is covered by 10 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Calum BattersbyBerenberg
James FletcherBerenberg
James BaylissBerenberg