Tesco Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: TSCOl (£3.06) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£4.56)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

TSCOl key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.9x
PEG Ratio4.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for TSCOl vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.6x
SBRY J Sainsbury
43.5x25.3%UK£6.0b
MKS Marks and Spencer Group
13.6x6.9%UK£5.9b
FIVE X5 Retail Group
5.8xn/aUS$6.0b
CBOX Cake Box Holdings
15.5xn/aUK£72.0m
TSCOl Tesco
11.9x2.8%UK£21.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TSCOl is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.9x) compared to the peer average (19.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.3%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TSCOl is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.9x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (14.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is TSCOl'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.

TSCOl PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.9x
Fair PE Ratio20.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TSCOl is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.3x).


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 TSCOl forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£3.06
UK£3.36
+9.7%
9.5%UK£3.70UK£2.40n/a13
Jun ’25UK£3.11
UK£3.36
+7.9%
9.5%UK£3.70UK£2.40n/a13
May ’25UK£2.99
UK£3.30
+10.4%
11.4%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Apr ’25UK£2.97
UK£3.29
+10.7%
11.6%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Mar ’25UK£2.78
UK£3.29
+18.3%
11.6%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Feb ’25UK£2.82
UK£3.25
+15.3%
11.2%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Jan ’25UK£2.90
UK£3.21
+10.8%
10.4%UK£3.60UK£2.30n/a12
Dec ’24UK£2.80
UK£3.17
+13.5%
9.7%UK£3.50UK£2.30n/a12
Nov ’24UK£2.71
UK£3.15
+16.3%
8.9%UK£3.50UK£2.40n/a11
Oct ’24UK£2.65
UK£3.07
+15.9%
7.0%UK£3.30UK£2.50n/a10
Sep ’24UK£2.65
UK£3.07
+15.9%
5.4%UK£3.30UK£2.70n/a10
Aug ’24UK£2.59
UK£3.05
+18.0%
5.1%UK£3.30UK£2.70n/a10
Jul ’24UK£2.49
UK£3.08
+23.6%
5.6%UK£3.30UK£2.70n/a10
Jun ’24UK£2.61
UK£2.93
+12.6%
13.0%UK£3.30UK£1.78UK£3.1112
May ’24UK£2.81
UK£2.92
+3.7%
12.8%UK£3.30UK£1.78UK£2.9912
Apr ’24UK£2.66
UK£2.84
+6.6%
12.9%UK£3.30UK£1.78UK£2.9712
Mar ’24UK£2.51
UK£2.72
+8.4%
12.0%UK£3.10UK£1.78UK£2.7812
Feb ’24UK£2.47
UK£2.72
+10.0%
12.2%UK£3.10UK£1.78UK£2.8212
Jan ’24UK£2.25
UK£2.75
+22.4%
18.9%UK£4.33UK£1.78UK£2.9015
Dec ’23UK£2.28
UK£2.73
+19.4%
20.1%UK£4.33UK£1.78UK£2.8014
Nov ’23UK£2.18
UK£2.73
+25.0%
20.1%UK£4.33UK£1.78UK£2.7114
Oct ’23UK£2.07
UK£3.03
+46.7%
14.8%UK£4.33UK£2.40UK£2.6514
Sep ’23UK£2.45
UK£3.21
+31.2%
10.6%UK£4.33UK£2.85UK£2.6515
Aug ’23UK£2.64
UK£3.16
+19.4%
13.0%UK£4.33UK£2.20UK£2.5916
Jul ’23UK£2.55
UK£3.14
+23.2%
13.5%UK£4.33UK£2.20UK£2.4916
Jun ’23UK£2.59
UK£3.09
+19.2%
11.1%UK£3.50UK£2.20UK£2.6117

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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