Tesco Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: TSCO (£3) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£4.54)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

TSCO 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/EBITDA7.8x
PEG Ratio4.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for TSCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.4x
SBRY J Sainsbury
45.1x26.2%UK£6.2b
MKS Marks and Spencer Group
12.8x7.8%UK£5.2b
FIVE X5 Retail Group
8.8x32.7%US$6.0b
CBOX Cake Box Holdings
14.8xn/aUK£67.0m
TSCO Tesco
11.9x2.8%UK£20.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TSCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.9x) compared to the peer average (20.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.3%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.3%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TSCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.9x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (15x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is TSCO'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.

TSCO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.9x
Fair PE Ratio18x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TSCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x).


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 TSCO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£3.00
UK£3.30
+10.1%
11.4%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Apr ’25UK£2.97
UK£3.29
+11.0%
11.6%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Mar ’25UK£2.78
UK£3.29
+18.5%
11.6%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Feb ’25UK£2.83
UK£3.25
+14.8%
11.2%UK£3.70UK£2.20n/a12
Jan ’25UK£2.91
UK£3.21
+10.5%
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£2.64
UK£3.07
+16.2%
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
+17.9%
5.1%UK£3.30UK£2.70n/a10
Jul ’24UK£2.48
UK£3.08
+24.1%
5.6%UK£3.30UK£2.70n/a10
Jun ’24UK£2.61
UK£2.93
+12.5%
13.0%UK£3.30UK£1.78n/a12
May ’24UK£2.81
UK£2.92
+3.8%
12.8%UK£3.30UK£1.78UK£3.0012
Apr ’24UK£2.66
UK£2.84
+6.7%
12.9%UK£3.30UK£1.78UK£2.9712
Mar ’24UK£2.52
UK£2.72
+8.3%
12.0%UK£3.10UK£1.78UK£2.7812
Feb ’24UK£2.48
UK£2.72
+9.7%
12.2%UK£3.10UK£1.78UK£2.8312
Jan ’24UK£2.24
UK£2.75
+22.8%
18.9%UK£4.33UK£1.78UK£2.9115
Dec ’23UK£2.29
UK£2.73
+19.2%
20.1%UK£4.33UK£1.78UK£2.8014
Nov ’23UK£2.18
UK£2.73
+25.2%
20.1%UK£4.33UK£1.78UK£2.7114
Oct ’23UK£2.07
UK£3.03
+46.5%
14.8%UK£4.33UK£2.40UK£2.6414
Sep ’23UK£2.44
UK£3.21
+31.6%
10.6%UK£4.33UK£2.85UK£2.6515
Aug ’23UK£2.65
UK£3.16
+19.3%
13.0%UK£4.33UK£2.20UK£2.5916
Jul ’23UK£2.55
UK£3.14
+23.3%
13.5%UK£4.33UK£2.20UK£2.4816
Jun ’23UK£2.59
UK£3.09
+19.2%
11.1%UK£3.50UK£2.20UK£2.6117
May ’23UK£2.72
UK£3.14
+15.6%
9.0%UK£3.50UK£2.39UK£2.8117

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


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