Playtech Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

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

Below Fair Value: PTECL (£7.27) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£12.88)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PTECL. This is calculated by dividing PTECL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PTECL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.7x
Earnings€112.20m
Market Cap€2.65b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for PTECL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.5x
RNK Rank Group
33.6x33.3%UK£413.2m
ROO Deliveroo
43.2x36.8%UK£2.2b
GRG Greggs
19.6x6.6%UK£2.7b
NXQ Nexteq
5.4x-96.2%UK£44.7m
PTECL Playtech
23.7x18.5%UK£2.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PTECL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x) compared to the peer average (25.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PTECL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Hospitality Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TAST Tasty
0.4x-75.9%US$2.74m
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies6PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PTECL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x) compared to the UK Hospitality industry average (20.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PTECL'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.

PTECL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.7x
Fair PE Ratio25.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PTECL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.9x).


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 PTECL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£7.27
UK£9.06
+24.6%
18.0%UK£11.02UK£6.14n/a5
Nov ’25UK£7.28
UK£9.06
+24.4%
18.0%UK£11.02UK£6.14n/a5
Oct ’25UK£7.47
UK£8.94
+19.7%
18.3%UK£11.00UK£6.13n/a5
Sep ’25UK£6.50
UK£7.08
+8.9%
10.8%UK£8.18UK£6.22n/a5
Aug ’25UK£5.55
UK£7.04
+26.8%
10.1%UK£8.06UK£6.14n/a6
Jul ’25UK£4.69
UK£7.07
+50.9%
10.2%UK£8.15UK£6.18n/a6
Jun ’25UK£4.77
UK£7.07
+48.4%
10.2%UK£8.15UK£6.18n/a6
May ’25UK£5.06
UK£7.05
+39.3%
11.5%UK£8.55UK£6.24n/a7
Apr ’25UK£4.65
UK£7.09
+52.6%
10.5%UK£8.48UK£6.19n/a7
Mar ’25UK£4.48
UK£7.04
+56.9%
10.9%UK£8.49UK£6.06n/a7
Feb ’25UK£4.46
UK£7.04
+57.8%
10.9%UK£8.49UK£6.06n/a7
Jan ’25UK£4.50
UK£7.43
+65.0%
10.5%UK£8.62UK£6.15n/a7
Dec ’24UK£4.17
UK£7.79
+86.8%
12.2%UK£8.98UK£6.20n/a8
Nov ’24UK£4.00
UK£7.91
+97.4%
11.2%UK£8.93UK£6.23UK£7.288
Oct ’24UK£4.51
UK£7.75
+71.9%
10.4%UK£8.82UK£6.16UK£7.479
Sep ’24UK£5.24
UK£7.66
+46.0%
10.7%UK£8.79UK£6.13UK£6.509
Aug ’24UK£5.68
UK£7.81
+37.5%
11.0%UK£8.88UK£6.20UK£5.558
Jul ’24UK£5.94
UK£7.47
+25.9%
12.9%UK£8.79UK£6.03UK£4.698
Jun ’24UK£6.02
UK£7.48
+24.3%
12.9%UK£8.81UK£6.05UK£4.778
May ’24UK£5.80
UK£7.20
+24.3%
11.2%UK£8.14UK£6.14UK£5.068
Apr ’24UK£5.31
UK£7.22
+36.0%
11.2%UK£8.16UK£6.15UK£4.658
Mar ’24UK£5.69
UK£6.84
+20.3%
11.6%UK£7.95UK£5.56UK£4.488
Feb ’24UK£5.62
UK£6.85
+21.8%
13.0%UK£8.16UK£5.49UK£4.467
Jan ’24UK£5.11
UK£6.85
+34.1%
13.1%UK£8.17UK£5.50UK£4.507
Dec ’23UK£5.60
UK£6.75
+20.6%
12.4%UK£8.00UK£5.61UK£4.177
Nov ’23UK£5.24
UK£6.64
+26.8%
13.5%UK£7.77UK£5.47UK£4.007

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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