Experian plc

LSE:EXPN Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£32.9b

Experian Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: EXPN (£35.91) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£40.52)

Significantly Below Fair Value: EXPN 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 EXPN?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for EXPN. This is calculated by dividing EXPN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is EXPN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio35.4x
EarningsUS$1.18b
Market CapUS$41.79b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for EXPN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29.9x
REL RELX
36.4x8.1%UK£68.8b
ITRK Intertek Group
24.8x12.6%UK£7.6b
DATA GlobalData
44.8x27.7%UK£1.5b
RWS RWS Holdings
13.9x8.3%UK£665.0m
EXPN Experian
35.4x12.7%UK£32.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: EXPN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.4x) compared to the peer average (29.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does EXPN'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
1.7xn/aUS$23.19m
No more companies available in this PE range
EXPN 35.4xIndustry Avg. 23.9xNo. of Companies4PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: EXPN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.4x) compared to the UK Professional Services industry average (23.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is EXPN'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.

EXPN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio35.4x
Fair PE Ratio36.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: EXPN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.6x).

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 EXPN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£35.91
UK£43.78
+21.9%
8.0%UK£51.68UK£37.62n/a15
Dec ’25UK£37.51
UK£43.32
+15.5%
8.1%UK£51.56UK£37.53n/a15
Nov ’25UK£38.42
UK£43.98
+14.5%
9.4%UK£53.93UK£37.28n/a15
Oct ’25UK£39.56
UK£41.08
+3.8%
9.7%UK£52.47UK£34.14n/a15
Sep ’25UK£36.84
UK£40.17
+9.0%
12.2%UK£48.41UK£24.91n/a15
Aug ’25UK£35.79
UK£39.99
+11.7%
11.9%UK£48.14UK£24.77n/a16
Jul ’25UK£36.48
UK£39.04
+7.0%
11.9%UK£44.15UK£25.05n/a16
Jun ’25UK£36.07
UK£38.08
+5.6%
14.1%UK£43.61UK£24.94n/a17
May ’25UK£32.20
UK£36.27
+12.6%
13.6%UK£43.20UK£25.35n/a17
Apr ’25UK£34.54
UK£35.47
+2.7%
14.0%UK£42.91UK£25.24n/a16
Mar ’25UK£33.58
UK£33.79
+0.6%
14.7%UK£42.54UK£25.02n/a14
Feb ’25UK£33.22
UK£32.89
-1.0%
14.1%UK£42.45UK£24.96n/a15
Jan ’25UK£32.02
UK£31.54
-1.5%
13.6%UK£39.66UK£24.24n/a15
Dec ’24UK£29.24
UK£31.30
+7.0%
13.2%UK£39.72UK£24.28UK£37.5115
Nov ’24UK£24.89
UK£33.18
+33.3%
13.6%UK£42.62UK£26.43UK£38.4214
Oct ’24UK£26.91
UK£33.29
+23.7%
13.6%UK£42.37UK£26.28UK£39.5614
Sep ’24UK£27.68
UK£32.59
+17.8%
12.9%UK£41.11UK£25.50UK£36.8415
Aug ’24UK£29.89
UK£32.08
+7.3%
12.3%UK£40.24UK£24.96UK£35.7916
Jul ’24UK£30.18
UK£31.02
+2.8%
12.1%UK£37.28UK£24.49UK£36.4816
Jun ’24UK£28.42
UK£31.57
+11.1%
11.9%UK£37.84UK£24.86UK£36.0717
May ’24UK£28.10
UK£31.41
+11.8%
12.6%UK£38.59UK£24.42UK£32.2016
Apr ’24UK£26.60
UK£32.38
+21.7%
11.8%UK£39.46UK£24.97UK£34.5416
Mar ’24UK£28.15
UK£33.13
+17.7%
11.6%UK£40.26UK£25.48UK£33.5816
Feb ’24UK£29.77
UK£32.51
+9.2%
11.9%UK£39.34UK£24.90UK£33.2216
Jan ’24UK£28.13
UK£30.56
+8.6%
18.2%UK£38.64UK£14.08UK£32.0216
Dec ’23UK£29.54
UK£31.24
+5.7%
18.0%UK£38.58UK£14.45UK£29.2416

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 Analysis2024/12/17 10:25
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 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

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Analyst Sources

Experian plc is covered by 44 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Daniel LebenBaird
Paul Daniel SullivanBarclays
James RosenthalBarclays