Playtech plc

BATS-CHIXE:PTECL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.2b

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 (£12.59)

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 Ratio24.1x
Earnings€112.20m
Market Cap€2.70b

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 Average25.2x
RNK Rank Group
32.5x33.3%UK£400.0m
ROO Deliveroo
42.7x38.3%UK£2.1b
GRG Greggs
20.7x6.0%UK£2.8b
NXQ Nexteq
4.8x-96.2%UK£39.5m
PTECL Playtech
24.1x18.5%UK£2.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PTECL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.1x) compared to the peer average (25.2x).

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$2.38m
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies5PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PTECL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.1x) compared to the UK Hospitality industry average (19.6x).

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 Ratio24.1x
Fair PE Ratio26x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PTECL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26x).

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
Dec ’25UK£7.29
UK£9.06
+24.3%
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£6.20UK£7.298
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

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 22:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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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Analyst Sources

Playtech plc is covered by 28 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joseph BarronBerenberg
Roberta CiacciaBNP Paribas Exane
Kiranjot GrewalBofA Global Research