Persimmon Plc

LSE:PSN Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£3.7b

Persimmon Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

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

UK£22.88
Fair Value
49.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: PSN (£11.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£22.88)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PSN. This is calculated by dividing PSN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PSN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.4x
EarningsUK£256.40m
Market CapUK£3.68b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PSN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26x
TW. Taylor Wimpey
44.3x34.63%UK£3.8b
BKG Berkeley Group Holdings
9.8x-1.54%UK£3.7b
BWY Bellway
20.1x16.02%UK£2.9b
BTRW Barratt Redrow
29.8x23.37%UK£5.6b
PSN Persimmon
14.4x15.20%UK£3.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PSN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the peer average (26x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PSN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Durables Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PSN 14.4xIndustry Avg. 15.2xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PSN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the European Consumer Durables industry average (15.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PSN'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.

PSN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.4x
Fair PE Ratio22.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PSN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x).

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 PSN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£11.50
UK£14.86
+29.27%
9.32%UK£18.01UK£12.70n/a17
Sep ’26UK£10.74
UK£14.92
+38.97%
9.17%UK£18.01UK£12.70n/a17
Aug ’26UK£11.52
UK£15.26
+32.48%
8.55%UK£18.76UK£13.50n/a17
Jul ’26UK£12.99
UK£15.47
+19.15%
14.96%UK£23.00UK£12.60n/a17
Jun ’26UK£13.33
UK£15.42
+15.67%
15.13%UK£23.00UK£12.60n/a17
May ’26UK£13.32
UK£15.41
+15.67%
15.13%UK£23.00UK£12.60n/a17
Apr ’26UK£12.09
UK£15.41
+27.49%
15.13%UK£23.00UK£12.60n/a17
Mar ’26UK£12.05
UK£15.38
+27.60%
15.36%UK£23.00UK£12.70n/a17
Feb ’26UK£12.66
UK£15.35
+21.22%
15.62%UK£23.00UK£12.20n/a17
Jan ’26UK£11.98
UK£15.98
+33.40%
14.95%UK£23.00UK£12.75n/a17
Dec ’25UK£12.58
UK£16.51
+31.24%
13.79%UK£23.00UK£14.10n/a17
Nov ’25UK£14.60
UK£16.66
+14.18%
13.96%UK£23.00UK£14.10n/a17
Oct ’25UK£16.46
UK£16.57
+0.72%
13.91%UK£23.00UK£14.10UK£11.6217
Sep ’25UK£16.44
UK£16.28
-0.99%
13.67%UK£23.00UK£14.10UK£10.7417
Aug ’25UK£15.89
UK£15.34
-3.46%
14.68%UK£23.00UK£11.80UK£11.5217
Jul ’25UK£13.72
UK£15.29
+11.41%
14.66%UK£23.00UK£11.80UK£12.9917
Jun ’25UK£14.45
UK£15.04
+4.05%
15.72%UK£23.00UK£11.80UK£13.3316
May ’25UK£12.89
UK£14.93
+15.87%
16.32%UK£23.00UK£11.80UK£13.3216
Apr ’25UK£13.16
UK£14.76
+12.16%
17.31%UK£23.00UK£11.80UK£12.0916
Mar ’25UK£13.87
UK£14.91
+7.50%
17.79%UK£23.00UK£11.20UK£12.0516
Feb ’25UK£14.43
UK£14.74
+2.20%
18.21%UK£23.00UK£11.20UK£12.6616
Jan ’25UK£13.89
UK£12.86
-7.42%
22.33%UK£23.00UK£9.80UK£11.9816
Dec ’24UK£12.78
UK£12.74
-0.30%
22.38%UK£23.00UK£9.80UK£12.5816
Nov ’24UK£10.32
UK£12.94
+25.42%
22.10%UK£23.00UK£9.80UK£14.6017
Oct ’24UK£10.78
UK£12.80
+18.76%
21.61%UK£23.00UK£9.80UK£16.4619
UK£14.86
Fair Value
22.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/10/06 23:39
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/06 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Persimmon Plc is covered by 47 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
Timothy RichmondArden Partners Plc.
Clyde LewisAuerbach Grayson
Jonathan BellBarclays