Auction Technology Group plc

LSE:ATG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£673.5m

Auction Technology Group Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: ATG (£5.54) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£10.68)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ATG. This is calculated by dividing ATG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ATG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio35x
EarningsUS$24.19m
Market CapUS$844.12m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ATG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.6x
MEGP ME Group International
14.7x7.0%UK£779.9m
ANX Anexo Group
8.7x44.3%UK£82.6m
JDW J D Wetherspoon
14.7x12.1%UK£717.0m
YNGA Young's Brewery
40.2x28.7%UK£488.0m
ATG Auction Technology Group
34.9x11.5%UK£674.7m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ATG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.9x) compared to the peer average (19.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ATG 35.0xIndustry Avg. 20.4xNo. of Companies6PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ATG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.9x) compared to the European Consumer Services industry average (20.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ATG'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.

ATG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio35x
Fair PE Ratio19.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ATG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.3x).

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 ATG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£5.54
UK£6.35
+14.6%
22.1%UK£8.70UK£3.80n/a8
Dec ’25UK£5.16
UK£6.17
+19.6%
22.7%UK£8.70UK£3.80n/a8
Nov ’25UK£4.69
UK£6.91
+47.4%
22.8%UK£9.40UK£5.20n/a7
Oct ’25UK£4.15
UK£7.05
+70.1%
22.5%UK£9.40UK£5.30n/a7
Sep ’25UK£4.17
UK£7.07
+69.7%
22.2%UK£9.40UK£5.40n/a7
Aug ’25UK£5.02
UK£7.16
+42.5%
22.1%UK£9.40UK£5.40n/a7
Jul ’25UK£4.77
UK£7.47
+56.7%
20.1%UK£9.40UK£5.60n/a6
Jun ’25UK£5.22
UK£7.47
+43.0%
20.1%UK£9.40UK£5.60n/a6
May ’25UK£4.97
UK£7.49
+50.9%
19.8%UK£9.40UK£5.70n/a6
Apr ’25UK£6.18
UK£7.44
+20.5%
21.9%UK£9.80UK£5.80n/a7
Mar ’25UK£6.07
UK£7.44
+22.6%
21.9%UK£9.80UK£5.80n/a7
Feb ’25UK£5.18
UK£7.33
+41.5%
23.8%UK£9.80UK£5.50n/a7
Jan ’25UK£5.22
UK£7.72
+47.9%
20.8%UK£9.80UK£5.82n/a6
Dec ’24UK£4.91
UK£10.06
+105.1%
23.0%UK£15.36UK£7.50UK£5.167
Nov ’24UK£5.72
UK£10.43
+82.3%
20.1%UK£15.36UK£8.80UK£4.697
Oct ’24UK£6.53
UK£10.57
+61.8%
21.1%UK£15.36UK£9.00UK£4.156
Sep ’24UK£6.95
UK£10.57
+52.1%
21.1%UK£15.36UK£9.00UK£4.176
Aug ’24UK£7.03
UK£10.57
+50.3%
21.1%UK£15.36UK£9.00UK£5.026
Jul ’24UK£7.48
UK£10.57
+41.3%
21.1%UK£15.36UK£9.00UK£4.776
Jun ’24UK£7.41
UK£10.57
+42.6%
21.1%UK£15.36UK£9.00UK£5.226
May ’24UK£7.01
UK£10.51
+49.9%
20.0%UK£15.00UK£9.00UK£4.976
Apr ’24UK£6.14
UK£10.53
+71.5%
19.8%UK£15.00UK£9.00UK£6.186
Mar ’24UK£6.84
UK£10.53
+53.9%
19.8%UK£15.00UK£9.00UK£6.076
Feb ’24UK£6.92
UK£10.41
+50.4%
20.5%UK£15.00UK£9.00UK£5.186
Jan ’24UK£7.52
UK£10.82
+43.9%
20.2%UK£15.00UK£9.00UK£5.225
Dec ’23UK£7.88
UK£10.95
+38.9%
19.2%UK£15.00UK£9.00UK£4.915

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 19:49
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

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.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Auction Technology Group plc is covered by 14 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
William LarwoodBerenberg
Bharath NagarajBerenberg
Ian McInallyCavendish