PageGroup plc

BATS-CHIXE:PAGEL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£859.9m

PageGroup Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£2.98
Fair Value
7.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: PAGEL (£2.75) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£2.98)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PAGEL 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 PAGEL?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PAGEL. This is calculated by dividing PAGEL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PAGEL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.2x
EarningsUK£28.44m
Market CapUK£859.95m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PAGEL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.2x
STEM SThree
6.1x-18.23%UK£302.5m
STAF Staffline Group
7.7x3.34%UK£31.6m
GATC Gattaca
46.7xn/aUK£24.0m
DATA GlobalData
48.3x21.84%UK£1.4b
PAGEL PageGroup
30.2x31.30%UK£859.9m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PAGEL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.2x) compared to the peer average (27.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CPI Capita
3x7.96%US$307.19m
IBPO iEnergizer
1.7xn/aUS$140.06m
TEK Tekcapital
1.5xn/aUS$20.21m
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies5PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PAGEL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.2x) compared to the UK Professional Services industry average (23.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PAGEL'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.

PAGEL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.2x
Fair PE Ratio28.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PAGEL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.2x).

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 PAGEL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£2.75
UK£3.56
+29.23%
19.00%UK£4.50UK£2.75n/a11
May ’26UK£2.72
UK£3.58
+31.58%
19.45%UK£4.50UK£2.75n/a11
Apr ’26UK£3.02
UK£3.81
+26.42%
14.88%UK£4.50UK£3.00n/a11
Mar ’26UK£3.19
UK£3.83
+20.24%
14.11%UK£4.50UK£3.00n/a11
Feb ’26UK£3.27
UK£3.83
+17.01%
14.11%UK£4.50UK£3.00n/a11
Jan ’26UK£3.46
UK£4.47
+29.12%
16.83%UK£6.00UK£3.65n/a11
Dec ’25UK£3.62
UK£4.55
+25.68%
15.41%UK£6.00UK£3.65n/a11
Nov ’25UK£3.65
UK£4.59
+25.92%
14.90%UK£6.00UK£3.65n/a11
Oct ’25UK£3.84
UK£4.68
+21.93%
12.75%UK£6.00UK£4.05n/a11
Sep ’25UK£3.88
UK£4.68
+20.70%
12.75%UK£6.00UK£4.05n/a11
Aug ’25UK£4.20
UK£4.77
+13.74%
12.61%UK£6.00UK£4.05n/a11
Jul ’25UK£4.14
UK£5.06
+22.43%
12.42%UK£6.00UK£4.10n/a11
Jun ’25UK£4.55
UK£4.91
+7.94%
13.45%UK£6.00UK£4.10n/a11
May ’25UK£4.47
UK£4.91
+9.77%
13.45%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£2.7211
Apr ’25UK£4.47
UK£4.89
+9.32%
13.51%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£3.0210
Mar ’25UK£4.59
UK£4.89
+6.66%
14.45%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£3.199
Feb ’25UK£4.54
UK£4.86
+7.03%
13.99%UK£6.00UK£4.10UK£3.2710
Jan ’25UK£4.89
UK£4.94
+0.92%
14.07%UK£6.00UK£3.80UK£3.4610
Dec ’24UK£4.52
UK£4.94
+9.18%
14.07%UK£6.00UK£3.80UK£3.6210
Nov ’24UK£3.82
UK£5.16
+35.10%
17.09%UK£7.15UK£4.10UK£3.6511
Oct ’24UK£4.21
UK£5.36
+27.17%
15.62%UK£7.15UK£4.20UK£3.8410
Sep ’24UK£4.13
UK£5.31
+28.54%
17.08%UK£7.15UK£3.75UK£3.8810
Aug ’24UK£4.45
UK£5.29
+18.66%
16.47%UK£7.15UK£3.75UK£4.2011
Jul ’24UK£4.05
UK£5.37
+32.56%
17.14%UK£7.15UK£3.75UK£4.1411
Jun ’24UK£4.39
UK£5.48
+24.60%
16.03%UK£7.15UK£4.10UK£4.5510
May ’24UK£4.54
UK£5.52
+21.65%
15.40%UK£7.15UK£4.10UK£4.4711
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 11 Analysts
UK£3.56
Fair Value
22.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
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 Analysis2025/05/12 07:15
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

PageGroup plc is covered by 39 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Konrad ZomerABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Paul Daniel CheckettsBarclays
Afonso OsorioBarclays