RPS Group plc

LSE:RPS Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£599.4m

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RPS Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

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

Below Fair Value: RPS (£2.21) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£1)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RPS is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RPS. This is calculated by dividing RPS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RPS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio69.7x
EarningsUK£8.60m
Market CapUK£599.36m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for RPS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.6x
RWI Renewi
25.8x36.6%UK£649.3m
SRP Serco Group
11.2x2.4%UK£1.6b
MTO Mitie Group
11.4x11.3%UK£1.4b
WATR Water Intelligence
18.1x15.6%UK£69.9m
RPS RPS Group
69.7x22.1%UK£599.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RPS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69.7x) compared to the peer average (21.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RPS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Commercial Services Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
RPS 69.7xIndustry Avg. 13.6xNo. of Companies15PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RPS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69.7x) compared to the European Commercial Services industry average (14.6x)

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RPS'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.

RPS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio69.7x
Fair PE Ratio27.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RPS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (69.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.7x).

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 RPS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Dec ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Nov ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Oct ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Sep ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Aug ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Jul ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Jun ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
May ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Apr ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Mar ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Feb ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Jan ’25n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Dec ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Nov ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Oct ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Sep ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Aug ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Jul ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Jun ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
May ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Apr ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Mar ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Feb ’24n/a
UK£1.98
0%
17.1%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a3
Jan ’24UK£2.20
UK£2.04
-7.3%
15.3%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a4
Dec ’23UK£2.20
UK£2.04
-7.3%
15.3%UK£2.22UK£1.50n/a4

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/01/23 06:08
End of Day Share Price 2023/01/23 00:00
Earnings2022/06/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

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 here.

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Analyst Sources

RPS Group plc is covered by 21 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Karl GreenAltium Capital Limited
null nullArden Partners Plc.
Joseph BloomfieldBerenberg