Trainline Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: TRNL (£3.26) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£3.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: TRNL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

TRNL 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/Revenue3.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA23.6x
PEG Ratio2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for TRNL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.4x
PPH PPHE Hotel Group
25.3x26.8%UK£567.9m
WTB Whitbread
17.1x11.0%UK£5.3b
OTB On the Beach Group
14.7x18.8%UK£232.8m
HSW Hostelworld Group
44.4x23.7%UK£194.1m
TRNL Trainline
44x21.7%UK£1.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TRNL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44x) compared to the peer average (25.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a35.2%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a35.2%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TRNL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44x) compared to the UK Hospitality industry average (22.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is TRNL'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.

TRNL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio44x
Fair PE Ratio26.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TRNL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x).


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 TRNL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£3.26
UK£4.05
+24.1%
13.7%UK£4.70UK£2.85n/a12
May ’25UK£2.93
UK£3.99
+36.0%
13.0%UK£4.60UK£3.00n/a12
Apr ’25UK£3.73
UK£4.05
+8.4%
11.6%UK£4.60UK£3.15n/a11
Mar ’25UK£3.09
UK£3.79
+22.5%
11.3%UK£4.60UK£3.15n/a11
Feb ’25UK£3.25
UK£3.71
+14.2%
11.3%UK£4.60UK£3.15n/a11
Jan ’25UK£3.22
UK£3.63
+12.7%
11.3%UK£4.60UK£3.15n/a11
Dec ’24UK£2.78
UK£3.60
+29.6%
15.4%UK£4.70UK£2.70n/a12
Nov ’24UK£2.64
UK£3.74
+41.9%
17.1%UK£4.80UK£2.70n/a12
Oct ’24UK£2.80
UK£3.69
+31.7%
17.4%UK£4.80UK£2.70n/a13
Sep ’24UK£2.30
UK£3.66
+58.7%
18.9%UK£4.80UK£2.70n/a12
Aug ’24UK£2.55
UK£3.70
+45.3%
19.2%UK£4.80UK£2.70n/a11
Jul ’24UK£2.61
UK£3.70
+41.9%
19.2%UK£4.80UK£2.70n/a11
Jun ’24UK£2.60
UK£3.70
+42.2%
19.2%UK£4.80UK£2.70n/a11
May ’24UK£2.50
UK£3.60
+43.7%
19.0%UK£4.80UK£2.70UK£2.9311
Apr ’24UK£2.50
UK£3.60
+44.1%
19.0%UK£4.80UK£2.70UK£3.7311
Mar ’24UK£2.57
UK£3.72
+44.4%
20.8%UK£4.87UK£2.70UK£3.0911
Feb ’24UK£2.83
UK£3.79
+34.3%
18.8%UK£4.87UK£2.80UK£3.2511
Jan ’24UK£2.77
UK£3.85
+39.1%
18.9%UK£5.10UK£2.80UK£3.2211
Dec ’23UK£3.36
UK£3.95
+17.4%
19.2%UK£5.42UK£2.80UK£2.7811
Nov ’23UK£3.45
UK£4.05
+17.4%
19.5%UK£5.42UK£2.80UK£2.6411
Oct ’23UK£3.13
UK£4.10
+30.8%
19.1%UK£5.42UK£2.80UK£2.8011
Sep ’23UK£3.27
UK£3.97
+21.6%
24.9%UK£5.32UK£1.70UK£2.3011
Aug ’23UK£4.00
UK£3.91
-2.1%
25.4%UK£5.32UK£1.70UK£2.5511
Jul ’23UK£2.91
UK£3.34
+14.9%
23.2%UK£4.55UK£1.70UK£2.6111
Jun ’23UK£3.18
UK£3.34
+5.2%
23.2%UK£4.55UK£1.70UK£2.6011
May ’23UK£2.81
UK£3.03
+7.8%
29.2%UK£4.55UK£1.70UK£2.5011

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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