Knights Group Holdings plc

AIM:KGH Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£104.0m

Knights Group Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£5.35
Fair Value
77.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
4
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: KGH (£1.21) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£5.35)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for KGH. This is calculated by dividing KGH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is KGH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.6x
EarningsUK£9.85m
Market CapUK£103.96m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for KGH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34x
BEG Begbies Traynor Group
62.1x46.5%UK£152.4m
KEYS Keystone Law Group
22.5x4.5%UK£176.9m
GTLY Gateley (Holdings)
17.7x16.7%UK£178.3m
SAG Science Group
33.6x18.3%UK£202.7m
KGH Knights Group Holdings
10.6x15.7%UK£104.0m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KGH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.6x) compared to the peer average (34x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KGH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Professional Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IBPO iEnergizer
1.7xn/aUS$140.06m
TEK Tekcapital
1.9xn/aUS$26.84m
No more companies available in this PE range
KGH 10.6xIndustry Avg. 23.7xNo. of Companies4PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KGH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.6x) compared to the UK Professional Services industry average (23.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KGH'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.

KGH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.6x
Fair PE Ratio17.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KGH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x).


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 KGH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.21
UK£1.65
+36.4%
23.2%UK£2.10UK£1.20n/a4
Jan ’26UK£1.05
UK£1.65
+57.1%
23.2%UK£2.10UK£1.20n/a4
Dec ’25UK£1.09
UK£1.65
+52.1%
23.2%UK£2.10UK£1.20n/a4
Nov ’25UK£1.18
UK£1.80
+52.5%
14.6%UK£2.10UK£1.40n/a4
Oct ’25UK£1.25
UK£1.80
+44.0%
14.6%UK£2.10UK£1.40n/a4
Sep ’25UK£1.24
UK£1.80
+45.7%
14.6%UK£2.10UK£1.40n/a4
Aug ’25UK£1.38
UK£1.67
+21.0%
21.0%UK£2.10UK£1.15n/a5
Jul ’25UK£1.40
UK£1.61
+15.1%
20.6%UK£2.10UK£1.15n/a5
Jun ’25UK£1.36
UK£1.62
+19.2%
18.8%UK£2.10UK£1.15n/a6
May ’25UK£1.32
UK£1.59
+20.3%
21.5%UK£2.10UK£1.15n/a6
Apr ’25UK£1.28
UK£1.59
+24.1%
21.5%UK£2.10UK£1.15n/a6
Mar ’25UK£1.19
UK£1.59
+34.0%
21.5%UK£2.10UK£1.15n/a6
Feb ’25UK£1.30
UK£1.59
+22.2%
21.5%UK£2.10UK£1.15n/a6
Jan ’25UK£1.12
UK£1.52
+36.0%
28.6%UK£2.10UK£0.90UK£1.055
Dec ’24UK£0.96
UK£1.52
+57.3%
28.6%UK£2.10UK£0.90UK£1.095
Nov ’24UK£0.82
UK£1.49
+81.2%
32.2%UK£2.10UK£0.75UK£1.185
Oct ’24UK£0.94
UK£1.49
+58.4%
32.2%UK£2.10UK£0.75UK£1.255
Sep ’24UK£0.87
UK£1.91
+118.9%
54.9%UK£4.05UK£0.75UK£1.246
Aug ’24UK£0.86
UK£1.91
+123.5%
54.9%UK£4.05UK£0.75UK£1.386
Jul ’24UK£0.64
UK£2.21
+245.6%
57.8%UK£4.05UK£0.75UK£1.406
Jun ’24UK£0.90
UK£2.22
+145.7%
53.2%UK£4.05UK£0.75UK£1.367
May ’24UK£0.85
UK£2.24
+164.8%
51.8%UK£4.05UK£0.75UK£1.327
Apr ’24UK£0.65
UK£2.24
+243.6%
51.8%UK£4.05UK£0.75UK£1.287
Mar ’24UK£0.76
UK£2.24
+194.7%
51.8%UK£4.05UK£0.75UK£1.197
Feb ’24UK£0.89
UK£2.55
+188.2%
51.4%UK£4.60UK£0.90UK£1.308
Jan ’24UK£1.07
UK£2.43
+127.3%
52.0%UK£4.60UK£1.00UK£1.129
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 4 Analysts
UK£1.65
Fair Value
26.7% 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 Analysis2025/01/08 04:14
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/08 00:00
Earnings2024/04/30
Annual Earnings2024/04/30

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

Knights Group Holdings plc is covered by 11 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew SimmsArden Partners Plc.
James BaylissArden Partners Plc.
Calum BattersbyBerenberg